HOORAY! The purple carrot is back!
Feb. 27th, 2005 01:14 pmI was first told about purple carrots being period by a member of my shire (who, alas, is no longer playing), Lady Giovanna. I'd been hoping they'd come back ever since, and apparently the New Foodie-ism has done so! (Am I the last one to hear about this?)
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- 'Roses are Red, Carrots are Purple'
- 'Food for Thought: A Carrot Rainbow' (with pictures!)
- 'Carrots' nutrients can be judged by the color of their skin'
- (From 2002) 'Purple carrots to go on sale' (at Sainsbury's in the U.K.)
- Royal Horticultural Society: The Garden, August 2004 (photo and seed source)
- USDA Carrot Sources
- Salem, Oregon's Bon Appetit Cafe's 'Organic Rainbow Carrots with Walnut Oil and Toasted Cumin Seeds' (recipe)
- Bunches of carrots (photo, from Nina Camic's Blogspot)
- Colorful Harvest fresh produce (supplier)
- Pp. 7-8: Discussion of carotenoids and the variation in rainbow carrot nutrients (PDF)
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Date: 2005-02-28 07:27 pm (UTC)this was highly informationa land itneresting post ;)
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Date: 2005-02-28 10:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-02-28 10:12 pm (UTC)Tangentially, I've saved seeds from some awesome purple tomatoes we got at Whole Foods market the other day with some of the best deep tomato taste and hardly any acid at all. Made awesome pasta sauce, and gods willing will do again.
This is what I abstracted for Myfi from the USDA list
Date: 2005-02-28 10:47 pm (UTC)http://www.RareSeeds.com/
Atomic Red, Solar Yellow [these are names of ultrabright paper stock colours!! -- me]
http://www.bountifulgardens.org/
Amarillo Yellow, Belgian White, Purple Dragon
http://www.irish-eyes.com/
Gourmet Carrot Blend, Lubiana (yellow), Nutri-Red, Yellowstone
http://www.kitchengardenseeds.com/
Nutri-Red, Purple Dragon, Snow White, Yellowstone
http://www.nicholsgardennursery.com/
Belgian White Heirloom, Yellowstone Hybrid
http://www.sunshinefarm.net/
Dutch Golden
http://www.territorial-seed.com/
Kuttinger (white), Yellowstone
Non-orange carrots available from wholesalers
Entries with * are available in the home gardener list above
Mello Yellow (Yellow)
Purple Haze (Purple)
Rainbow* (Mix of pale orange, yellow, white)
White Satin (White)
Yellowstone* (Yellow)
http://www.indamseeds.com/
Indam-13 (Red)
Nutri-Red* (Red)
PS 71001 (Yellow)
PS 71603 (Purple + Orange)
PS 800195 (Yellow)
Lobbericher (Yellow)
SBC L17 (White)
SBC L18 (Purple + Orange)
SBC L20 (Yellow)
Scarlet Wonder (Red)
Re: This is what I abstracted for Myfi from the USDA list
Date: 2005-02-28 10:49 pm (UTC)http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1991768.stm