Hello, Everyone:

The red, yellow and orange bell peppers are usually much more
expensive than the green ones. What is the reason? I do find they also
taste better than the green ones, but are they more nutritious than
the green ones?

Thank you for reading and replying!

--Roland

qquito wrote:
> Hello, Everyone:
>
> The red, yellow and orange bell peppers are usually much more
> expensive than the green ones. What is the reason? I do find they also
> taste better than the green ones, but are they more nutritious than
> the green ones?
>
> Thank you for reading and replying!
>
> --Roland


They contain more Vitamin A and C than green peppers.

I think they taste better, too.

gloria p

In article >,
Gloria P > wrote:

> qquito wrote:
> > Hello, Everyone:
> >
> > The red, yellow and orange bell peppers are usually much more
> > expensive than the green ones. What is the reason? I do find they also
> > taste better than the green ones, but are they more nutritious than
> > the green ones?
> >
> > Thank you for reading and replying!
> >
> > --Roland
>
>
> They contain more Vitamin A and C than green peppers.

Which is why I only feed ripe peppers to my cockatoo.
I'll purchase some jalapenos on the color turn too, and not feed them to
her until they turn red. Red jalapenos are also sweeter.

>
> I think they taste better, too.
>
> gloria p

Totally agree. :-)
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"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> Gloria P > wrote:
>
>> qquito wrote:
>> > Hello, Everyone:
>> >
>> > The red, yellow and orange bell peppers are usually much more
>> > expensive than the green ones. What is the reason? I do find they also
>> > taste better than the green ones, but are they more nutritious than
>> > the green ones?
>> >
>> > Thank you for reading and replying!
>> >
>> > --Roland
>>
>>
>> They contain more Vitamin A and C than green peppers.
>
> Which is why I only feed ripe peppers to my cockatoo.
> I'll purchase some jalapenos on the color turn too, and not feed them to
> her until they turn red. Red jalapenos are also sweeter.
>

Ripe bell peppers contain more sugar too, but they don't necessarily contain
more vitamins/minerals than green bell peppers, they can actually contain
less vitamins especially if sitting on produce shelves longer which tends to
be true of more costly items, and mineral content is mostly a result of the
soil on which it was grown. However red fruit generally contains more
anitioxident value than green fruit. I typically use green bells for
cooking and save the reds to eat raw in salads.. I think, due to the higher
price, it adds insult to injury to cook red peppers because heat destroys
much of the vitamins, and minerals are leached out into cooking liquid which
is true for preparing any vegetable... when folks steam/boil veggies unless
they consume the liquid they are eating the chaff and discarding the
nutrition.

>>
>
> Ripe bell peppers contain more sugar too, but they don't necessarily
> contain more vitamins/minerals than green bell peppers, they can actually
> contain less vitamins especially if sitting on produce shelves longer
> which tends to be true of more costly items, and mineral content is mostly
> a result of the soil on which it was grown. However red fruit generally
> contains more anitioxident value than green fruit. I typically use green
> bells for cooking and save the reds to eat raw in salads.. I think, due to
> the higher price, it adds insult to injury to cook red peppers because
> heat destroys much of the vitamins, and minerals are leached out into
> cooking liquid which is true for preparing any vegetable... when folks
> steam/boil veggies unless they consume the liquid they are eating the
> chaff and discarding the nutrition.

True. However there is also microwaving, which cooks vegetables without
leaching all the nutrients out (maybe a small bit due to evaporation).

Jon

brooklyn 1 wrote:
>> Ripe bell peppers contain more sugar too, but they don't necessarily
>> contain more vitamins/minerals than green bell peppers, they can actually
>> contain less vitamins



This is an interesting site if you like peppers.

From: http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?t...dspice&dbid=50


"One cup of raw, chopped red peppers provides over 100% of the DV for
vitamin C and vitamin A. Red peppers are also an excellent source of
vitamin B6. In addition to beta-carotene, red peppers contain the
beneficial phytonutrients lycopene, lutein and zeaxanthin.

