Sheldon wrote:

Gregory Morrow wrote:
Steve Sqwertz cluelessly wrote:
Sheldon wrote:
Peppers no longer continue to ripen once picked.

I guess that's why all my jalapeno and serrano peppers from the
grocery store turn from green to red at home after a few days.

And you don't even have to put them in a bag to ripen, do you,
Sqwirtz? That's because the BAG is on yer HEAD...as it is most of the
time when you post.

Read the subject header, the subject at hand is BELL peppers...next
you'll be trying to interject snarky comments about ground black
pepper, etc....

Even hot peppers don't ripen once picked. With some varieties if
picked when almost fully ripe they may ripen further some almost
imperceptible amount, but they will definitely rot before they ripen
noticably. Peppers are a fruit and ripening fruit means an increase
in sugar content, not a change in color... color change is an
indicator of ripeness ONLY while still on the plant. Peppers may turn
color while dehydrating but that is not ripening, that's oxidation...
if peppers are kept moist they will rot (rotting peppers change color
too). Some fruits continue to ripen after picking but peppers are not
one of those.



Yep, I notice that with jalapenos...I like to keep them out for a
little whiles in my big white fruit/vegetable bowl on the kitchen
table. If it's hot and steamy (like our current weather) I don't dare
leave them out more than a day, just like I don't leave out bell
peppers - they'll rot. In the winter when the humidity and temp are
low I can leave them out for a few days, eventually some will turn
orange - ish, and if I leave them for a long time they will just
eventually shrivel up...

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Best
Greg