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Although this recipe sounds delicious, and I fully intend to try it, there is a simple method of making purple mashed potatoes, suitable for children.

There is a type of purple, or blue, potato available for consumers. We raised some in our garden last year. I can't remember the name of the potato. However, we are from Saskatchewan, Canada, and they are often available here. My children loved the novelty of them.

One might also consider adding a number of drops of red and blue food coloring, or perhaps making several different pots of various colored potatoes, so as to not run the risk of appearing to be discriminatory to all of the other colors on the vegetarian color wheel. I mean, think about it for a minute. A rainbow of potatoes might be so much more aesthetically pleasing, as well as a good way to introduce ideas of tolerance and non-judgement of other 'colors' of vegetables. Who knows where that might lead? Perhaps to a sort of 'United Nations' of vegetables?!

Seriously, I may have just been slightly askew in my previous comments. Colored potatoes is no more odd than, say, colored milk. I know my children enjoy the non-conformist ways of coloring things in different ways. Many times I have found pictures of pink cows, or green pigs, or ladies with purple hair, in their coloring books. We have often made green bread for 'St. Patty's Day' celebrations, or orange and black cookies for 'Hallowe'en'. So, why not purple potatoes?

We also have purple and green ketsup in Canada, and the USA. I believe it started with someone who had a child who loved ketsup,and suffered from a medical condition that, upon seeing red, became agitated. It is suggested that, the green and purple colors were non-agitating to the child, allowing the child to eat the beloved ketsup. (Please note that this may also be an urban myth. Or even a 'cute' marketing gimmick - aimed at urging children to nag unsuspecting parents to buy the higher-priced version of their product. I believe that some marketers are deceptive enough to do such an underhanded thing, although there must be at least a few honorable marketers in our world. Ones that will not resort to taking advantage of the gullibility of our most naieve citizens. I understand this truth very well, as I used to work as a copywriter for a t.v. station, as well as a 'D.J.' for a local radio station.)

I hope this opinion reaches everyone without seeming too child-like. As I may have already said, I am new to this kind of thing. (If I haven't said it before, I am saying it now.) I have not grasped the concepts of paragraphs or smilies, yet. Computers are a source of amusement and aggrivation for me, still. Please bear with me, until I can get a handle on this thing. Thanks.

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Thanks for the comments.

I actually mention food coloring in some of my discussions about ths post. Kids do love it!

Try food coloring with deviled eggs too!


I made them for a party, only the kids ate the colored ones tho'!

Any, just so you know, the only that work in conversations are the smileys

Thanks for reading.

If you want to see more recipes, go to my personal space (click on my name) and then find the Junkyard, in the Kitchen I've got a bunch of recipes.

I think those blue potatoes are called "Peruvian" or something like that. They really are blue! and very pretty.