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Default Parsnip roasting
On 11/29/2017 12:29 PM, 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 never seen different coloured carrots - do you know, are they GMO
> generated? It could well be the reason notbob thought they tasted
> like carrots cos I would say parsnips have their own distinct flavour.
>
No, not GMO - carrots used to come in purple, yellow and white, then the
Dutch developed the orange ones.
I've even seen pink/rose ones in Indian markets.
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