Do Your Capsicums Smell Bad?

Chazzozz on 30/11/2022 - 19:48
Last edited 30/11/2022 - 22:25 by 2 other users

I don’t know if it’s just me but lately every time I buy a capsicum from any of the Colesworth stores it has a very distinct chemical tang to the aroma and flavour. Quite frankly, I think it stinks, and if I cook it with anything it ruins the dish. I ended up chucking out a whole stir fry the other night because it smelt awful. Anyone else had this experience?

Capsicums from the local markets or bought at IGA are not affected, so I’m thinking the major retailers must be doing something to them to make them last longer in storage or something.

Food & Grocery Capsicum

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elgrande on 30/11/2022 - 19:49

+7

Do Your Caps Smell Bad?

No, I sanitise my keyboard..
- bobbified on 30/11/2022 - 20:57
  
  That's such a JV comment! 😂
  - HairyChickens on 30/11/2022 - 21:54
    
    +3
    
    No, I sanitise my keyboard..
payless69 on 30/11/2022 - 20:00

I cap my spending!
c64 on 30/11/2022 - 20:38

i like red ones, not so keen on green ones
Muzeeb on 30/11/2022 - 20:43

Just had a sniff behind the tv. The squillion caps behind there all smell good.
cashless on 30/11/2022 - 21:16

+5

I thought this was going to be a thread about how to wash baseball caps
T3J on 30/11/2022 - 21:30

+2

Small fact, Green, Red and Yellow are all the same, just different stage of ripening.
- [Deactivated] on 30/11/2022 - 21:51
  
  small fact, big savings!
  - coffeeinmyveins on 01/12/2022 - 09:23
    
    +1
    
    Not really, they serve different purposes.
    
    Green is more crunchy and more tart whereas the yellow is softer and generally sweeter.
    - [Deactivated] on 01/12/2022 - 11:09
      
      What about red?
      - coffeeinmyveins on 01/12/2022 - 15:13
        
        @[Deactivated]: Generally the sweetest. Green > Yellow > Red but the way we grow and manipulate things, they don't really end up being too different (red/yellow).
        
        [Deactivated] on 01/12/2022 - 18:08
        
        @coffeeinmyveins: Good to know. thanks fellow ozzzybarginer
cookie2 on 30/11/2022 - 22:16

I haven't noticed but I have noticed they seem more watery and thus heavier to me and the green lacking in taste. But then i rarely buy capsicum from Woolworths.
- Brian McGee on 01/12/2022 - 10:10
  
  Everything has a bit more 'waste' attached these days. Chicken parts (breast/thigh) aren't as trim and often contain a few bits of bone and 'slime'. Lots more fat still on steaks, longer stalks on veggies and strawberries.
  Just adds to the weight you pay for but can't use.
  - coffeeinmyveins on 01/12/2022 - 15:14
    
    longer stalks on veggies
    
    Just waiting for a farmer to come in and post that ridiculous article that was posted a few months ago where they were "shocked" and "appauled" that people were cutting off the stems of brocolli.
    
    Yeah sure it's got the most nutrients but it tastes like absolute cardboard and I'm not paying for it.
    - Brian McGee on 01/12/2022 - 15:58
      
      Yeah sure it's got the most nutrients but it tastes like absolute cardboard and I'm not paying for it.
      
      But apparently if you boil it for 6 hours with half your spice rack it makes the bin smell nice when you chuck it out.
    - c64 on 01/12/2022 - 16:27
      
      for tough large broccoli stalks you can slice off the outside stringy layer and the inside should be nice to eat
      
      for medium and small stalks, be a man and just eat it
      - franco cozzo on 01/12/2022 - 18:26
        
        @c64: brave to assume their gender in this day & age!!
franco cozzo on 01/12/2022 - 04:53

+3

red caps were $16.99kg at my local green grocer this week!
has become a luxury food!

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