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Black/purple carrots - anyone tried them?

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maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 27 Oct 2013 13:14

I bought some on Friday, apparently S****bury's get them in every Halloween, and call them 'witches noses'.
Never tried them before.

Now, as I live alone, I try to cook veggies in the same pan, sometimes using a steamer, sometimes not, and use the water for gravy.

Yesterday put carrots in pan, when they started boiling, added cabbage.
No-one told me purple carrots 'bleed' like beetroot.
My 'sweetheart' cabbage had purple edges and veins, and the gravy was an interesting colour :-0 :-0 :-S

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Mersey

Mersey Report 27 Oct 2013 13:17

I have Maggie , but I roasted mine Yum Yum even though they made my parsnips go lilac lol :-D

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Sharron

Sharron Report 27 Oct 2013 13:21

That was the original colour of carrots.

The Dutch bred them to be orange in honour of their royal house.

Now there IS a useful piece of information.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 27 Oct 2013 13:21

Oooh roasted sounds nice. I thought they were a little 'flavourless'.

Have currently got some in the slow cooker with pork & chorizo. Chorizo & carrots are fighting over who can colour the most!!

Hi Sharron, yes I knew they were originally purple, but not sure if these are a modern over-hybridised variety or not. Would love to try the original!

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PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 27 Oct 2013 13:32

You aint arf clever Sharron.

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Sharron

Sharron Report 27 Oct 2013 13:45

Well yes, as compared to a carrot!

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 27 Oct 2013 14:38

And Potatoes were black/blue too.

Can still get them in some 'posh' shops

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Sue

Sue Report 27 Oct 2013 14:48

A friend grew some of the purple carrots and gave me some to try. Thought they tasted sweeter than the orange, but messy to prepare.!
Saw black potatoes in S'burys recently.

Sue
:-D

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