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Default Parsnip roasting

On 11/29/2017 12:04 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 07:39:47 -0500, S Viemeister
>> There are white carrots. I served white carrots last week at
>> Thanksgiving dinner, along with yellow, orange and purple ones.
>> They didn't taste at all like parsnips...

>
> I've had the purple ones, but I haven't seen white ones yet.
>

Apparently it was the Dutch who developed the orange ones - they used to
be purple, yellow, and white.