[CH] Bell peppers
H & S Wright (nzmh@xtra.co.nz)
Thu, 24 Feb 2000 08:51:23 -0800
Hmmmm, I think what you guys up there call bell peppers, we call
capsicum. Yes, they have no heat, and yes they come in all sorts of
colours.
I quite like them raw in salads, or grilled on the barbecue, or baked
with other veges.
I also love the heat from good ol' cayenne peppers, and I'm trying to
grow habaneros for the first time. (They're flowering but seem to be
slow to set fruit. Any ideas?)
What I don't get is the apparent contempt that some folk seem to have
for poor defenseless capsicum! Just cos they're not hot? Potatoes
aren't hot, carrots aren't hot, cheese isn't (often) hot, apples aren't
hot, do these food items come in for the same sort of ridicule?
Personally, I don't like like brussel sprouts or water chestnuts very
much, but I sure as hell don't denigrate anyone who does. P'raps I'm
missing the joke, but, good grief, leave poor old capsicum alone!!
By the way, if anyone wants a crack at the America's Cup, we'll put it
up again in 3 or 4 years.....
Hal