Red sweet bell peppers are obviously one of the best things EVER. Their scent, crunchy texture and sweet taste makes my mouth water even thinking about them (Actually I have just finished one off for breakfast).
I can eat them everyday, anytime, anywhere as long as they are not consecrated in a cooking pan - I like them raw. Growing them is a pure act of patience: Watching unripened peppers slowly turn color takes a long time when all you can think of is stuffing your face with one.
Whilst living in the Mexican outback I could only get green peppers which are of course contemptible compared to the vibrant ripe red ones. Imagine my joy when I arrived in Jordan and was suddenly surrounded by them. Add some jarjeer (arugula) that grows on little vegetable plots all across the city and is sold straight from the wheelbarrows behind the mosque and you have yourself a union made in heaven.
Interesting fact: Christopher Colombus was the muppet whom mistakenly gave this fruit (yep it IS a fruit) its name, wrongly associating it with peppercorns.
I can eat them everyday, anytime, anywhere as long as they are not consecrated in a cooking pan - I like them raw. Growing them is a pure act of patience: Watching unripened peppers slowly turn color takes a long time when all you can think of is stuffing your face with one.
Whilst living in the Mexican outback I could only get green peppers which are of course contemptible compared to the vibrant ripe red ones. Imagine my joy when I arrived in Jordan and was suddenly surrounded by them. Add some jarjeer (arugula) that grows on little vegetable plots all across the city and is sold straight from the wheelbarrows behind the mosque and you have yourself a union made in heaven.
Interesting fact: Christopher Colombus was the muppet whom mistakenly gave this fruit (yep it IS a fruit) its name, wrongly associating it with peppercorns.
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