That's crazy talk. Cooked green peppers are pretty gross, but raw green peppers taste nice and crisp and green.

Agreed - green peppers raw or cooked are gross........no one should serve them. I am all for the red ones!

This must be based on American green peppers which are - like American cucumbers and celery - essentially tasteless. Try a stuffed green pepper in Turkey or stir-fried green peppers with potatoes in Taiwan and you might change your mind.

This must be based on American green peppers which are - like American cucumbers and celery - essentially tasteless. Try a stuffed green pepper in Turkey or stir-fried green peppers with potatoes in Taiwan and you might change your mind.

Like anything else, it depends on the use. This is true for a lot of unripe foods -- green tomatoes for instance. You wouldn't stick them in a salad, but you wouldn't fry a ripe one.

Green bell peppers have their place. It just isn't necessarily every place they are used. I tried once to make shrimp etouffe with red bell peppers and it was entirely too sweet. It really needed that slight bitter edge.

Robert Sietsema

Green bell pepper is essential to the Creole cooking of New Orleans, but in combination with celery and onion, two other strong flavors.

Sarah DiGregorio

Hi Robyn-- that does sound like it would change my mind!

And I guess I should have put a disclaimer in about the Cajun holy trinity...but in a gumbo or etouffee they're a back note (a crucial one, but still), surrounded by many delicious flavors. A roux can make almost anything taste good.