Carrots being orange by default is thanks to the Dutch. Fucking bastards.

Carrots (and corn) have come in a variety of colors since time immemorial.

Carrots used to be purple originally.

I just had purple carrots yesterday. Is there some controversy about them I don't know about?

Yes please I want my food looking like its grown in fae soil. My wife makes these purple potatoes that are magical.

You never thought having the same standardized food throughout the year everywhere on the continent is actually weirder?

Yeah, I already buy the tri-colored carrots, and the purple are my favs.

Same price or cheaper? Then sure. Variety is good.

Yeah, my mom grows carrots in a variety of colours, not just the new orange one that's become so common. Also grows blue potatoes, purple beans and whatnot, because she has more fun with more colourful food.

Dark heirloom tomatoes are pretty neat too.

Purple is the old carrot. Orange is newer.

Imagine actually shopping for carrots 🤣

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Fuck yeah. Multicoloured food is amazing

Yeah, my daughter loves purple color. So making mashed potatoes and adding in purple carrots would be kinda nice.

I have and they are delicious

Yes, I've eaten them many times.

I grow carrots of multiple colors all year round. They honestly all taste the same.

Why not?

I already did. The place I buy vegetables had purple carrots for a while, which cost more than orange carrots. I still bought them.

There’s a purple carrot in my fridge right now…

I mean, green ketchup tastes exactly the same as red one, so I'm used to colour being somewhat meaningless. Same with clear cola.

Sure. I'll also accept purple and red sweet potatoes.

Why not? Always try new things. It's not like the grocer will recommend poisons anyway.

I have grown orange, yellow, and purple carrots. They are all yummy.

Purple carrots have a better taste, in my opinion. Not perfectly interchangeable with the standard orange ones, so having the option for both would be nice

Purple carrot tastes great, has hints of parsley and lovage and also paints everything purple.

I used it mostly for chicken soup and it was great, also works good in other dishes.

Oh, I remember that question from a questionnaire I answered not too long ago. Because of the lack of choices (these kinds of questionnaires are often too narrow when it comes down to the amount of choices one can make), and because I can see the situation being less about a literal, eatable carrot and more about "receptivity to unexpected, novel things", I picked the "I'll try the purple ones" option back when I answered it.

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What’s up, doc?

Are there any unsolved murders circling this grocer?

I've had them. Well. We bought some and the very next day they were already limp and wet and grody. So maybe next batch will be better?

I dunno, I tried purple potatoes once and they were pretty awful.

I really want to try purple cabbage

Purple carrots are tasty, the white and yellow ones just as much as well!