Val_2 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Bought a kilo, cooked according to the times given, result = horrible,tasteless pappy things. They also stain your hands if you attempt to try and peel them, so after a couple I left the skins on. We tried them boiled but had to have lots of butter and salt to get any taste of anything and the leftovers were roasted next day.Again absolutely tasteless so if you are tempted, don't bother and go for normal white ones any day of the week.I also wonder how they got them that deep purple colour because a couple were actually white in the centre, makes you wonder what they have been tampering with now! Sir Walter Raleigh must be turning in his grave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh4 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 They should be completely natural - there are several varieties of purple spud - but like you I have never found anything to commend them apart from an unusual colour. Same to be said for expensive purple crisps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I've seen black potatoes too, and I know that they are black all the way through, but they were dear, so I didn't try them. I'll stay away from the purple spuds! I would love to have some original coloured carrots, I know that they are grown these days, but I have never seen them around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 [quote user="andyh4"]They should be completely natural - there are several varieties of purple spud - but like you I have never found anything to commend them apart from an unusual colour. Same to be said for expensive purple crisps.[/quote]Goodness - the purple crisps I have are beetroot and very nice they are too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 [quote user="Val_2"]............................................I also wonder how they got them that deep purple colour because a couple were actually white in the centre, makes you wonder what they have been tampering with now! .........................[/quote]It's more likely that "they" have tampered with them to make them mostly whitehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/usc-canada/5661482603/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 The only patâtes that I eat now are yellow or red, sweet ones!!!I thought for a moment thats what you had bought Val. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh4 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 RH - Beetroot crisps are indeed very nice - but I would have called them more puce coloured than violet. Violet potato crisps are just coloured salty crisps. Idun - original carrots (I assume you mean violet ones) - you could grow your own. Seed is available from Graines Baumaux, so I would also expect some UK seed producers to have them. Very sweet flavour, to the point that they might take a little getting used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Me grow something? [:D] in fact that shouldn't just be a big smile, it should be a hearty laugh. Plants and me don't get along. I'll have to chat up a friend of ours and see if he'll give them a go. Mind you I've tried to get him to grow romanescous and that has been a disaster so far. And yet he grows everything else beautifully. I'd heard that these carrots are sweet, but I quite like my veg being sweetish. I like parsnips and sweet potatoes and sweet carrots already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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