The time i worked at a pepper greenhouse taught me 3 things:
-the thing you said
-if there’s a pinhole(or somehow a larger hole got past qc) on the bottom of a bell pepper, the inside is almost certainly rotten. 95%+
-the stems only get cut really short if there was stem rot/fungus on a bunch of them. Stem rot is technically fine but make sure to wash the ones with no stem extra well
Green bell peppers quite literally are not ripe yet. They should not be eaten by anybody.
The time i worked at a pepper greenhouse taught me 3 things:
-the thing you said
-if there’s a pinhole(or somehow a larger hole got past qc) on the bottom of a bell pepper, the inside is almost certainly rotten. 95%+
-the stems only get cut really short if there was stem rot/fungus on a bunch of them. Stem rot is technically fine but make sure to wash the ones with no stem extra well