Carrots

[laurence2]

I know i,m not on the right topic for this, but what colour were carrots originally before they became orange?

I reckon ''WHITE''

Its to settle a dispute

[cameo]

i'm sure i remember watching a programme once where they said that they use to be purple and they were starting to grow purple ones again!!

or maybe i dreamt it!

[Neenee]

were they not green????

do you mean beore they ripen? or were they once a different colour many moons ago??

[laurence2]

cheers AB's, well thats me wrong

[cameo]

thanks Ward~Minter.
at least i know i haven't been having strange dreams about carrots???

[philandlil]

Cameo, i think the programme was 'This Morning' because they showed other veg in odd colours like blue potatoes.

[nickmo]

Carrots had purple skins with a white flesh - like quite a few plant roots that have a coloured 'skin' to the taproot. A US grower is offering this combination as an anti-cancer food - some substance in this as the make up of the coloured veg does have some good properties that may help or have an effect.

Loads of coloured veg that are 'wrong' as well - red brussels sprouts is the best so far - plus orange cauliflowers, the blue potato - actually quite an old variety (blue congo or blue falcon for example) developed from an original south american plant by the Victorians - a lot of the older potatoes have coloured flesh like yellow, pink or red - black cabbage, etc.

Also carrots are very similar in looks to the hemlock - brave little early human that had the first bite then......must have been a dare after the pub......

And September 29th, St Michaels Day, is of course the ancient Domhnach Curran, Carrot Sunday! Gather wild carrots and celebrate finding a forked one as a sign of fertility. Horse racinh on the beach, give thanks for the harvest, sacrifice a lamb, bake the struan cake and off to the ceileidh with the available young ladies.........yee haaaa!

[chongalolo]

I can recommend the purple carrots - we tried them last week. They look fab on the plate (purple on the outside and orange inside), taste very sweet and intense. Bad point - my hands went purple when I peeled them!

[jipsquithesq]

Well, i'm delighted. I demand a purple carrott this instant.

[steviep165]

they'l just clash with the turnip though surely

[jipsquithesq]

Surely you weren't planning to eat them raw