Purple Potatoes

[bednobs]

1) how are they purple - is it natural, jiggery-pokery or genetic engineering
2) why do they make the water GREEN?

[bednobs]

anthocyanin - that doesn't sound great does it?

[Mamyalynne]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthocyanin#Research_on_health_benefits


Sounds Ok - natural and a possibility of health benefits too.

[pixie373]

Carrots used to be purple :D

[Mamyalynne]

White carrots are nice.

[jno]

Scrivens, yes, they were developed for the House of Orange

[jno]

sorry, I should have given you a Wiki link, but you know what I mean.

[bednobs]

thanks all

[Clanad]

Since the tuber's origins is the area near Lake Titicaca (no sniggering) on the high plains and mountain slopes of Peru and Bolivia, there are those horticulturists that insist the first cultivated potato was purplish in color… the white ones being descendants...

[humbersloop]

whaddya mean, no sniggering?? and seasons greetings Clanad

natural for several varieties bednobs, and they don't change the water colour here

[seadogg]

....and they make excellent dry fry chips.

[DTCwordfan]

the Humber is pre-coloured that's why.

Purple is a natural colour, there are also black, red and orange. All Clanad needs is a 'Central Market' to experience those....

[carrust]

can you get purple potato seed? I could try them in my allotment.

[DaisyNonna]

You can get purple seed potatoes.

[humbersloop]

woo hoo, seadogg, ta x

dt, we have running water now, and leccy, though looking at another thread at the moment I didn't think "get a generator" would be a helpful response

rusty, bung these on next year's glut list

http://search.thompson-morgan.com/seeds/Purple%20Potatoes

[carrust]

Thanks Sloopy. You can't have too many spuds:-)