What did you cook or eat today (April 2023)?

[vernplum]

I smoked some wings with charcoal and hickory wood. Seasoned with salt, pepper and granulated garlic. Brushed with some Stubb's Heat and Sweet BBQ sauce at the end of the cook.


What kind of capsicum is that? It looks like red bell pepper, from the size. But being a stir fried Asian looking dish, it could be any capsicum -- I would imagine a capsicum with some heat.

CD

It's a red bell pepper. Round here, they are called 'red bell pepper', 'red pepper', or 'capsicum'. There's no heat to them.

 

[caseydog]

It's a red bell pepper. Round here, they are called 'red bell pepper', 'red pepper', or 'capsicum'. There's no heat to them.

I was thrown off the first time I heard someone, perhaps rascal, refer to a bell pepper as capsicum, since capsicum is a genus, not one specific pepper. A bell pepper is a capsicum, but so is a jalapeño.

CD

 

[vernplum]

I was thrown off the first time I heard someone, perhaps rascal, refer to a bell pepper as capsicum, since capsicum is a genus, not one specific pepper. A bell pepper is a capsicum, but so is a jalapeño.

CD

In the UK where I'm from, and pre-internet, I had never heard the term 'capsicum'. We always referred to these as 'red bell peppers', 'red peppers' or 'sweet peppers'. It wasn't till I got online and started looking up recipes that I learned (or so I thought - perhaps I'm wrong now) that 'Capsicum' is what bell peppers are called in the US. Am I wrong?

Here in Singapore where I live now, it's the same - most folks say 'peppers'. In referring to something like a Jalapeno, we say 'Jalapeno peppers' or 'Jalapeno chillies', 'birds eye peppers/chillies', 'habanero chillies' etc.. Nobody I know refers to them as 'capsicums' nor do they for any other chillies, though I expect you're right - under botanical taxonomy chillies, peppers and suchlike are all genus capsicum. the term is reserved (around here at least) for bell peppers.

 

[Windigo]

We had a fantastic easter brunch, more pics here: Easter 2023

 

[TastyReuben]

I learned (or so I thought - perhaps I'm wrong now) that 'Capsicum' is what bell peppers are called in the US. Am I wrong?

We (US) call those bell peppers. I never heard the term capsicum to refer to a bell pepper until I joined this forum. - I just knew that capsicum was the “sciencey” name for peppers in general.

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[vernplum]

W

We (US) call those bell peppers. I never heard the term capsicum to refer to a bell pepper until I joined this forum. - I just knew that capsicum was the “sciencey” name for peppers in general.

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Well now I don’t know where I learned this term then.

But going by what caseydog says of rascal and a quick Google, I guess this is the fault of the Aussies and the Kiwis (and Pakistanis too apparently!)

 

[caseydog]

I had an appetizer for lunch at the airport. Papadeaux's crab and spinach dip. It was veery good, as it should be for 23 bucks. It came with garlic baguette for dipping.

CD

 

[karadekoolaid]

Papadeaux's crab and spinach dip. It was veery good, as it should be for 23 bucks.

$23.... As you once told me, airport means "expensive"!

 

[karadekoolaid]

Round here, they are called 'red bell pepper', 'red pepper', or 'capsicum'.

I´m with you guys. Before I started dabbling in chile culture, those things sold in the supermarket were called "Red/Green peppers". The hot stuff was called " Chillis/Chilis/Chillys".
The Aztecs called the fiery little fruit "Chil" or "Chile". The Incas, in Perú, called it " Ají"-which is how it´s known in Perú, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.

 

[Morning Glory]

I´m with you guys. Before I started dabbling in chile culture, those things sold in the supermarket were called "Red/Green peppers". The hot stuff was called " Chillis/Chilis/Chillys".
The Aztecs called the fiery little fruit "Chil" or "Chile". The Incas, in Perú, called it " Ají"-which is how it´s known in Perú, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.

Yeah. In the UK, bell peppers are simply known as peppers or sometimes sweet peppers. Smaller hot peppers are called chillies.

 

[medtran49]

Browned Nathan's all beef hot dogs, removed, fried onions and parcooked potatoes until browned slightly, added parcooked sliced cabbage and fried for a bit, hot dogs back in. Served with mustard. It was pretty good, but not pretty.

 

[caseydog]

W

Well now I don’t know where I learned this term then.

But going by what caseydog says of rascal and a quick Google, I guess this is the fault of the Aussies and the Kiwis (and Pakistanis too apparently!)

I cut the Aussies some slack. Who knows what I would be like if I lived my life upside down.

CD

 

[caseydog]

In the UK where I'm from, and pre-internet, I had never heard the term 'capsicum'. We always referred to these as 'red bell peppers', 'red peppers' or 'sweet peppers'. It wasn't till I got online and started looking up recipes that I learned (or so I thought - perhaps I'm wrong now) that 'Capsicum' is what bell peppers are called in the US. Am I wrong?

Here in Singapore where I live now, it's the same - most folks say 'peppers'. In referring to something like a Jalapeno, we say 'Jalapeno peppers' or 'Jalapeno chillies', 'birds eye peppers/chillies', 'habanero chillies' etc.. Nobody I know refers to them as 'capsicums' nor do they for any other chillies, though I expect you're right - under botanical taxonomy chillies, peppers and suchlike are all genus capsicum. the term is reserved (around here at least) for bell peppers.

Imagine my confusion when I first heard a Brit mention a rocket salad. I was mentally picturing a salad being launched into space. Turns out, it just a bowl of arugula.

CD

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

The bottom of the box of Trader Joe's Pita Crackers, all busted up, I hate that, but oh well, everything tasted better with some cheese on it - well and a glass of wine doesn't hurt either

 

[rascal]

I use iceberg for my salads. Or 1000 lakes . We grow both.

Russ