Mike Dilger muttered....


>
> P.S.: I'm doing a little personal research to determine how and more
> importantly WHEN human food has changed. For instance, carrots used
> to be white and purple, and only became orange thanks to the cross
> breeding of the House of Orange (16th century, Holland). I may host a
> website with this data soon. Also, beet roots were never eaten by
> humans until the sugar beet was introduced (cross bred from fodder
> beets) with over double the sugar content of the original natural
> beet. If you have a lead on other research in this area, or a
> significant repository of food history, please let me know, as I am
> just starting in on this. My real e mailaddres is mike at mike dilger
> dot com. Thanks.
>
>
I suspect you've fallen victim to several popular urban legends.....

A bit more education into a variety of root vegetables might serve you
well. Incidentally, there's currently a available (as produce and seeds)
maroon banana, the color (along with white) of Texas A&M University where
it was developed.

Next you'll be telling us about "Ring around the rosie" and the plague.


TMO