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My 3yo wanted purple mash potatoes, it didn’t really work because I used yellow potatoes. Then my 3yo decided she didn’t want potatoes so my wife and I were stuck eating prison gruel.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The potatoes never stay as purple as you'd like.

We have these in NZ: https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/discover-collections/read-watch-play/maori/maori-potatoes (last image on the page).

They start out the bright royal purple in the image, but by the end of boiling they turn a blueish-grey colour, and the water will be a delightful maroon-crimson shade.

If you want it to look like you've blended up Barney the Dinosaur, you're going to be colouring them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My purple roasties come out purple as. Could maybe adapt to a mash without boiling but would need to run them through a ricer or something

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Oh yeah, great purple colour when baked or fried.

Boiled, not so much ;)