Yeah, my mom grows carrots in a variety of colours, not just the new orange one that's become so common. Also grows blue potatoes, purple beans and whatnot, because she has more fun with more colourful food.
The texture issue is with cooked carrots. However, I also don't like how carrots taste. Fresh fruits and vegetables in general, actually. Literally the fresher they are, the more they taste like themselves, so I'm one of the only people alive who prefers vegetables from fast food places 🙃
mushrooms
I feel you on the mushroom texture, but still, cooked mushrooms are my favorite """vegetable""" by a country mile. Like the texture sucks, but it's a savory vegetable. It's the cool vegetable. The rest "taste like veggies" to me. 🤮 Like I really owe mushrooms an apology for not eating them for the first half of my life.
Wow yea that is a frustrating position to be in. When you have a taste that is physically unpleasant, it really makes it inedible. Worse if others can't taste it, as I feel half don't believe it could taste different.
Purple carrots have a better taste, in my opinion. Not perfectly interchangeable with the standard orange ones, so having the option for both would be nice
Oh, I remember that question from a questionnaire I answered not too long ago. Because of the lack of choices (these kinds of questionnaires are often too narrow when it comes down to the amount of choices one can make), and because I can see the situation being less about a literal, eatable carrot and more about "receptivity to unexpected, novel things", I picked the "I'll try the purple ones" option back when I answered it.
57 Comments
Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world · 59 pts · 54d
Carrots being orange by default is thanks to the Dutch. Fucking bastards.
bryophile@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 54d
Leave it to the Dutch to standardise your food until everything is mediocre
njm1314@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 53d
Those God damn dastardly Dutch
davel@lemmy.ml · 49 pts · 54d
Carrots (and corn) have come in a variety of colors since time immemorial.
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 54d
Carrots used to be purple originally.
anothermember@feddit.uk · 31 pts · 54d
I just had purple carrots yesterday. Is there some controversy about them I don't know about?
Sanctus@anarchist.nexus · 27 pts · 54d
Yes please I want my food looking like its grown in fae soil. My wife makes these purple potatoes that are magical.
scrion@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 54d
https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/health/food-and-nutrition/purple-carrots-21032011/
MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 54d
... really? I'm bad at getting sarcasm.
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 24 pts · 54d
Purple potatoes are very real.
They're extra cool to make mashed potatoes, fries, or chips with.
Admetus@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 54d
More antioxidants and slower increase in blood sugar than ordinary potatoes.
benjirenji@slrpnk.net · 19 pts · 54d
You never thought having the same standardized food throughout the year everywhere on the continent is actually weirder?
TheMadCodger@piefed.social · 17 pts · 54d
Yeah, I already buy the tri-colored carrots, and the purple are my favs.
howrar@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 54d
Same price or cheaper? Then sure. Variety is good.
syklemil@discuss.tchncs.de · 14 pts · 54d
Yeah, my mom grows carrots in a variety of colours, not just the new orange one that's become so common. Also grows blue potatoes, purple beans and whatnot, because she has more fun with more colourful food.
Dark heirloom tomatoes are pretty neat too.
Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 54d
Purple is the old carrot. Orange is newer.
Hupf@feddit.org · 6 pts · 54d
ArseAssassin@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 54d
Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org · 8 pts · 54d
Yeah, my daughter loves purple color. So making mashed potatoes and adding in purple carrots would be kinda nice.
hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 54d
You could use purple potatoes. Or Aussie sweet potatoes, which are orange.
luthis@lemmy.nz · 8 pts · 54d
Fuck yeah. Multicoloured food is amazing
mineralman@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 54d
I have and they are delicious
LordCrom@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 53d
I grow carrots of multiple colors all year round. They honestly all taste the same.
scott@lem.free.as · 7 pts · 53d
Why not?
SaraTonin@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 54d
There’s a purple carrot in my fridge right now…
Nemo@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 54d
Yes, I've eaten them many times.
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus · 7 pts · 54d
Imagine actually shopping for carrots 🤣
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purplemonkeymad@programming.dev · 6 pts · 54d
Which way? For me cooked carrots are horrific just like mushrooms. Good raws are super nice and crunchy.
