# Bell Peppers **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 20, 2001, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers/69433 "2001-06-20T04:38:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chas.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Chas.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chas.E)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers/69433/21 "2001-06-21T10:12:31Z")
When preparing bell peppers, I usually suggest using a knife to remove the white fibrous material inside and leaving only dark green flesh. This is a common technique used in preparing hot peppers, most of the hot spice is in the seeds and the white fibrous material supporting the seed structures, remove all that and the peppers are less hot. I do this with even non-hot green peppers and it seems to improve the taste. Try this and see how your wife likes it. ---
**Author:** ![Osakadave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f07891/32.png) [@Osakadave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osakadave)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers/69433/22 "2001-06-21T10:38:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Regarding the bell peppers, since my original post she has clarified that when she calls them “hot,” its not exactly the same thing as the “hot” you get from chilis. She describes it as “a horrible vapor-like feeling and this irritating bitter taste I can taste all through my mouth and down to the back of my tongue. And afterwards, I burp alot, and it tastes gross.” So there you go. Her doctor suggests it may even be an allergy, but I think the “x-man tastebud” thing is the way to go. I love hot peppers, but this is pretty close to what bell peppers do for me (icky biiter, soapy taste). And I’ve been told it may very well be an allergy as well. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers/69433/23 "2001-06-21T10:46:39Z")
Me too, **Osakadave**. To make matters more fun, if I’m really lucky I’ll get a stomachache from the deal. And yet I like spicy foods. Cooking them doesn’t help. They still taste horrid and then they’re slimy on top of everything else. Lucky me, I wisely moved to a country that thinks red peppers are just the best thing that ever happened to pizza. And to fake Chinese food. And to just about every kind of convenience food you could think of :rolleyes: I’ve gotten **very** good at spotting the little beasties and removing them before they get anywhere near my mouth. Funny thing, both my kids adore bell peppers. Raw strips. They eat 'em like potato chips. \<_shudder_\> ---
**Author:** ![Osakadave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f07891/32.png) [@Osakadave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osakadave)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers/69433/24 "2001-06-21T10:57:37Z")
Funny thing - I’ve done almost the same thing. It’s almost impossible to get a pizza without bell peppers here in Japan. ---
**Author:** ![Arken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Arken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arken)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers/69433/25 "2001-06-21T11:52:30Z")
Just to add my 2¢… I don’t find bell peppers to be especially hot… EXCEPT the seeds which are so spicy, they’re unbearable. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bell-peppers/69433.md?page=1)