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red pepper, red peppers, pimento etc

it means lots of difft things to difft people: tell me all the difft things, pointing out where names overlap confusingly

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 20 July 2003 19:22 (twenty-two years ago)

is pepper related to red pepper?

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 20 July 2003 19:24 (twenty-two years ago)

i assume you mean black pepper?

― Texas Sam (thatgirl), Sunday, 20 July 2003 19:25 (twenty-two years ago)

yes

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 20 July 2003 19:26 (twenty-two years ago)

from a pepperpot

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 20 July 2003 19:26 (twenty-two years ago)

not related: Piper genus = black pepper and Capsicum = sweet peppers and cayenne

― isadora (isadora), Sunday, 20 July 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

ok what abt those weird pale green things you get in a kebab shop?

(they look like penis gourds for aliens)

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 20 July 2003 19:33 (twenty-two years ago)

and jamaican pepper is also called pimento or allspice, but that is surely difft again?

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 20 July 2003 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a tropical shrub. Red pepper or chile pepper (Capsicum species) looks similar in the budding stages, and was thus dubbed "pepper" by famous misnomerer C. Columbus.

― Paul Eater (eater), Sunday, 20 July 2003 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Fantastic trivia Paul. thanks.

― Texas Sam (thatgirl), Sunday, 20 July 2003 19:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Allspice is Pimenta dioica and isn't very pepperish. It is sometimes called Jamaican pepper.

There's something else called Jamaican pepper that's Piper hispidum.

Confusingly, pimento or pimiento is also a term for sweet members of the Capsicum genus.

― Paul Eater (eater), Sunday, 20 July 2003 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

OK but why did anyone else go along with this? THEY ARE NOTHING LIKE EACH OTHER AT ANY OTHER STAGE!!

http://www.iband.com/food/pepper_green_large.jpg vs http://www.eatdrinkdine.com/articles/food/seasonings/spices/images/peppercorns.gif

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 20 July 2003 19:42 (twenty-two years ago)

ok i just tasted a piper hispidum => it tastes like cloves!!

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 20 July 2003 19:48 (twenty-two years ago)

however it does say "best before sept 01"

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 20 July 2003 19:48 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/images/wimg400/sbbtrfly.gif vs. http://www.gandhiserve.org/information/about_gandhiserve/gandhi.jpg

― Paul Eater (eater), Sunday, 20 July 2003 19:50 (twenty-two years ago)

If it tastes like cloves it is almost certainly Pimenta dioica.

― Paul Eater (eater), Sunday, 20 July 2003 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.preparedfoods.com/archives/1999/9903/images/peppers.jpg

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 20 July 2003 21:23 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.thegutsygourmet.net/post-peppers.jpg

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 20 July 2003 21:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a tropical shrub. Red pepper or chile pepper (Capsicum species) looks similar in the budding stages, and was thus dubbed "pepper" by famous misnomerer C. Columbus.

but they're both hot and spicy so a happy coincidence for mr columbus (nasty imperialist knobface otherwise, but hey)... one thing to say on the subject of peppers, i wuv 'em, but had never encountered the scotcg bonnet unti i was abt 18 and had moved to london. i mad a chilli (something i'm damned good at) and thought they wld be pretty mild so whacked 4 whole ones in for three people... when i fried them off with the butter and garlic i began to cough and wheeze and cry from the fumes, but thought it was something wrong w/ the cooker, but when it got to tasting stage i nearly fucking died!!! worse yet i went to the bathrrom later without having washed my scotch bonnety hands... i really need say no more... we had fish and chips about three hours later when i had recovered from all manner of intense body-racking pain!

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Sunday, 20 July 2003 21:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Ah, that pain *nods wisely*. Been there. Aside from that though, Scotch Bonnets rule. I do like Habaneros as well.

― Matt (Matt), Sunday, 20 July 2003 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)

now i know, scotch bonnet = the best.
however, lessons learned: use 1/4 scotch bonnet per person and WASH YOUR HANDS AFTER

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Sunday, 20 July 2003 21:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Scotch bonnet rules.

I was just talking to an individual this afternoon who told me about a great big book of peppers he owns that describes them all in detail.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Sunday, 20 July 2003 23:40 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre100/e130/e130603r6v8.jpg

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Monday, 21 July 2003 02:39 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.vanishingtattoo.com/images/tattoo/chilixx.jpg

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 21 July 2003 02:54 (twenty-two years ago)

THE PAIN

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 21 July 2003 03:11 (twenty-two years ago)

and trackmarks skillfully airbrushed out ... pravda would be proud

― Tad (llamasfur), Monday, 21 July 2003 03:16 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.edward-weston.com/nature/pepper_30p_lg.jpg

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 21 July 2003 03:48 (twenty-two years ago)

phwoar tracer!!

