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Purple potatoes
Wrong Nimrod. The purple color is carotenoid pigment like in all Solanaceae.
Potatoes also come in yellow, orange, pink and red even though you seldom see those colors in general cultivation. http://www.foodsubs.com/Potatoes.html http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/CV283 "martin" wrote in message ... On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 00:50:43 -0600, "Bella" wrote: "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message ... The message from martin contains these words: My wife has planted potatoes that are purple inside. She tried cooking some this evening, they lost their purple colour when cooked. Whoops! Add a little white vinegar to the water when you're cooking them... a small amount (teaspoon?) shouldn't affect the taste noticably, but ought to be enough to preserve the colour. (at least make it appear less grey) I love using them... took me ages to convince my aunts that I did NOT add blue food colouring to the mash potatoes last thanksgiving I'll try growing them this year (BF's mother was our usual supply, but they live so far away...) I guessed that the purple is caused by iodine reacting with starch. |
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Purple potatoes
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:54:30 GMT, "Cereus-validus"
wrote: Wrong Nimrod. The purple color is carotenoid pigment like in all Solanaceae. Potatoes also come in yellow, orange, pink and red even though you seldom see those colors in general cultivation. http://www.foodsubs.com/Potatoes.html http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/CV283 Thanks! |
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Purple potatoes
"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message ... The message from martin contains these words: My wife has planted potatoes that are purple inside. She tried cooking some this evening, they lost their purple colour when cooked. Whoops! Add a little white vinegar to the water when you're cooking them... a small amount (teaspoon?) shouldn't affect the taste noticably, but ought to be enough to preserve the colour. (at least make it appear less grey) I love using them... took me ages to convince my aunts that I did NOT add blue food colouring to the mash potatoes last thanksgiving I'll try growing them this year (BF's mother was our usual supply, but they live so far away...) |
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Purple potatoes
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from "Bella" contains these words: "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message ... The message from martin contains these words: My wife has planted potatoes that are purple inside. She tried cooking some this evening, they lost their purple colour when cooked. Whoops! Add a little white vinegar to the water when you're cooking them... a small amount (teaspoon?) shouldn't affect the taste noticably, but ought to be enough to preserve the colour. (at least make it appear less grey) I love using them... took me ages to convince my aunts that I did NOT add blue food colouring to the mash potatoes last thanksgiving I'll try growing them this year (BF's mother was our usual supply, but they live so far away...) Please be careful with your attributions - I didn't write a word of what you credited me with. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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Purple potatoes
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 00:50:43 -0600, "Bella" wrote:
"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message ... The message from martin contains these words: My wife has planted potatoes that are purple inside. She tried cooking some this evening, they lost their purple colour when cooked. Whoops! Add a little white vinegar to the water when you're cooking them... a small amount (teaspoon?) shouldn't affect the taste noticably, but ought to be enough to preserve the colour. (at least make it appear less grey) I love using them... took me ages to convince my aunts that I did NOT add blue food colouring to the mash potatoes last thanksgiving I'll try growing them this year (BF's mother was our usual supply, but they live so far away...) I guessed that the purple is caused by iodine reacting with starch. |
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Purple potatoes
Wrong Nimrod. The purple color is carotenoid pigment like in all Solanaceae.
Potatoes also come in yellow, orange, pink and red even though you seldom see those colors in general cultivation. http://www.foodsubs.com/Potatoes.html http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/CV283 "martin" wrote in message ... On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 00:50:43 -0600, "Bella" wrote: "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message ... The message from martin contains these words: My wife has planted potatoes that are purple inside. She tried cooking some this evening, they lost their purple colour when cooked. Whoops! Add a little white vinegar to the water when you're cooking them... a small amount (teaspoon?) shouldn't affect the taste noticably, but ought to be enough to preserve the colour. (at least make it appear less grey) I love using them... took me ages to convince my aunts that I did NOT add blue food colouring to the mash potatoes last thanksgiving I'll try growing them this year (BF's mother was our usual supply, but they live so far away...) I guessed that the purple is caused by iodine reacting with starch. |
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Purple potatoes
On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:54:30 GMT, "Cereus-validus"
wrote: Wrong Nimrod. The purple color is carotenoid pigment like in all Solanaceae. Potatoes also come in yellow, orange, pink and red even though you seldom see those colors in general cultivation. http://www.foodsubs.com/Potatoes.html http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/CV283 Thanks! |
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Purple potatoes
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from "Bella" contains these words: "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message ... The message from martin contains these words: My wife has planted potatoes that are purple inside. She tried cooking some this evening, they lost their purple colour when cooked. Whoops! Add a little white vinegar to the water when you're cooking them... a small amount (teaspoon?) shouldn't affect the taste noticably, but ought to be enough to preserve the colour. (at least make it appear less grey) I love using them... took me ages to convince my aunts that I did NOT add blue food colouring to the mash potatoes last thanksgiving I'll try growing them this year (BF's mother was our usual supply, but they live so far away...) Please be careful with your attributions - I didn't write a word of what you credited me with. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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Purple potatoes
"martin" wrote in message ... On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:38:15 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: The message from "Bella" contains these words: "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message ... The message from martin contains these words: My wife has planted potatoes that are purple inside. She tried cooking some this evening, they lost their purple colour when cooked. Whoops! Add a little white vinegar to the water when you're cooking them... a small amount (teaspoon?) shouldn't affect the taste noticably, but ought to be enough to preserve the colour. (at least make it appear less grey) I love using them... took me ages to convince my aunts that I did NOT add blue food colouring to the mash potatoes last thanksgiving I'll try growing them this year (BF's mother was our usual supply, but they live so far away...) Please be careful with your attributions - I didn't write a word of what you credited me with. It doesn't credit you with anything except your name :-) My apologies, but further to the above comment, I thought you were complaining of grey mash as well... whatev. wash my hands. b. |
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