Green peppers are a very good source of fiber, folate, and vitamin K as
well as the minerals molybdenum and manganese."

gloria p

"Gloria P" > wrote in message
>
> They contain more Vitamin A and C than green peppers.
>
> I think they taste better, too.
>
> gloria p

But the red ones I only taste once. The green ones I can taste again, and
again, and again.

On Aug 31, 4:50*am, "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
> "Gloria P" > wrote in message
>
> > They contain more Vitamin A and C than green peppers.
>
> > I think they taste better, too.
>
> > gloria p
>
> But the red ones I only taste once. *The green ones I can taste again, and
> again, and again.

>
>
Amen, amen, amen! I really don't care for any of them no matter the
color as for me I don't think they add anything to a recipe other than
color.

wrote on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:45:58 -0700
(PDT):

> On Aug 31, 4:50 am, "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
>> "Gloria P" > wrote in message
>>
> >> They contain more Vitamin A and C than green peppers.
>>
> >> I think they taste better, too.
>>
> >> gloria p
>>
>> But the red ones I only taste once. The green ones I can
>> taste again, and again, and again.

Red sweet peppers, being ripe, taste much better uncooked than green. I
don't particularly like uncooked green peppers in a salad tho' they
aren't bad in gazpacho.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

"James Silverton" > wrote in message
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> wrote on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:45:58 -0700
> (PDT):
>
>> On Aug 31, 4:50 am, "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
>>> "Gloria P" > wrote in message
>>>
>> >> They contain more Vitamin A and C than green peppers.
>>>
>> >> I think they taste better, too.
>>>
>> >> gloria p
>>>
>>> But the red ones I only taste once. The green ones I can
>>> taste again, and again, and again.
>
> Red sweet peppers, being ripe, taste much better uncooked than green. I
> don't particularly like uncooked green peppers in a salad tho' they aren't
> bad in gazpacho.
>
>
Depends on the dish; green taste better fried with eggs, much better fried
with sausage potato, and onion, much better atop a pizza, green are better
stuffed... I agree, reds are better raw. I don't much care for the yellow,
orange, purple, brown, etc... they're more a novelty, those haven't much
flavor at all.

> wrote in message
...
On Aug 31, 4:50 am, "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
> "Gloria P" > wrote in message
>
> > They contain more Vitamin A and C than green peppers.
>
> > I think they taste better, too.
>
> > gloria p
>
> But the red ones I only taste once. The green ones I can taste again, and
> again, and again.

>
>

Then take chocolate peppers off your list too. Looks like cholocate, tastes
like green.

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"Kswck" > wrote:

> > wrote in message
> ...
> On Aug 31, 4:50 am, "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
> > "Gloria P" > wrote in message
> >
> > > They contain more Vitamin A and C than green peppers.
> >
> > > I think they taste better, too.
> >
> > > gloria p
> >
> > But the red ones I only taste once. The green ones I can taste again, and
> > again, and again.
>
> >
> >
>
> Then take chocolate peppers off your list too. Looks like cholocate, tastes
> like green.

I suspect she was talking about the burp factor?
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Peace! Om

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On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:45:58 -0700 (PDT),
fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:

>On Aug 31, 4:50*am, "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:

>> But the red ones I only taste once. *The green ones I can taste again, and
>> again, and again.
>
>>
>>
>Amen, amen, amen! I really don't care for any of them no matter the
>color as for me I don't think they add anything to a recipe other than
>color.

I can't stand those things no matter what color they are - if I want
red for color, I'll use pimento. Except in a salad. That's what
tomatoes are for :-)

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:06:06 -0700, Terry Pulliam Burd >
wrote:

-->On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:45:58 -0700 (PDT),
-->fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:
-->
-->>On Aug 31, 4:50*am, "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
-->
-->>> But the red ones I only taste once. *The green ones I can taste again,
and
-->>> again, and again.
-->>
-->>>
-->>>
-->>Amen, amen, amen! I really don't care for any of them no matter the
-->>color as for me I don't think they add anything to a recipe other than
-->>color.
-->
-->I can't stand those things no matter what color they are - if I want
-->red for color, I'll use pimento. Except in a salad. That's what
-->tomatoes are for :-)

But pimento is a pepper

-->
-->Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

"Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:45:58 -0700 (PDT),
> fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:
>
>>On Aug 31, 4:50 am, "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
>
>>> But the red ones I only taste once. The green ones I can taste again,
>>> and
>>> again, and again.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>Amen, amen, amen! I really don't care for any of them no matter the
>>color as for me I don't think they add anything to a recipe other than
>>color.
>
> I can't stand those things no matter what color they are - if I want
> red for color, I'll use pimento. Except in a salad. That's what
> tomatoes are for :-)
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>

I like them in pepper steak, but most often have the sweet red, yellow and
orange ones raw, with a sour cream based dip.

