Bread Salad

Ingredients

• 1/2 garlic clove, peeled
• 2 or 3 flat anchovy fillets (preferably the ones prepared at home as below), chopped fine
• 1 tablespoon capers, soaked and rinsed as described below if packed in salt, drained if in vinegar
• 1/4 yellow sweet bell pepper
• Salt
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon choice quality red wine vinegar
• 2 cups firm, good bread, trimmed of its crust, toasted under the broiler, and cut into 1/2-inch squares (keep the crumbs)
• 3 fresh, ripe, firm, round tomatoes
• 1 cup cucumber, peeled and diced into 1/4-inch cubes
• 1/2 medium onion, preferably of a sweet variety, such as Bermuda red, Vidalia, or Maui, sliced and soaked as described below
• Black pepper, ground fresh from the mill