Bell peppers bitter? - Page 2

roper2008 · February 28, 2018

I don’t think any of the bell peppers are bitter. I liked them cooked best. Now, come pick some
of my Siberian kale, that’s bitter. I don’t care if the white butterflies lay eggs on them anymore.

Nan_PA_6b · March 4, 2018

Wow, I like green bell peppers raw best and never tasted any bitterness. But I'm also tomato taste impaired; can't taste any flavor in a Big Beef, for example, even while my mom is assuring me it's tasty. I never thought about sweet peppers tasting different to others.

Nan

Hatgirl · March 4, 2018

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Originally Posted by Nan_PA_6b

Wow, I like green bell peppers raw best and never tasted any bitterness. But I'm also tomato taste impaired; can't taste any flavor in a Big Beef, for example, even while my mom is assuring me it's tasty. I never thought about sweet peppers tasting different to others.

Nan

It was yourself and some others discussing what they can and can't taste in tomatoes that helped put the idea in my head that perhaps I was experiencing a different taste to everyone else for bell peppers

rhines81 · March 4, 2018

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Originally Posted by Worth1

I wont even use them in the "holey trinity" when making gumbo.
I use the poblano instead.

I already leave out the onion when making Gumbo (and nobody ever seems to miss it). I will have to try some different sweet and mild peppers instead of bell next time I can get some fresh picked blue crab meat and head-on fresh shrimp.

zipcode · March 5, 2018

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Originally Posted by Nan_PA_6b

Wow, I like green bell peppers raw best and never tasted any bitterness. But I'm also tomato taste impaired; can't taste any flavor in a Big Beef, for example, even while my mom is assuring me it's tasty. I never thought about sweet peppers tasting different to others.

Nan

What about smell? I find that if I cut a tomato and it smells great, that's pretty much going to be the impression when I eat it and viceversa.

Worth1 · March 5, 2018

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Originally Posted by rhines81

I already leave out the onion when making Gumbo (and nobody ever seems to miss it). I will have to try some different sweet and mild peppers instead of bell next time I can get some fresh picked blue crab meat and head-on fresh shrimp.

Nothing more than a variant of the mirepox in french cooking.
According to wiki chef Paul Prudhomme fist popularized the term in 1981.
He is also the person responsible for the demise of the red drum AKA Redfish with the blackened Redfish he did.

As for the trinity I have used large mild jalapenos too.

Where I worked at they had roast beef some nights.
The mirepox would be steamed but almost cold spiceless raw and crunchy on the side NOT cooked with the meat.
This would tick me off to no end.

What was even worse no one there knew any better or even what a mirepox was or had even heard of it.
Something I was raised up with all my life along with the trinity.

Nan_PA_6b · March 5, 2018

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Originally Posted by zipcode

What about smell? I find that if I cut a tomato and it smells great, that's pretty much going to be the impression when I eat it and viceversa.

I can smell 'em when they're cooking, but not fresh.

Nan

Nan_PA_6b · March 5, 2018

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Originally Posted by Worth1

...What was even worse no one there knew any better or even what a mirepox was or had even heard of it...

Someone combined the words "mire" & "pox" to describe something tasty?

Nan

Worth1 · March 5, 2018

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Originally Posted by Nan_PA_6b

Someone combined the words "mire" & "pox" to describe something tasty?

Nan

It is pronounced meerpoy

Worth

SueCT · March 13, 2018

https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/ho.../mirepoix.html

Labradors2 · March 13, 2018

I find that green peppers can be bitter, so I always wait for them to mature before eating them. Some taste better than others, and it also depends on the gardening season. One dry summer, all my raw peppers tasted horrid. The taste had become very condensed and they tasted fantastic when cooked.

Linda

Worth1 · March 13, 2018

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Originally Posted by SueCT

https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/ho.../mirepoix.html

Sounds like something a cow would get bogged down in.

Worth

Hatgirl · March 31, 2018

25 votes so far and 22 of them say bell peppers don't taste bitter to them.
Right, I guess it's me! Probably like cilantro/coriander, and my genes mean I taste something different to the majority. But at last I understand why people eat the horrid things on purpose

I'll stick to my yummy burning hot peppers

imp · April 1, 2018

I find green bell peppers to be bitter to me, but ripe red ones are good - for me.

Patihum · April 1, 2018

Most of the time I avoid bell peppers if possible - except in the winter when I have no other choice if I need something fresh. I sub in Ljubov Dlan or Peperone di Senise if I'm in need of green pepper during the growing season. To me at least they have a much better flavor and no bitterness!

View Poll Results: Are most red and yellow bell peppers bitter?
Yes, they're bitter and I don't like that	2	6.67%
Yes, they're bitter and I like that!	2	6.67%
No, they're not bitter but I don't like them anyway	1	3.33%
No, they're not bitter and I love them!	25	83.33%
Voters: 30. You may not vote on this poll

February 28, 2018	#16
roper2008 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Virginia Bch, VA (7b) Posts: 1,337	I don’t think any of the bell peppers are bitter. I liked them cooked best. Now, come pick some of my Siberian kale, that’s bitter. I don’t care if the white butterflies lay eggs on them anymore.

March 4, 2018	#17
Nan_PA_6b Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 3,194	Wow, I like green bell peppers raw best and never tasted any bitterness. But I'm also tomato taste impaired; can't taste any flavor in a Big Beef, for example, even while my mom is assuring me it's tasty. I never thought about sweet peppers tasting different to others. Nan

March 13, 2018	#25
SueCT Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,460	https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/ho.../mirepoix.html

March 13, 2018	#26
Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,895	I find that green peppers can be bitter, so I always wait for them to mature before eating them. Some taste better than others, and it also depends on the gardening season. One dry summer, all my raw peppers tasted horrid. The taste had become very condensed and they tasted fantastic when cooked. Linda

March 31, 2018	#28
Hatgirl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Ireland Posts: 211	25 votes so far and 22 of them say bell peppers don't taste bitter to them. Right, I guess it's me! Probably like cilantro/coriander, and my genes mean I taste something different to the majority. But at last I understand why people eat the horrid things on purpose I'll stick to my yummy burning hot peppers

April 1, 2018	#29
imp Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 4,832	I find green bell peppers to be bitter to me, but ripe red ones are good - for me.

April 1, 2018	#30
Patihum Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Southeast Kansas Posts: 878	Most of the time I avoid bell peppers if possible - except in the winter when I have no other choice if I need something fresh. I sub in Ljubov Dlan or Peperone di Senise if I'm in need of green pepper during the growing season. To me at least they have a much better flavor and no bitterness!