Peppers

Solarjunkie

If you're going to cook them, buy a bag of sliced frozen ones, no waste! I love a slice of fresh red pepper to dip in humous.

mikb

Solarjunkie said:

I love a slice of fresh red pepper to dip in humus.

To each their own. I prefer to put my humus on the ground around the plants before harvesting peppers.

+1 on the freezing though, and remember to save the seeds to grow more of them!

Mojisola

Bacman said:

No, green peppers are ripe it's just that peppers get sweeter as the colour changes.

Do you think green tomatoes are ripe as well?

Bacman

No, not the same thing...

Sure, green peppers are classed as unripe but fully edible and tasty, green tomatoes are not.

pumpkin89

Bacman said:

No, not the same thing...

Sure, green peppers are classed as unripe but fully edible and tasty, green tomatoes are not.

Green tomatoes are delicious and many varieties have been specially cultivated to be eaten green.  It's really no different.

fatbelly

Just bought a green/yellow red pack for 85p at Lidl

GaleSF63

Green ones last longer. If you buy a "variety pack" it's best to use the red ones first and the green ones last, if you don't use them all quickly. 

Daz2009

All colours of pepper are the same fruit,the colour is determined by when they were picked,that's my understanding,green for ones picked earliest upto red picked latest

pumpkin89

GaleSF63 said:

Green ones last longer. If you buy a "variety pack" it's best to use the red ones first and the green ones last, if you don't use them all quickly. 

This is a great tip!  But be cautious if buying peppers loose - because green are less popular, they've often been on the shelf longer, so can "turn" quite quickly.

mikb

fatbelly said:

Just bought a green/yellow red pack for 85p at Lidl

Just bought a Red/Yellow/Yellow/Yellow/Yellow pack for 96p at ALDI  (yes, that's 5 peppers)

About time too, I've been looking for the "Wonky Pepper" packs in Morrisons and ALDI for a while now to reload the freezer, they've been missing-in-action.