Bell pepper - Piman (English spelling)

Japanese: ピーマン - ぴーまん(英語表記)bell pepper
Bell pepper - Piman (English spelling)

A variety of sweet pepper with no hotness in the fruit. Originally derived from a variety called the Hispania variety that was introduced from America during the Meiji period, many varieties have been developed to suit Japanese tastes, and they became popular rapidly after World War II. The fruit is large, oval, 5-7 cm long and 4 cm wide, with several vertical grooves, the flesh is about 5 mm thick, and hollow inside. It contains many white, oblate seeds. The flesh is soft, fragrant, and has excellent taste. There are large-fruited varieties such as California Wonder, and slightly elongated, small-fruited varieties, but the large-fruited varieties are more popular.

They are cultivated in greenhouses and houses even in winter, so they are available all year round. Miyazaki, Ibaraki, and Kochi prefectures are the main producers, with Iwate, Nagano, and Kagoshima also shipping in large quantities.

[Hoshikawa Kiyochika]

Food

Large peppers can be sliced ​​into rounds and used in salads or stir-fries, or stuffed with meat and deep-fried. Long and small peppers can be baked, deep-fried, or stewed. Raw bell peppers contain 270 micrograms of carotene per 100 grams, but cooking with oil reduces the loss of carotene, with 100 grams of fried pepper containing 280 micrograms of carotene and 160 IU of vitamin A. There is another type of pepper called pimento, which is very similar to bell pepper, but this is a different variety from the Japanese bell pepper, and is a name used in America to refer to a sweet, red pepper with thick flesh. Pimentos are processed into canned goods, stuffed olives, pimento cheese, etc.

[Hoshikawa Kiyochika]

green pepper
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green pepper

Bell pepper flower
In summer, the actinosymmetrical white flowers (sometimes purple) open downward or sideways. The corolla has 5 to 7 lobes. ©Seishohmaru ">

Bell pepper flower

Bell pepper fruit
The fruit is 5-7cm long and egg-shaped, with a hollow interior. Some foreign species ripen to red or yellow. Peppers with relatively large fruits and no hotness are generally called piman .

Bell pepper fruit


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

トウガラシのうちで、果実に辛味がない甘いトウガラシの1変種。明治時代にアメリカから導入されたイスパニア種といわれる品種がもとになり、今日までに日本人の嗜好(しこう)に適合した多くの品種が作出されて、第二次世界大戦後急速に普及した。果実は大きく、長さ5~7センチメートル、幅4センチメートルの卵形で、数条の縦溝があり、果肉は厚さ5ミリメートルほど、果内は空洞となる。多くの白い扁円(へんえん)形の種子がある。果肉は柔らかく、香りがよくて食味が優れる。品種に、カリフォルニアワンダーなどの大果のものと、やや長形で小形のものとがあるが、大果のものが普及している。

 冬季も温室やハウスで栽培され、一年中供給される。宮崎、茨城、高知の3県が主産地で、ほかに岩手、長野、鹿児島県も出荷量が多い。

[星川清親]

食品

大果のものは輪切りにしてサラダや炒(いた)め物に、また肉など詰め物をして揚げ物にする。また長形で小形のものは焼いたり、てんぷら、煮物などにするとよい。生(なま)のピーマン100グラム中にはカロチン270マイクログラムが含まれるが、油で調理するとカロチンが失われにくく、油炒め100グラム当りのカロチンは280マイクログラム、ビタミンA効力160IUである。なお、トウガラシの類にはピーマンとよく似た名称のピメントがあるが、これは日本のピーマンとは異なる品種で、アメリカにおいてとくに果肉の厚い紅色の甘いトウガラシをさす名前である。ピメントは缶詰、スタッフドオリーブ、ピメントチーズなどに加工される。

[星川清親]

ピーマン
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ピーマン

ピーマンの花
夏、放射相称の白色花(まれに紫色)を下または横向きに開く。花冠は5~7裂する©Seishohmaru">

ピーマンの花

ピーマンの果実
長さ5~7cmの卵形で、果内は空洞。赤色や黄色に熟す外国種もある。果実が比較的大形で辛味のないトウガラシを一般にピーマンとよぶ©Shogakukan">

ピーマンの果実


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