On Aug 30, 6:26 pm, qquito > wrote:
> Hello, Everyone:
>
> The red, yellow and orange bell peppers are usually much more
> expensive than the green ones. What is the reason? I do find they also
> taste better than the green ones, but are they more nutritious than
> the green ones?
>
The green bell pepper is picked earlier. If they left it on the plant
to ripen fully it would turn red. In other words, the red (and yellow
and orange) peppers take more time from planting to harvest. For a
farmer that means they are costlier, hence the price is higher. I
don't have any idea why nutrition or vitamin content would change.
Not saying it's not different, I just don't know. -aem

On Aug 30, 8:26*pm, qquito > wrote:
> Hello, Everyone:
>
> The red, yellow and orange bell peppers are usually much more
> expensive than the green ones. What is the reason? I do find they also
> taste better than the green ones, but are they more nutritious than
> the green ones?
>
> Thank you for reading and replying!
>
> --Roland

Who the **** cares?

You're welcome!

On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:26:36 -0700 (PDT), qquito wrote:

> Hello, Everyone:
>
> The red, yellow and orange bell peppers are usually much more
> expensive than the green ones. What is the reason? I do find they also
> taste better than the green ones, but are they more nutritious than
> the green ones?
>
> Thank you for reading and replying!

Peppers other than green take longer to grow, don't last as long on
the shelves, and when ripened on the plant they inhibit new pepper
growth. All of which the growers don't like (especially that last
reason). So they charge a lot more.

-sw

On Aug 30, 8:26*pm, qquito > wrote:
> Hello, Everyone:
>
> The red, yellow and orange bell peppers are usually much more
> expensive than the green ones. What is the reason? I do find they also
> taste better than the green ones, but are they more nutritious than
> the green ones?
>
> Thank you for reading and replying!
>
> --Roland

Red, yellow and orange bells are more expensive because they need to
remain on the vine longer to fully ripen instead of being picked at
the green stage. When bells are picked at the green stage it allows
the plant to produce more bells faster. Fully ripened peppers
essentially reduce the amount of additional bells the plant can
produce. Therefore reducing the amount of money made from one plant.
Nutritionally all bells are about the same, vitamin C may be slightly
less in the ripened varieties. They are definitely sweeter, which
suggests a higher sugar content.

-rknotthere

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>,
rknotthere > wrote:

> On Aug 30, 8:26*pm, qquito > wrote:
> > Hello, Everyone:
> >
> > The red, yellow and orange bell peppers are usually much more
> > expensive than the green ones. What is the reason? I do find they also
> > taste better than the green ones, but are they more nutritious than
> > the green ones?
> >
> > Thank you for reading and replying!
> >
> > --Roland
>
> Red, yellow and orange bells are more expensive because they need to
> remain on the vine longer to fully ripen instead of being picked at
> the green stage. When bells are picked at the green stage it allows
> the plant to produce more bells faster. Fully ripened peppers
> essentially reduce the amount of additional bells the plant can
> produce. Therefore reducing the amount of money made from one plant.
> Nutritionally all bells are about the same, vitamin C may be slightly
> less in the ripened varieties. They are definitely sweeter, which
> suggests a higher sugar content.

My experience is that the green ones keep better. That means that the
other ones have more spoilage between picking and final sale, which
means higher costs.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

Dan Abel wrote:

>
> My experience is that the green ones keep better. That means that the
> other ones have more spoilage between picking and final sale, which
> means higher costs.
>
I buy a LOT of colorful peppers. Just this weekend the reds, yellows and
orange peppers were $2.59/pound. I rarely bother with the green ones
anymore. Just to add a price reference to this discussion.