What Foods are Blue?!


Question: What Foods are Blue!?
are there any foods (besides blueberrys) that are naturally blue!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
There are no natural foods (including blueberries) that are blue!. You can find "purpley" blues in corn, potatoes, and blueberries, but I think you're talking about blue blue!.

When I was in culinary school, making foods or sauces blue was forbidden because it made them look "unnatural" and therefore unpalatable!.

According to another post I read, blue is possible in flowers but not in foods!. Here's his reason:

"Most plant life contains a combination of chlorophyll, keratins and anthocyanins in some combination (plus other things, of course)!. Chlorophyll makes things appear green!. Keratins make things appear red, yellow or orange!. Anthocyanins have a wider scope and can reflect back reds, purples, yellows, magentas and blues!. Pretty much, how an anthocyanin displays colour depends on the pH of the soil/air around the plant!. (We all remember light absorption stuff from science class, right!? I'm not really wanting to go into that, since I'm pretty confident I don't need to!.)

Now, even if the conditions were right for an anthocyanin to display only blue, the chlorophyll and keratins are still there, right!? So, there's one reason why blue is so rare, there needs to be a condition where nothing but it shows through!. Like a flower, I guess!. Chlorophyll and keratin are going to more reserved for the rest of the plant (especially since chlorophyll is an 'in demand' compound, required for the entire plant to stay alive, flowers are just short term things used to continue the species!.) Why aren't berries like flowers then!? They're short term products of the reproductive cycle too!. Well, those need to contain (I'm guessing here, as we just left my base biology knowledge) enough nutrients for the seeds found within!."Www@FoodAQ@Com

blue corn (rare mexican corn) making blue corn chips
blue potatoes!.!. rare also
blue berries
black berries look blueish
otherwise just use blue food coloring (especially if you want a 4th of july red white and blue food)
blueberry jello made with strawberries and whipped cream

I was reading somewhere!. that even as nature doesnt make blue foods!.!. its just not appetising!.!.
they did trial tests on children and put favorites out like macaroni, sandwiches, etc!. all sorts of foods kids liked, and dyed the food blue!.!. the put the original version on the table also!.!. the kids didnt eat the blue foods and went for the regular although nothing was different but the color!.!.!. no one likes blue food!.!.
they even tested monkeys!.!. same results!.!. regular got eaten, but blue remained!.!. !.!.!. wild huh!? go figure!?!Www@FoodAQ@Com

There are a couple like a specific type of potato!.!.!.!.!.maybe a couple others but it's pretty rare!. The link down there are people talking alllllll about it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

very few!. i think that's why they made windex blue!.!.!. so little foods are natrually blue that it is like a warning not to drink it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Good Question!. The only one I can think of is blueberry's!
Blue frosting but that's not natural in color!Www@FoodAQ@Com

That mouldy cheese has got blue bits in it, plums, bread when its past its sell by date!Www@FoodAQ@Com

No!. Blueberries are not blue!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

There is no naturally blue food!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

blue potatoesWww@FoodAQ@Com

GogurtsWww@FoodAQ@Com

superman icecream!.!.!.YummWww@FoodAQ@Com

Blue Potatoes( Yeah they exsist)
Blue Cheese
Blue Corn Chips!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

the berries in blueberry muffinsWww@FoodAQ@Com

well blueberry and raspberry!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

raspberriesWww@FoodAQ@Com

smarties ^_^Www@FoodAQ@Com

jello! but that's not really naturalWww@FoodAQ@Com

crabs when they are in the water are blueWww@FoodAQ@Com

I dont think there is!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

jello, some ice cream, jucie, old cheeseWww@FoodAQ@Com

well blue jello is all i can think ofWww@FoodAQ@Com

plums are kinda blue!?!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

fish!.!.!.haha!.!.!.ummm idkWww@FoodAQ@Com

kool aidWww@FoodAQ@Com

no i don't think there isWww@FoodAQ@Com

blue potatoes
blue corn chips
Purple cabbage turns blue if it's been cooked and then refrigerated
Blue lobsters, not common but a few turn up every year (and some are bright blue)
Crawdads can be blue too!.
blue tortillas
blue cornWww@FoodAQ@Com





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