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If you eat lots of carrots you turn orange, this is a true fact.
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If you eat lots of carrots you turn orange, this is a true fact.
*nods* Yup, carotenemia. Looks bizarre but is harmless.
Helps you see in the dark, too.If you eat lots of carrots you turn orange, this is a true fact.
They do contain lots of Vit A which s good for the eyes. Coincidentally I read an article today where the myth they help you see in the dark originated:Helps you see in the dark, too.
Doesn't really, in fact, but the reason why not fascinates me.
Are we doing carrot facts?
Carrots were originally purple.
https://www.zmescience.com/other/purple-carrots-21032011/
I’ve seen orange cauliflowers and purple potatoes for sale.
That looks like some kind of mutant!The Guinness Book Of Records world's heaviest carrot ..
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Carrot beauty contests? .. that's just sick.That looks like some kind of mutant!
I have seen carrots of almost that size, many years ago. A local horticultural association used to have shows - and people would enter some fine examples of huge veg. They had to be perfectly formed to get an award. That one in the pic wouldn't win an award for its looks, but it would win one for size and weight.
I have seen carrots of almost that size, many years ago.
No. Are you Marwood?Phwoaarrr. Are you uncle Monty?
No. Are you Marwood?
The Guinness Book Of Records world's heaviest carrot ..
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I've purple potatoes once, they look very different but the taste and texture are more or less the same.
Hopefully someone will try the same thing with Samphire .. it grows in abundance in our beach swampland areas but it's not very exciting to eat yet unless you add vinegar , I'm not going to lie. It's free and very healthy though.The original wild carrot has a very small stringy whitish root, very tough but does taste a bit of carrots. Found like many of our basic veg (kale, beet, parsnip) near the coast, you have to pull a lot to get enough to eat and quite frankly it's not worth it. Whoever decided that "Hmmm, with a few generations of selective breeding I could turn that into something worthwhile to eat", had too much time on his (or her) hands. There is a story (I've tried to look for origin) that a Russian botanist tried this over many generations from wild stock but with no success, wether true or not I don't know.
One single stalk does give you your entire salt quota for a year!Hopefully someone will try the same thing with Samphire .. it grows in abundance in our beach swampland areas but it's not very exciting to eat yet unless you add vinegar , I'm not going to lie. It's free and very healthy though.
Hopefully someone will try the same thing with Samphire .. it grows in abundance in our beach swampland areas but it's not very exciting to eat yet unless you add vinegar , I'm not going to lie. It's free and very healthy though.
I've not heard of dulse seaweed, I'll have to remember to look that up , thanks for the tip.Samphire is good as a garnish in small amounts with the right sort of dish & has a nice slightly crunchy texture - a little goes a long way. Nice to have a source on your doorstep. Do you have dulse seaweed on your beaches I wonder? Good stuff if you can find it.
Hopefully someone will try the same thing with Samphire .. it grows in abundance in our beach swampland areas but it's not very exciting to eat yet unless you add vinegar , I'm not going to lie. It's free and very healthy though.
For breakfast?.. that's a slippery slope Max.
For breakfast?.. that's a slippery slope Max.