I dunno? That's a good question. Let me look .... Okay ... I'm looking at one of my many wholefoods books and it reads that beets are a member of the ubiquitious goosefoot family and carrots are part of the taproot crop.
The wonders of artificial selection. Before GMOs, it was the fastest way to make organisms evolve. Most of the foods you see in the grocery store and the flowers you see in the florist shop did not originate without humans.
True. They were all colors.
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DeleteSome of 'em still are
ReplyDeleteVery true. Here, we also have purple asparagus and white. And green. So fun.
DeleteInteresting!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite are purple potatoes :-)
DeleteBut were roses red?
ReplyDeleteI dunno????? You guys are asking good questions today. But I don't have a rose book to look that one up.
DeleteWe have purple carrots in our garden. Yum!
ReplyDeleteYum!
DeleteAre they related to beets?
ReplyDeleteI dunno? That's a good question. Let me look .... Okay ... I'm looking at one of my many wholefoods books and it reads that beets are a member of the ubiquitious goosefoot family and carrots are part of the taproot crop.
DeleteNeato.
Thanks for the question :-)
That is pretty cool. I think it would be fun to serve colourful carrots like that.
ReplyDeleteThe wonders of artificial selection. Before GMOs, it was the fastest way to make organisms evolve. Most of the foods you see in the grocery store and the flowers you see in the florist shop did not originate without humans.
ReplyDeleteI did not know that!
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