― g--ff c-nn-n (gcannon), Monday, 21 July 2003 04:09 (twenty-two years ago)

edward weston

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 21 July 2003 04:18 (twenty-two years ago)

two months pass...

What's a good dish to use poblano in? I bought one and don't really know what to do with it. I did put it part of it in an omelette and it gave it a nice lil kick.

BTW, I'm totally addicted to capsaicin. It makes dull foods exciting, produces pleasure sensations, and speeds up your metabolism.

― oops (Oops), Monday, 13 October 2003 07:54 (twenty-two years ago)

www.epicurious.com

Just search "poblano."

And hooray for discovering capsaicin. It is one of the four food groups, as far as I'm concerned. About half of everything I eat is hot.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Monday, 13 October 2003 08:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Cool, thanks. (if I had any money, I'd say we should go on a late-night eating expedition some time)

― oops (Oops), Monday, 13 October 2003 08:03 (twenty-two years ago)

i really don't understand why they call it (bell) pepper, it's too confusing. We call bell peppers paprika. (Which makes it confusing cause you COULD if you're REALLY DUMB confuse it with paprika, the spice.) My mum assured me (hah, not really) that red and green peppers should be differently cooked. Green pepper is softer than the red peppers and should go in first if you use both.

I once had a dish which had a million jalapeno peppers... I had forgotten to order a drink. *F€%Fire!*£%@

― nathalie (nathalie), Monday, 13 October 2003 09:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Green pepper is softer than the red peppers and should go in first if you use both.

Surely the other way around?

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 13 October 2003 10:47 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.iband.com/food/pepper_green_large.jpg

my grandma calls these MANGOES!!! I think it's an Indiana thing.

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 13 October 2003 11:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Now I've heard everything.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 13 October 2003 11:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Some bananas:

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/veggies/images/onion.jpg

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 13 October 2003 11:31 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.burpee.com/images/products/family/b65045.jpg

well these are banana peppers!

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 13 October 2003 11:48 (twenty-two years ago)

they look like parsnips

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 13 October 2003 11:50 (twenty-two years ago)

oh wait, i was actually looking at some parsnips

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 13 October 2003 11:50 (twenty-two years ago)

My mum's hands swelled up so much she couldn't get her wedding ring off when she made Scotch Bonnet veg chilli. I cut up all chillis with a knife and fork to avoid any kind of pain.

― Madchen (Madchen), Monday, 13 October 2003 12:56 (twenty-two years ago)

But then you miss out on the touching your eyes/mouth/scrotum hilarity!

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 13 October 2003 13:33 (twenty-two years ago)

can we touch your scrotum then?

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 13 October 2003 14:52 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=mango

In Indiana, and probably some nearby areas of the US, a mango is a
vegetable that would be called a green bell pepper in many other areas
of the world.
This is not to say that Hoosiers are unaware of the other meaning -- a
sweet, sticky, exotic fruit -- but only that if someone says "mango" in
Indiana, they are probably thinking of the vegetable.

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 13 October 2003 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Peppers are delightful house pets. Sometimes they come in dog form, but they are more normally found in cat form. The most famous Pepper is a Russian Blue owned by one Ms McLusky in Richmond, Virginia.

In other news, NA's mom made us veggie chilli this weekend. And it was good.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Monday, 13 October 2003 18:22 (twenty-two years ago)

My Pepper was dubbed Pepper first, ergo he is more famous. Step off!

― oops (Oops), Monday, 13 October 2003 18:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I have recently realised I am getting annoyed at all the "sea salt and black pepper" flavoured things lurking suspiciously in our shoppes. The default pepper is obv black pepper, rainbow peppercorns are only owned by ME or so it seems.

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 13 October 2003 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

at age four emma
(my daughter) took a bite of
a habanero

I said 'what is that'
as her eyes teared up, and then
took a bite myself

man am I stupid
but that girl never cried once.
she is our future.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 13 October 2003 18:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Sarah, there is white pepper!

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 13 October 2003 21:04 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre100/e130/e130603r6v8.jpg

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 13 October 2003 23:13 (twenty-two years ago)

That is a rotten tooth.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 06:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Ick.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 14:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Rainbow peppercorn things include white pepper I know but no-one REALLY has white pepper.

Then again I think no-one has "real gravy" but apparently some foax think BISTO isn't really gravy. Beh!!

― Sarah (starry), Tuesday, 14 October 2003 18:54 (twenty-two years ago)

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