Purple Potatoes - Fad or Fabulous? – Easy To Grow Bulbs

Growing, cooking and eating potatoes in vivid reds, blues and purples is all the rage these days - why is that? In a delicious convergence of personal desires and best nutrition, it turns out that colorful food is both highly desired AND extra power-packed with nutrients. Many tell us we should be "eating rainbows" - a well balanced mix of colors to ensure we get all of the micronutrients we need. Vividly colored potatoes are actually nothing new.  When the edible tubers were first discovered 10,000 years ago, this is what they looked like:  Large, dark purple skinned ovals with moist, bright purple flesh that held its color through roasting and baking.  It was only in recent centuries that farmers came to believe that city dwellers would prefer to eat white veggies, and they set upon a concerted effort to breed the

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