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Originally Posted by Kaffs:
Originally Posted by Sprout:
Originally Posted by Kaytee:
Originally Posted by Kaffs:

sorry.. but ping's does look impressive

It is.....but I wouldn't eat giblets, roasted or not

They're for making gravy out of...not pickling 

no, that's what bisto gravy granules are for.  Giblets are for lining the bin.

FM
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
Originally Posted by Dame_Ann_Average:
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
Originally Posted by Baz:

Oh pass the sick bucket please  Just give her the darn prize now !

Or, shag her and get it over with

 

 

actually that made me wannna throw up 

 

Sorry, darling 

 

 

tis ok...I've stopped gagging now 

Dame_Ann_Average

Before the 17th century, almost all cultivated carrots were purple.

 

The modern day orange carrot wasn’t cultivated until Dutch growers in the late 16th century took mutant strains of the purple carrot and gradually developed them into the sweet, plump, orange variety we have today.  Before this, pretty much all carrots were purple with mutated versions occasionally popping up including yellow and white carrots.  These were rarely cultivated and lacked the purple pigment anthocyanin.

It is thought that the modern day orange carrot was developed by crossing the mutated yellow and white rooted carrots as well as varieties of wild carrots, which are quite distinct from cultivated varieties.

Some think that the reason the orange carrot became so popular in the Netherlands was in tribute to the emblem of the House of Orange and the struggle for Dutch independence.  This could be, but it also might just be that the orange carrots that the Dutch developed were sweeter tasting and more fleshy than their purple counterparts, thus providing more food per plant and being better tasting.

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing
Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:

Before the 17th century, almost all cultivated carrots were purple.

 

The modern day orange carrot wasn’t cultivated until Dutch growers in the late 16th century took mutant strains of the purple carrot and gradually developed them into the sweet, plump, orange variety we have today.  Before this, pretty much all carrots were purple with mutated versions occasionally popping up including yellow and white carrots.  These were rarely cultivated and lacked the purple pigment anthocyanin.

It is thought that the modern day orange carrot was developed by crossing the mutated yellow and white rooted carrots as well as varieties of wild carrots, which are quite distinct from cultivated varieties.

Some think that the reason the orange carrot became so popular in the Netherlands was in tribute to the emblem of the House of Orange and the struggle for Dutch independence.  This could be, but it also might just be that the orange carrots that the Dutch developed were sweeter tasting and more fleshy than their purple counterparts, thus providing more food per plant and being better tasting.

Thanks for this Fluffs...most interesting..so if the orange ones taste better then why are the cheffy chefs cooking the purple ones,rh? Fashion slaves 

Amythist

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