[CH] Sweet peppers -- ripe?
The Geissmans (jgeissman@socal.rr.com)
Mon, 21 Jul 2003 22:57:39 -0700
Along with the real chiles, I have some sweet peppers that are great
when grilled on the barbeque. Some are green and then turn red, so
it's easy to tell when they are ripe. But sweet banana and Gypsy
both start out pale green and then go to yellow (which still looks
rather like the pale green) when they are mostly ripe (I think) and
only very late redden. When are they ready? They are good, but
I'm afraid I pick some too soon, and miss others that are ready to
pick. How to distinguish the pale green from the yellow, which is also
pretty greeny? Apologies for the stupid, non-hot question. I'm not
really fond of unripe peppers or really bland bell peppers, although they
have a place in certain dishes.