Every food you love used to be purple
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-right”]January 3rd, 2017[/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-left”]Well, most of the vegetables were. The New Year is a time of change and optimism for many- perhaps particularly so after 2016. People are often more inclined to eat well and are in the mindset to try new things. Why not do both by investigating some of the vegetable varieties discussed below? [/cs_text][x_feature_list][x_feature_box title=”Carrots are naturally purple” title_color=”” text_color=”” graphic=”icon” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”circle” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”left” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” child=”true” connector_width=”1px” connector_style=”dashed” connector_color=”#272727″ graphic_icon=”leaf”]They were cultivated in their natural purple form right up to the 17th century, with the occasional rare yellow and white morphs usually ignored. However it is thought the orange colour gained popularity with the Dutch due to its association with William of Orange, and due to the colours greater sweetness. [/x_feature_box][x_feature_box title=”So is corn” title_color=”” text_color=”” graphic=”icon” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”circle” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”left” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” child=”true” connector_width=”1px” connector_style=”dashed” connector_color=”#272727″ graphic_icon=”leaf”]Purple or blue corn (maize) are still commonly used in many parts of the Americas. Original varieties of the grains seem to be overall more purple in colour rather than yellow or white. Glass corn is another unique and beautiful type that can occur in many colours. [/x_feature_box][x_feature_box title=”And some potatoes” title_color=”” text_color=”” graphic=”icon” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”circle” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”left” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” child=”true” connector_width=”1px” connector_style=”dashed” connector_color=”#272727″ graphic_icon=”leaf”]There are a variety of potato types on the market at the minute which are not new but rather rediscovered or heritage types. Amongst these are purple potatos. Potatoes are thought to have initially been greeted with suspicion in Europe, and duller colours may have seemed more palatable than purple or pink.[/x_feature_box][x_feature_box title=”Oranges are green” title_color=”” text_color=”” graphic=”icon” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”circle” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”left” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” child=”true” connector_width=”1px” connector_style=”dashed” connector_color=”#272727″ graphic_icon=”leaf”]Generally speaking, in more temperate areas their green skin becomes orange in response to cooling temperatures in the autumn. However as they often remain green, and green fruits are usually unripe, they are often dyed or shocked with cold to make them orange.[/x_feature_box][x_feature_box title=”Cashew are strange and toxic” title_color=”” text_color=”” graphic=”icon” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”circle” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”left” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” child=”true” connector_width=”1px” connector_style=”dashed” connector_color=”#272727″ graphic_icon=”leaf”]They aren’t a nut, they are a seed. They grow on top of the fruit, which is more edible than the seed. They are never sold raw as they contain the same chemicals as poison ivy and can harm a human. ‘Raw’ cashews are steamed to destroy this toxin. Cashews are entirely deceitful.[/x_feature_box][/x_feature_list][cs_text]In conclusion, everything you thought you knew is wrong and plants in general are very strange.
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