Post Punk Kitchen Forum

Because everything else in my garden is starting to rot, I picked my orange bell peppers while they were still green. I'm letting them sit in a paper bag, as I've tried that trick before with green tomatoes, but am not sure if it will work. Will these be edible if they don't change color?

Well, in the very leaest you have green peppers. That's what green peppers are, unripened red or whatever.

I've had jalapenos ripen to red when picked green but not bells.

It's unlikely they will change color. You're better off chopping them up now and cooking them with something, or freezing it, if you don't need to use them in a recipe right away.

They will rot fairly quickly, from the inside out, usually, where the seeds are and more moisture.

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(I think they're correct, but as long as you check your peppers first you should be able to tell, right? Maybe you could just pickle them.)

I read the thread title as "prematurely PICKLED peppers." I was thoroughly confused.

jeebus, i am having a similar problem (a site i looked at this morning said putting them in a paper bag with an apple would work if they were beginning to get color).

my red peppers have been on the plant and not growing any larger for a while now, but they are green green green. i am dying of agita here waiting for them to turn color. TURN COLOR ALREADY DAMMIT!