They have violated my peppers

At the grocery store I spy a bin of large shiny green peppers off in the distance. What a wonderful addition to my meatloaf, I think. I approach the peppers and reach out, my hand makes contact- NASTY! They are covered with what seems to be a vaseline-like product! This is going to far! I like pretty food, but I can handle the way a pepper looks straight out of the garden. Now I have to decide, is it worth cleaning this stuff off, when I will remember this alien movie-like goo as I am eating my meatloaf, or should I scrap the pepper idea and go with extra mushrooms?