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[–] 19 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Red, orange, yellow and green are all the same varient, but at different ripenesses. The others are different varients.

Mostly just a novelty. Throw in a bit more colour, if available.

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Red bell peppers are just ripe green bell peppers, yes. But yellow, orange, etc. are actually distinct varieties. These are indeed all from the same species of plant, though.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Maybe I'm dumb but I sampled all of them raw and orange definitely taste the best.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    They definitely have differences in flavor, I had an executive chef that absolutely hated green bell peppers. The "underripe" green bell is much more vegetal than it's sweeter, ripened red form, which has had more time to develop natural sugars. Like a banana. In fact, peppers and bananas are both technically berries, botanically speaking! Raspberries and strawberries aren't though? lol

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