Ignorance"A girl who used to work for me believed that saveloys are made from fish because 'you get them from the fish shop'." Says Richard Mcbeef. He goes on to say "I was getting on for 40 before I became aware that medical doctors don't all have doctorates."
Tell us about your own embarrassing ignorance or that of others.
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I was surprised to see the supermarket selling red, orange and yellow pepper seeds I thought that they started off green and ripened into the other colours
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 4 Feb 2016, 11:17,
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I have a green plant that starts to turn redthen they fall off, rotten. Very disappointed - now I know why :-(
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ferret -> twitter.com/syfyautocorrect <-, Fri 5 Feb 2016, 10:34,
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You're right, they do start off green and ripen into the other coloursIt's just that different cultivars of the bell pepper plant have been bred to "stick" at a different colour on ripening, so you have peppers that have been bred to be yellow or orange or even stay green when fully ripe. I grew some "chocolate peppers" once that went dark brown, but they all started off green. Typically in the supermarket green peppers will be cheaper than red because they're immature red peppers that have been harvested early.
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emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 5 Feb 2016, 20:47,
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