When I was young, my mom used to always tell me not to waste food and to finish off everything that was on my plate. However, I never really thought about the food waste problem until I grew up and started living on my own, but let’s backtrack a little bit…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an Italian living in London, I can see there are many obvious differences between Italy and the UK, but one of the starkest is the fresh produce in supermarkets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multicultural towns and cities in the UK offer a much wider array of exotic fruit and vegetables that are rarely on offer in regular supermarkets in Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But one of the drawbacks of this extra choice is that most of the fruit and veg is imported and often tastes pretty bland. Some \u201cfarmers\u201d markets are slightly better, but with a busy lifestyle, I sadly haven\u2019t got the time to go to markets to buy my groceries every week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, my Italian cousin moved to London, and one day she sent me a text:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow do you cook those tiny peppers?\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I wasn\u2019t sure which ones she was referring to. Was she talking about Mexican chillies? Was she talking about Spanish Padr\u00f3n peppers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It turns out she was talking about regular \u201cBritish\u201d peppers like the ones pictured below (which are often not British, as most of the time they are imported from warmer countries).<\/p>\n\n\n\n