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Sunday, December 5, 2010

I learned something new today!

Did you know that garlic can turn a blueish green color when cooked?  I didn't, until today when I looked in my pot and saw this:
 

(Those are mustard seeds if you were wondering)

"Garlic is known to contain sulfur compounds which can react with minute traces of copper to form copper sulfate, a blue or blue-green compound. The amount of copper needed for this reaction is very small and is frequently found in normal water supplies.  ...The garlic is still safe to eat."
-http://whatscookingamerica.net/Q-A/bluegarlic.htm
  

Kind of interesting right?

2 comments:

Amanda said...

Crazy! Who would've thought.

Anonymous said...

At first, I'll admit, I thought I was some sort of spat up flower petal--I'm weird I know. That's awesome though, I never knew that, nor have ever seen that.