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Purple potatoes?

Posted: 2nd Sep, '08, 17:49
by slinky
I'm seeing purple potatoes in the stores now. Anyone know anything about them? What's the point?

Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 2nd Sep, '08, 17:57
by Lili Von Shtupp
Are they just red skinned, or purple all the way through?

Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 2nd Sep, '08, 18:01
by slinky
They are not even remotely red - they are a deep purple, much like an eggplant. No idea if they are purple inside. The label on them calls them 'purple potatoes.'

Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 2nd Sep, '08, 18:14
by Burbage
slinky wrote:The label on them calls them 'purple potatoes.'
Must be from Australia.

Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 2nd Sep, '08, 18:25
by slinky
Why Australia? Do you know what they are?

Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 2nd Sep, '08, 18:36
by Lili Von Shtupp
beets

Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 2nd Sep, '08, 18:39
by slinky
Lili Von Shtupp wrote:beets
Nope. Not beets. They look just like regular potatoes except they are a deep purple color. It's bizarre. I might have to buy some just to see what the heck they are!

Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 2nd Sep, '08, 19:21
by Burbage
Snowy mountains, shark bay, big sandy desert, Big Wet, purple potatoes...

More common than you think. It's just the skin. If they're sort of long and thin they make great chips.

Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 2nd Sep, '08, 19:28
by baloo
Unless it's the Okinawa Sweet Potato you've found

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Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 2nd Sep, '08, 19:46
by canuck
could be ube

Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 2nd Sep, '08, 20:40
by Aliya
I bought some the other day, they are purple inside too.

Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 2nd Sep, '08, 20:44
by slinky
Do they taste any different than regular potatoes? (If not, what's the point?)

Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 2nd Sep, '08, 20:55
by Kooky

Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 3rd Sep, '08, 00:09
by Fat Bob
slinky wrote:Do they taste any different than regular potatoes? (If not, what's the point?)
Ask the Maker. Or blame evolution.

Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 3rd Sep, '08, 05:17
by Burbage
If you go to South America there are about 500 hundred varieties of potato or something. There's probably a potato of every colour.

Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 3rd Sep, '08, 09:32
by slinky
Burbage wrote:If you go to South America there are about 500 hundred varieties of potato or something. There's probably a potato of every colour.
There is according to K's link. Apparently the purple ones were saved for the Inca kings.

It's just not something I've seen before and noticed them in 2 different stores this week. Maybe I'll give 'em a try sometime.

Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 3rd Sep, '08, 09:35
by Burbage
So we can do a "Climatologist Causation"

Inca kings ate purple potatoes.
All Inca kings are dead.
Ergo: Purple potatoes are lethal.

Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 3rd Sep, '08, 09:38
by slinky
Burbage wrote:So we can do a "Climatologist Causation"

Inca kings ate purple potatoes.
All Inca kings are dead.
Ergo: Purple potatoes are lethal.
:lol: Good point, maybe I'll give 'em a miss ;)

Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 3rd Sep, '08, 09:48
by baloo
you wouldn't want to be a Purple tater Eater

Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 3rd Sep, '08, 13:13
by Possum
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Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 3rd Sep, '08, 15:26
by Satellite
I think that the most common carrot colour was NOT orange but something else (it's purple - i checked it up). People selected the orange colour because they liked it and now it is the predominant colour for carrots.

I'm sure the purple colour would serve some use in its lifecycle. - can't be for nothing.

Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 3rd Sep, '08, 23:03
by Fat Bob
You'd be surprised, there's lots of things on this world for no reason at all. We'll start with http://www.singapore-forum.com..... :D

Re: Purple potatoes?

Posted: 6th Sep, '08, 21:56
by Joy
Purple Potatoes are readily available here in NY. Thy are originally from Peru and are naturally that color. When I served them a while back to my very German father he got upset. Why are they purple? Did you dye them? They are funny. Why did you not buy normal potatoes...

Do they taste any different. Hmn... Maybe a little but quite frankly they do not deserve the exorbitant price you pay for them here...

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