Years ago I made harissa out of peppers for sauce for baked chicken wings. To my surprise it tasted tomato-ey.

After doing some Google searches I realized the plants were related and eventually it sort of made sense. Peppers are almost like a very dry, very firm tomato.

In hindsight it's obvious but at the time it was very surprising.

you are both right of course

but for some reason my fealty to potato does not extend to tomatoes and eggplant quite the same way. i feel toward potatoes sort of how gary Larson feels about cows