Comment on Bell peppers are the same colours as traffic lights

• Kyuuketsuki@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Red, orange, yellow and green are all the same varient, but at different ripenesses. The others are different varients.

  Mostly just a novelty. Throw in a bit more colour, if available.

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  • SatyrSack@quokk.au ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Red bell peppers are just ripe green bell peppers, yes. But yellow, orange, etc. are actually distinct varieties. These are indeed all from the same species of plant, though.

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    • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I just looked it up and there’s also apparently a “permagreen” variety that obviously doesn’t turn red, making it all even more confusing!

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  • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Maybe I’m dumb but I sampled all of them raw and orange definitely taste the best.

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    • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They definitely have differences in flavor, I had an executive chef that absolutely hated green bell peppers. The “underripe” green bell is much more vegetal than it’s sweeter, ripened red form, which has had more time to develop natural sugars. Like a banana. In fact, peppers and bananas are both technically berries, botanically speaking! Raspberries and strawberries aren’t though? lol

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