To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Toma Bellas
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 10:16:34 -0700
I'm not a produce expert, but I found the following via Google...
The European standard for sweet peppers identifies 4 catagories of shapes:
elongated (pointed)
square (blunt)
square tapering (peg top)
flat (tomato pepper).
Tomato peppers in the US are marketed as "Toma Bellas".
These are not a cross between tomatoes and peppers, but rather a kind of
sweet pepper.
-Mark Lee, Seattle, zone 7B/8A
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Subject: [NAFEX] Toma Bellas
A fresh produce ezine to which I subscribe had the following on a new
vegetable hitting markets. Does anyone know about this?
Doreen Howard
Toma Bellas are a hybrid fruit of tomatoes and bell peppers. Toma Bellas
have the sweet flavor of the tomato with the crispy, crunchiness of bell
pepper. Intense red in color with a squatty-bell shape, Toma Bellas maintain
their crispness after cooking. Stuff with cold salads, fill and bake, or use
them to serve dips and sauces.