Lantern pepper: a variety of pepper with four colors: green, red, yellow and purple. Generally, it is oblate, shaped like a lantern, with a concave top, smooth and shiny fruit surface, mild and even not spicy. It is usually eaten as a vegetable rather than a condiment.

Crispy pepper: a unique pepper variety in Yunnan, with turquoise or tender yellow color, lantern-shaped fruit on all sides, irregular shriveled skin and moderate spicy degree. It can be used as vegetables and condiments.

First, the difference in appearance.

1, lantern pepper: a variety of peppers, with green, red, yellow, purple and other colors. It is generally oblate, shaped like a lantern, with a concave top, 4 petals and 8 longitudinal grooves. The fruit has smooth and shiny surface, thick meat and many seeds.

2. Crispy pepper: a unique pepper variety in Yunnan. Compared with other pepper varieties, its light yellow-green, crisp texture and wrinkled skin are its signs. Small in size, turquoise or tender yellow in color, shaped like a lantern on all sides, with irregular concave and convex lines on the surface after maturity, and the epidermis shrinks after drying.

Second, the taste difference.

1, Lantern Pepper: It is a kind of slightly spicy pepper, with light or even not spicy taste, rich fragrance and melon and fruit flavor.

2, wrinkled skin pepper: the taste is moderate, you can't feel the spicy taste when you just eat it, and the spicy taste begins to attack slowly, and the spicy taste comes slowly, leaving a feeling of endless aftertaste. The biggest feature is that after a long period of heating, the taste is still crisp and refreshing, with a quiet Chili flavor.

Third, the different ways of eating.

1, bell pepper: generally used as a vegetable rather than a seasoning, it can not only be used as a dish by itself, but also widely used as a side dish. Dried persimmon pepper has a strong flavor, and it is put in the side dish after frying, which is full of color and flavor.

2, wrinkled skin pepper: in addition to being eaten as a vegetable, it can also be eaten as a condiment, generally used to cook with mushrooms or bacon.