Starting dinner this evening I sliced into a green pepper and this ghastly creature of some sort peered out at me…
What the heck is this and this? I have never seen anything like it. Almost like a pepper within a pepper… I do live near a Nuclear Power Plant but jeez I’m 20 miles away…
My mom does a lot cooking with bell peppers, so I asked her. She doesn’t know what they are (she’s always thought they were little peppers), but they don’t seem to affect the actual pepper. She doesn’t use the “little peppers” though.
I see these a lot (I love peppers) and always use them. I find them sweeter that the rest of the pepper (I suppose since it comes from the honey gland as Squink pointed out).
I think you’re thinking of teratomas. They result from pluri/totipotent cells that basically go out of control and start producing structures including teeth and hair. Very gross.
“Dermoid cysts. The cells in the ovary are able to make hair, teeth, and other growing tissues that become part of a forming ovarian cyst. These cysts can become large and cause pain.”
On second thought, forget the jar! I’ll put a collar on it and sometimes I’ll take it out for a walk on a leash, or maybe in a pram. If anybody says anything about it I’ll get terribly offended and never speak to them again.