I was at my local salad bar for lunch, and some obviously (strong accents) Australian tourists were ordering the salad ingredients. One little girl wanted the chopped (not hot) peppers and used a term to describe them that I had never heard before. It was some variant of the word capsicum. It sounded to me like capsinoids, or capsoids. The guy behind the counter had no idea what she was talking about, until she used the term "peppers." Do the Australian folks here know what I am referring to. Is there an Australian official, or slang word to describe peppers, that is related to the word capsicum?
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Australian term for pepper
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They’re usually red or green, sometimes yellow, and common on pizza. The British and Americans call them peppers, but Australians call it capsicum.
He knows what capsicums are, they are capsicums here too, he is saying it sounded like capsicum.
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http://outerhoard.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/food-and-drink-in-australian-english/
Australia uses the botanical name capsicum for what the Americans would call (red or green) bell peppers and the British (red or green) peppers.
http://outerhoard.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/food-and-drink-in-australian-english/
Australia uses the botanical name capsicum for what the Americans would call (red or green) bell peppers and the British (red or green) peppers.
just tryin to help 
Yeah, pepper to them is reserved for peppercorns only. Capsicums are capsicums.
So this site, The Hot Pepper, to them should be about black pepper
So this site, The Hot Pepper, to them should be about black pepper
Oh yeah chilli, not chili, or chile. Down Under all messed up!
No Aussie and NZ are all the right way up ... its everyone else that gets confused
Hmmmm
Pepper is pepper! Capsicums are Capsicums, and chilies are hot!
To confuse matters though, there is one exception. We call small capsicums bell peppers for the most part.
Also, if you said red/green/yellow peppers, none of us would find that unusual. (EDIT: referring to capsicum that is)
Bwahaha
To confuse matters though, there is one exception. We call small capsicums bell peppers for the most part.
Also, if you said red/green/yellow peppers, none of us would find that unusual. (EDIT: referring to capsicum that is)
No Aussie and NZ are all the right way up ... its everyone else that gets confused
Bwahaha
Oh hell you didn't use two LLs in chillie now you're really confusing us!Pepper is pepper! Capsicums are capsicums, and chilies are hot!
To confuse matters though, there is one exception. Most of call bell peppers exactly that... bell peppers.
Also, if you said red/green/yellow peppers, 99.999% of us would not find that unusual. (EDIT: referring to capsicum that is)
Bwahaha
Ok but Rachael still used one L!
It's that creeping American influence, I can't escape it! Arrrgghh!
... well, that and spell check. LOL
PS - It's Rael
Chili is a meal you lot cook, chilli is a plant you grow for the pods, chile is a country.
I came here thinking you sold grinders of black pepper with chilli flakes in them.Yeah, pepper to them is reserved for peppercorns only. Capsicums are capsicums.
So this site, The Hot Pepper, to them should be about black pepper
Indeed.
I came here thinking you sold grinders of black pepper with chilli flakes in them.
Hehehe, that's awesome.
Booooooooooooooooooo. If we drive on the right side, it means you drive on the wrong side!! Take that!