All eggplants are not the same! Some are long, and some are short. Some are skinny, some curve, and some have extra skin covering the plant. I can repeatedly list countless differences we hear about through comedians, influencers, personalities, and radio and talk show hosts. You see women discussing it on various platforms, laughing to their heart’s content with their fellow sisters, and we, as men, accept this fact, but what about the reverse? It seems no one talks about the different things that make up “good peppers.” I mean, yes, there is the “smelly peppers” remark that gets thrown around, and now and again, you’ll hear things about “deep, open peppers” or “hanging peppers,” but is that all it comes down to? Are you suddenly in the top 1 percent if you do not subscribe to those phrases? I’m here to tell you no.

Just like women, men too have talked about the size, the shape, the inside, and many more aspects that all go into what we consider to be “good peppers,” and we’ve discussed it at length, behind closed doors, details of the spicy, sweet fruit that never make its way to the town square. No man is loud, bold, or cares enough to speak up, but I, Sherman T. Hancock, have spoken! So, I present to you the Opera of the Bell. Open this book, lick your fingers and turn the pages, move that leaf to the side, and stick your face in it. I promise you will only stop listening once you have uncovered the secrets deep within this paprika in a bottle, pimento in a bowl. Come inside this capsicum, and discover the Bell Pepper.