Diane heirloom carrots

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I haven't seen them yet. I will be looking!

Donna

--- strayfeather1 <otherbox2001 wrote:

 

 

>

> Have you seen those heirloom carrots that are almost

> purple on the

> outside and a deep gorgeous orange inside? When you

> steam them the

> purple goes almost to a bright maroon, quite a

> beautiful contrast with

> the orange insides.

>

> Peace,

> Diane

>

>

> , " Erin "

> <truepatriot wrote:

> >

> > I have tried the orange ones and found them, in

> comparison to

> > the standard white variety, to be 1) sweeter and

> 2) more tender.

> > Pretty good and containing more beta-carotene by

> way of the

> > orange pigmentation. At $1 more per head than the

> standard,

> > and with plenty of carrots and winter squashes in

> my diet, I

> > don't make them a regular purchase though. Have

> you seen also

> > the multi-colored carrots (red, yellow, etc.)?

> They too strike

> > me as being sweeter than your standard orange

> kind.

> >

> > Enjoy,

> > -Erin

> >

> http://www.zenpawn.com/vegblog/vegan-done-light.html

> >

> >

> > , " wwjd "

> <jtwigg@> wrote:

> > >

> > > Last Sunday, we were in Atlanta, Ga at the

> Dekalb Farmers Market

> > and I saw

> > > the most amazing thing. They had 4 different

> colors of

> > Cauliflower. There

> > > were Purple, Orange, Green and of course the

> White that all are

> > familiar

> > > with. This was my first time ever seeing

> these. Have you come

> > across

> > > them before? I bought a green one, but haven't

> cooked it yet.

> > >

> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauliflower Here

> is something I

> > found on the

> > > internet about these different colors. I

> thought I should have

> > bought all

> > > 3 and cooked them in seperate pots and then put

> them together to

> > serve. I

> > > bet everyone would have really pondered over how

> I colored them

> > like

> > > that.......LOL

> > >

> > > Cooking is so fun,

> > > Judy

> > >

> >

>

>

>

 

 

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