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sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Sat Sep 26, 15 11:46 am Post subject: At the greengrocer's this morning...
Wet walnuts, fresh cobnuts, broad beans, purple sprouting broccoli, multi-coloured beetroot, broad beans....days like this I love shopping.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15985

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 15 6:17 am Post subject:
Our greengrocer is selling wet walnuts too. I also saw some of those purple cauliflower that I have never really fancied. All sorts of varieties of apples available now as the main crop are just coming in.

Jam Lady

Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 2571
Location: New Jersey, USA

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 15 1:12 am Post subject:
Lots of those purple vegetables - cauliflower, broccoli, beans - turn green when cooked. And purple carrots are only purple at the skin. Did you know that carrots were assorted colors until the 17th century when Dutch growers cultivated orange carrots as a tribute to William of Orange.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15985

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 15 7:18 am Post subject:

I find my purple sprouters and purple French beans go green when I cook them, but I thought I was cooking them wrong. Glad to know I am not. Yes, I did know about the carrots. A lot were white I think. You can still buy mixed colours as well as the seed. A producer near us who is at the Farmers Markets produces them in all colours as well as white, green, orange and purple cauliflower and various coloured radishes and cabbages. His stall is always very colourful.

john of wessex

Joined: 18 Jun 2007
Posts: 2130

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 15 5:57 pm Post subject:
any apostrophes?

Jam Lady

Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 2571
Location: New Jersey, USA

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 15 2:06 am Post subject:
purple ones?

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