Anonymous Coward · 1mo

strange question: are bell peppers/capsicum/パプリカ vs ピーマン the same thing... i've always assumed so bc ripeness/age (see: button vs portobello mushroom) but. i don't live in jp and google is sending me mixed messages so

I’m pretty sure that ピーマン generally refers to green pepper while パプリカ is red, orange and yellow! At least that’s what I’ve observed in supermarkets. I know there are 赤いピーマン which makes me believe there’s probably some sort of technical difference (probably that ピーマン are a bit smaller/more bitter than パプリカ) but generally speaking I think you’d be fine thinking of them as I described.

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