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[boxmint]

Supplement to today's wasted time--Special Carrot Edition!

4. The maroon carrot has been rediscovered by Dr. L. Pike from Texas.

5. In the British Isles the only carrot to grow in the wild is the Sea Carrot.

6. It was the Moors who brought the carrot to Europe. (Actually I have doubts about this. I have doubts because my source, the Carrot

Comments

[jonquil]

I bought maroon carrots at the farmer's market in California all last year. I think the variety is "Cherokee"; it's quite yummy.

[boxmint]

Ooh! Outside verification! Thank you! Do they taste any different? (I'm a fan of multicoloured tomatoes--in the summers people sell dusty baskets of them in a farmer's market near me, and a fine fancy salad they make.)

[jonquil]

They're richer and somehow more carrotty -- more intensely like carrots. Unlike supersweet corn, which tasts more sugary than corny.

[boxmint]

Huh. I will keep an eye out for 'em, then.

[boxmint]

Thank you! that'll give me something juicy to hunt for when i feel like some really thorough procrastination.