ms_peacock wrote:
> "aem" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>> I'm the other way 'round. I consider it a bonus if I find green
>> peppers that have begun to ripen and turn color. We grow bell peppers
>> some summers and like them from green to yellow or orange or red
>> depending on ripeness and variety. Usually they do not ripen further
>> or change color after picking, but I suppose that if a long piece of
>> stem were left on and it was picked just the instant before it was
>> about to ripen it might fool itself under the conditions you describe.
>> Maybe. I wouldn't bet on it, though. -aem
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> I've had bell peppers get some color after picking. They were left in a
> basket on the counter and not refrigerated though.
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> Ms P
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I have had them turn color also, just before getting wrinkly and
beginning to spoil.

gloria p