Did you know that thousands of years ago carrots were originally purple and yellow? This article explains it. They were eventually cultivated by the Dutch to become more disease resistant and carrots became orange.
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I love all things purple and blue! Happy Sunday, Denise.
ReplyDeletePurple colour is good for a nutritious food
ReplyDeletegood morning-I did not know that-thanks
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to know. I haven't seen these around here. But I think I have had then when I lived back East.
ReplyDeleteThese are so pretty. Not orange originally. Good to know about carrots. I do eat a lot of them.
ReplyDeleteInteresing! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI he seen them in the shops here, but not tried them!
ReplyDeleteAwesome colors.
ReplyDeleteI have never eaten or even seen such beautiful, purple carrots.
ReplyDeleteThe purple carrots are so interesting, Christine. I've not seen any in the grocery stores here.
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ReplyDeleteA great variety :)
They're pretty.
ReplyDeleteThat is cool, I didn't know that :-D
ReplyDeleteThere carrots in my soup.
ReplyDeleteHmm...interesting. I never thought carrots would be any other color.
ReplyDeleteThis was really interesting. I've had some of those new purple carrots and I like how they look.
ReplyDeleteNunca había visto zanahorias moradas. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't those be lovely in a soup or salad.
ReplyDeleteThe history of food is always fascinating. Thanks for sharing this Christine.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the informative post
ReplyDeleteLooks purple-y good.
ReplyDeleteYes, I did know about the others. It's ashame that we don't have more of these. Easy to grow at home, thankfully homesteaders keeps these fun things alives.
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Good information.
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