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Post by Moose on Jun 15, 2016 2:13:53 GMT
Is a bell pepper what I'd call a sweet pepper? (sort of large and vaguely roundish and coming in either red, yellow, green or orange?).
I always do the post grill thing, though that is largely because I can't flip something over to save my life. Ditto for pancakes.
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Post by whollygoats on Jun 15, 2016 3:33:48 GMT
Is a bell pepper what I'd call a sweet pepper? (sort of large and vaguely roundish and coming in either red, yellow, green or orange?). I always do the post grill thing, though that is largely because I can't flip something over to save my life. Ditto for pancakes. Yes, bell pepper is sweet pepper here, too, although some I know include bell, pimento, Hungarian, banana, and others in a 'class' of 'sweet peppers'. I am indeed referring to the mild flavored lantern-shaped peppers in clear green, red, yellow, or orange colors. Okay....That's an interesting quirk. I guess that's why I never grill my omelettes, because I flip mine. For me, omelettes are "whip, sear, fill, fold, flip". Unflipped flapjacks sounds like something of a downer. Is it the same with say...burgers? Grilled sandwiches? Y'know...When I see the professional chefs doing omelettes, they seem to use the pan to do much of the flipping. I tend to keep my skillet on the stovetop and rely upon the work of the spatula flipper to turn my projects. I admire the skills of the cooks, but I wouldn't try what they do...my food would be too likely to be floor decoration.
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Post by Moose on Jun 24, 2016 23:40:58 GMT
You're supposed to flip pancakes in the pan but for the same reason I've never tried. I do not have the physical dexterity for it ..
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Post by raspberrybullets on Jun 25, 2016 7:13:53 GMT
Here we call them capsicum. Sweet/bell peppers I mean. And in Slovakia and the Netherlands we call them paprika so that is what I tend to refer to them as.
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Post by whollygoats on Jun 25, 2016 14:57:53 GMT
Here we call them capsicum. Sweet/bell peppers I mean. And in Slovakia and the Netherlands we call them paprika so that is what I tend to refer to them as. Interesting. Capsicum arises from the scientific terminology for peppers generally. Habaneros and sweet peppers are, in my mind, both capsicum. All 'peppers' are; it doesn't matter, sweet, hot, mild...they are all 'capsicum'. 'Paprika', to me, means the powdered result of dried sweet peppers, which is used like finely ground peppercorns for flavoring and color garnish (merely saying 'paprika' in the US tends to raise visions of wild Hungarian gypsies with long-stemmed roses clutched firmly in their teeth).
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Post by raspberrybullets on Jun 27, 2016 10:33:16 GMT
Yes, here as well paprika is the spice not the bell pepper. In Slovak it's both, and both are used widely in the cooking.
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Post by Moose on Jul 12, 2016 2:12:14 GMT
I'd consider paprika to be a powdered spice ... never heard it used in any other context
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Post by raspberrybullets on Jul 16, 2016 2:20:34 GMT
That's cos you're speaking English.
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