Hi, Potassium permanganate [KMnO4] used for washing vegetables could have imparted this colour especially if left in contact for a period of time. With regards, Neil Soares.
--- On Wed, 1/18/12, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote: From: ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:104549] Suspicious Cauliflower pictures To: "Tanay Bose" <[email protected]> Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]>, "Rakesh Biswas" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 9:41 AM Yes, if and when you get to the entire thread, you can see what I wrote in the beginning... its absence of proper blanching process that must be maintained in horticulture of this vegetable... AND WHILE we are talking of blanching... those in the west also eat the endive in salads, I love it with Peanut butter, THAT IS ALSO BLANCHED during growing by a very precise sophisticated timing and process ... ENDIVE is one of the chic(/k)ories used for eating raw... good for the liver ... among other has low level of inulin.. and several bitter alkaloids... Usha di ========= On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: Interesting !!! some kind of pigmentation is taking place. Tanay On 17 January 2012 19:52, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> wrote: Dear all : The cauliflower with indigo colored edges to stalks has been talked about in this thread above... the original sender has now downsized the pixels and sent in appropriately sized pictures... I am forwarding them for the everybody to see enjoy and for the sake of completion of a data set.. It came to us via Rakesh Biswas from his friend Prashant .. -- Usha di =========== -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] Webpages: http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ -- Usha di ===========
