About Bell Pepper
The bell is the scale's zero and the kitchen's workhorse — its recessed base (the "bell") and thick walls make it the stuffing and fajita standard. Colors are ripeness stages: green is the unripe harvest (bitterer, crisper), red the fully ripe (sweetest, most vitamin C). Roasting under the broiler until blackened, then steaming in a bowl, converts the skin off and the sweetness up.