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus · 1 pts · 54d
The texture issue is with cooked carrots. However, I also don't like how carrots taste. Fresh fruits and vegetables in general, actually. Literally the fresher they are, the more they taste like themselves, so I'm one of the only people alive who prefers vegetables from fast food places 🙃
I feel you on the mushroom texture, but still, cooked mushrooms are my favorite """vegetable""" by a country mile. Like the texture sucks, but it's a savory vegetable. It's the cool vegetable. The rest "taste like veggies" to me. 🤮 Like I really owe mushrooms an apology for not eating them for the first half of my life.
purplemonkeymad@programming.dev · 3 pts · 54d
Wow yea that is a frustrating position to be in. When you have a taste that is physically unpleasant, it really makes it inedible. Worse if others can't taste it, as I feel half don't believe it could taste different.
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 54d
I can imagine boiling carrots in a stew or in the beans. Or thoroughly steamed. Or roasted with potatoes
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus · 2 pts · 54d
Yeah, I like carrots in my soup.
Infrapink@thebrainbin.org · 6 pts · 54d
I already did. The place I buy vegetables had purple carrots for a while, which cost more than orange carrots. I still bought them.
1Malayali@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 54d
How were they?
Sirius006@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 54d
Purple.
Infrapink@thebrainbin.org · 4 pts · 54d
Nice. They taste like orange carrots, but with a peppery kick.
lowleveldata@programming.dev · 6 pts · 54d
Why not? Always try new things. It's not like the grocer will recommend poisons anyway.
original_reader@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 54d
Bless your heart.
angband@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 54d
I have grown orange, yellow, and purple carrots. They are all yummy.
myrrh@ttrpg.network · 1 pts · 53d
...and they each taste different, too!..fantastic variety...
Carighan@piefed.world · 5 pts · 54d
I mean, green ketchup tastes exactly the same as red one, so I'm used to colour being somewhat meaningless. Same with clear cola.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 49d
That’s because those foods are made with distilled food colorings that are designed to be as tasteless as possible.
The colors in fruits and vegetables often reflect their vitamin content/taste.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 53d
Sure. I'll also accept purple and red sweet potatoes.
Eternal192@anarchist.nexus · 3 pts · 54d
Purple carrot tastes great, has hints of parsley and lovage and also paints everything purple.
I used it mostly for chicken soup and it was great, also works good in other dishes.
Contramuffin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 54d
Purple carrots have a better taste, in my opinion. Not perfectly interchangeable with the standard orange ones, so having the option for both would be nice
Brkdncr@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 54d
Are there any unsolved murders circling this grocer?
Etterra@discuss.online · 2 pts · 53d
I dunno, I tried purple potatoes once and they were pretty awful.
Mr_Fish@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 54d
Will you eat green eggs and ham?
remote_control_conor@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 54d
I will. Went through a whole thing where I hadn't tried them, but long-story-short; now I will. No fuss.
dsilverz@catodon.rocks · 2 pts · 54d
Oh, I remember that question from a questionnaire I answered not too long ago. Because of the lack of choices (these kinds of questionnaires are often too narrow when it comes down to the amount of choices one can make), and because I can see the situation being less about a literal, eatable carrot and more about "receptivity to unexpected, novel things", I picked the "I'll try the purple ones" option back when I answered it.
!asklemmy@lemmy.ml
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 53d
What’s up, doc?
MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 53d
What is down, doctor? ****
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 54d
I've had them. Well. We bought some and the very next day they were already limp and wet and grody. So maybe next batch will be better?
angelmountain@lemy.nl · 1 pts · 54d
Purple carrots are tasty, the white and yellow ones just as much as well!
Griffus@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 54d
Yuck, natural carrots? That's gross!
/s of course
nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 54d
I really want to try purple cabbage
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 54d
if i'm trying purple carrots its because the acid kicked in already so i wouldn't mind
fckreddit@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 54d
You cannot fool me. There are no purple carrots. /s