Blue food, part deux
I'm afraid that Lioness's irrational food fear got lost in the 54 other comments, and I think it's worthy of further discussion:
I don't eat blue food. Blueberries don't count because their coloring was derived by mother nature. So I should say I don't eat unnatural blue food. The sight of a blue razzberry slurpee gives me the willies.
Posted by: Lioness | March 15, 2008 4:32 PM
I define bad blue food as something that after you eat it, your tongue is blue. If I made a list of good blue food, I suppose it would go something like this: ...
* blueberries
* blue potatoes
* blue M & Ms
* blue martinis
* blue icing roses on birthday cake
From Gwen's Healing Garden I learned that
Blue foods are thought to maintain urinary health, healthy aging, assist in the memory function, and lower the risk of some types of cancer.
Not sure if that includes blue M & Ms.
Amateur Gourmet held a blue food contest, with the winner getting tickets to the Blue Man Group. Here are photographs of some of the entries.
(Photo of Blue Fin courtesy of Cocktail Times, photo of All Blue potato courtesy of AllOrganic.com)
Comments
So, nothing blue AND fuzzy on the list?. Three week old pizza becomes blue food.
Posted by: Robert (the Single One) | March 16, 2008 12:49 PM
Speaking of blue and fuzzy, don't forget the blue cheeses such as Stilton, Gorganzola, Roquefort and Maytag.
Excellent. I should have thought of them. EL
Posted by: LEC | March 16, 2008 2:24 PM
WOW A SKY BLUE SNO-BALL WITH MARSHMALLOW ON A HOT AUGUST EVENING...LEAVES YOU WITH A BLUE TONGUE SOME BLUE LIPS AND A LITTLE WHITE CLARK GABLE MOUSTACHE FROM THE MARSMALLOW..
Posted by: Hue | March 16, 2008 3:19 PM
I am sorry but I must reject this topic. There are no natural foods that are blue. I ran the photos of the blue potatoes and blueberries through my color spectrometer and they clearly come out on the indigo part of the spectrum at 427.8 and 453.1 nm.
Blue - The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between green and indigo, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 420 to 490 nanometers
And yet so many edible blue flowers. There is a reason, if you think about it fotosyntheoretically. Or just ask Dr. Octagon, his cybernetic microscopes don't lie. (Word to you P.O.G.) Now it's time to meet Maggie for some whiskey and lawn darts, because it's all about the wood energy groms, time to kick out the drippy, spring woodward and yin-yang it bark style.
Since we're kickin' out the jams mofos, I think it's time to rediscover Kompressor, who Crushes Rappers and still Does Not Dance. Auf!
Posted by: Owl Meat Gardenia | March 16, 2008 4:46 PM
I'm so tickled to be the irrational foodie of the day. My list of good blue food is very short. It really only includes blueberries and blue cheeses. I have never had a blue potato (only purple) but I guess that would be ok. I would NEVER eat a blue M&M.
Posted by: Lioness | March 16, 2008 5:04 PM
Don't forget Hpnotiq
(which turns green if you add cognac)
Posted by: PDiddy of CharmCity | March 16, 2008 5:16 PM
You have the ever popular Blue Crab as well as the Blue Lobster found off the northern coast of France.
Posted by: Robert of Cross Keys | March 16, 2008 5:31 PM
You have the ever popular Blue Crab
The part of it that you eat is not blue...nor is the shell once it's cooked.
Posted by: Hal Laurent, VoR | March 16, 2008 5:47 PM