We grew the plant by accident, and while the usual harvest is just a handful at a time, they taste really fresh and great.

    • @[email protected]
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      44 hours ago

      Those are sweet peppers, different from bell peppers.

      This is what bell peppers look like.

      • @evasive_chimpanzee
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        13 hours ago

        That must be a language thing, cause I would call any pepper that’s not spicy a bell pepper. Whoever wrote the Wikipedia article on bell peppers said

        bell pepper is the only member of the genus Capsicum, that does not produce capsaicin

        So if it’s not spicy, it’s a bell pepper (at least where I live), but they can be in different forms. Not that any of that matters.

        • @[email protected]
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          13 hours ago

          Ha I was about to post a similar thing - there are colloquial differences for sure. I’ve heard bell peppers called sweet bell peppers in the Deep South. And in op’s defense, some people say bell peppers are spicy in their opinion. AND there are varieties of jalapeño that can have little to no heat in flavor so, that may not be a measure to go by. But a jalapeño does have a different flavor from a bell pepper, heat notwithstanding.

          But like you said, it doesn’t matter. Just eat them because they taste good!