RE: [CH] Good Eats

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At 07:32 AM 9/12/2002 -0400, Holm, Ben wrote:

>   Last night on Good Eats, Alton insisted that a bell pepper is a chile.  Is
>that true?  I thought I'd heard it the other way.  If he's wrong, that'll be
>the second mistake I've seen him make.

He's correct. In Oz and NZ (maybe in England) bell peppers are referred to 
as "capsicums". If you look in your botany books you will see that they 
are, in fact, chile peppers (with no heat).

Have you ever seen Mexi-bells, the bell pepper with heat?

>ENJOY!!!
>Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
>Home of Hardin Cider & Yaaaaa Hoooo Ahhhhh Hot Sauce!!!

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