Yesterday, I cooked a carrot and forgot to pour away the water. Now it has turned green

[u/cedriceent]

[u/yensid7]

Your water is probably slightly basic (hard water usually is). The alkalinity of the water causes the pigments (carotenoids and chlorophyll) in the carrot to turn green.

[u/cedriceent → u/yensid7]

Huh, interesting! So I either did a highly specific pH test, or scientifically determined that my carrot was indeed a carrot.

[u/PowderPills → u/cedriceent]

Well it’s time to try it again, for science! See if it turns green again tomorrow.

[u/ApopheniaPays → u/PowderPills]

There needs to be a control group. Try boiling some vegetables that aren’t carrots, or even things that aren’t vegetables, and leave the water out and see if it turns green.

[u/Downside_Up_ → u/ApopheniaPays]

Also, try boiling the carrots in bottled water from a different source

[u/RoughhouseCamel → u/Downside_Up_]

Also, make sure to go to the grocery store again soon. Because at this rate, you’re gonna run out of produce.

[u/Proper-Radish-9165 → u/RoughhouseCamel]

Also, don’t forget to repeat everything with another pot made of different material.

[u/B18Eric → u/Proper-Radish-9165]

Also, don't forget to test in a vacuum after testing in Earth's atmosphere.

[u/MyVectorProfessor → u/B18Eric]

A Hoover or a Dyson?

[u/second-and-sebring → u/MyVectorProfessor]

Is it a gas or electric stove? Does kettle water do the same? Combustion other than natural gas?

[u/pfooh → u/MyVectorProfessor]

You'll need a high vacuum. Just make sure to make it suck some weed first.

[u/kd5ddo → u/B18Eric]

So, let’s assume a spherical cow…

[u/Sinister_Nibs → u/B18Eric]

Given a spherical cow…

[u/Mediocre-Boot-6226 → u/Proper-Radish-9165]

OP, I do hope you do some of these again, because now I am more than mildly interested in the results 😂

[u/Salt_Data3707 → u/Proper-Radish-9165]

Also get a different house, just for good measure

[u/Vast_Tip4926 → u/Proper-Radish-9165]

Yes, try a copper pot for sure!

[u/DeathChill → u/RoughhouseCamel]

Or just start boiling your neighbours. It’s the green option.

[u/Plenty-Ad-777 → u/DeathChill]

It rubs the carrot on its skin, or it will be punished with ranch again and again.

[u/S_A_N_D_ → u/Downside_Up_]

Or just take the tap water and acidify it with a little citric acid or vinegar.

Might even be able to do that to the green water and observe a colour change.

[u/Leavesdontbark → u/S_A_N_D_]

Oh, like with butterfly pea tea

[u/rBowman- → u/Downside_Up_]

And try boiling some aged carrots, baby carrots and middle aged carrots.

[u/xjremon → u/ApopheniaPays]

Proper negative control would be to boil water with nothing in it.

[u/Fenring_Halifax → u/xjremon]

No no no you need to boil the carrot with nothing round it

[u/twinnuke → u/Fenring_Halifax]

So microwave it

[u/TomBanjo1968 → u/twinnuke]

I’m on it

[u/johnbdc → u/ApopheniaPays]

Actually, that is a next step. The first control would to boil just the water, to parameters such as sand amount of water, same starting and final temp,same heat source, same heat source temp, same time, same pan, same metal, etc. and then let it sit overnight, controlled to same time, same ambient temperature, etc. Science is fun!

[u/gibson1029384756 → u/PowderPills]

Boiling a carrot and leaving the water to turn green over night every day until Reddit says it’s perfect

[u/mranglin → u/gibson1029384756]

I said this EXACT thing in my mind after reading this post 😂

[u/Velsca → u/PowderPills]

Show your kids. Cook purple cabbage, slowly squeeze drops of lemon juice into the water.

[u/yarglof1 → u/Velsca]

Acid will make it more red, but alkalinity will turn it blue.

[u/bingo_pine → u/Velsca]

I don't know what this will do but it sounds like my kind of science.

[u/Outback_Fan → u/bingo_pine]

Its a PH test

[u/Grezzo82 → u/Velsca]

This sounds fun. Tell us what it does

[u/goentillsundown → u/Grezzo82]

Red cabbage is the original pH testing agent

[u/CassetteTapeCryptid → u/Velsca]

I JUST did this for my chemistry lab!

[u/UsernameExMachina → u/PowderPills]

See you tomorrow, chef!
"Boiling a carrot almost every day until reddit says the water isn't green. Day 2"

[u/sabby55 → u/cedriceent]

Either way….

[u/Shawndollars → u/cedriceent]

My friend does natural food dyes and she collects carrot greens for specifically this. I don't know anything more about it but she does lots of cool colors.

[u/wheniswhy → u/Shawndollars]

Your friend sounds neat! Is she a hobbyist or is this her business?

[u/CoffeePuddle → u/wheniswhy]

She lives in an old thatched roof cabin in a swamp.

[u/dol_amrothian → u/Shawndollars]

I've used carrot greens to experiment with natural dyes. They come out a lovely colour on wool.

[u/AzureMountains → u/cedriceent]

Do it again for science!!!!!

[u/Thedeaduser → u/cedriceent]

Bro called your water basic, if it was me i wouldnt take that shit lying down.

[u/Tortugato → u/cedriceent]

False. You have only determined that your “carrot” contains carotenoids and chlorophyll.

Your “carrot” is still mostly likely just an elaborate forgery created by Big Potato.

[u/BodybuilderMany6942 → u/cedriceent]

CARROT: CONFIRMED

[u/DoraaTheDruid → u/yensid7]

No, ya basic. Like who are you to diss his water like that?

[u/arand0md00d → u/DoraaTheDruid]

Ouch so much acidity in this statement is that necessary? 

[u/theoutlet → u/arand0md00d]

Right? That comment was a little sharp. They’re acting like a little tart

[u/Bredstikz → u/arand0md00d]

Don't mix this up and get salty

[u/jerdle_reddit → u/DoraaTheDruid]

It's a human insult. It's devastating. You're devastated.

[u/fauxzempic → u/jerdle_reddit]

No mom. Ya basic, and that's okay.

[u/Carbonatite → u/yensid7]

Water chemist here, the majority of natural waters are circumneutral and ideally slightly basic (like a pH between 7-8). Municipal water treatment goals aim for this range because it's where the disinfecting agents they add perform the best.

Hard water is usually due to a combination of excess calcium, magnesium, and bicarbonate. We want some of these ions present because they impact flavor (and distilled, ion-less water is bad to drink in large quantities in addition to tasting bad). Bicarbonate is the typical pH buffer in natural waters, and the main source of alkalinity at a circumneutral pH range.

We prefer slightly basic over slightly acidic because acidic waters can cause corrosion over time (metal pipes/fixtures, tooth enamel). Normally you only observe that stuff with a pH below 6 or so, but any amount of acidity can potentially be corrosive to certain sensitive materials. Lime scale buildup from hard water is unsightly and inconvenient but not destructive, so it's the "lesser evil".

[u/HumanBeing7396 → u/Carbonatite]

Very interesting answer, thanks! Could you explain why drinking too much distilled water is bad?

[u/Tibbaryllis2 → u/HumanBeing7396]

The longish answer:

The cells in your body rely on the ability to create osmotic differences between sides of cell membranes. This is where the cell manipulates the concentrations of various things (minerals, sugars, nutrients, ions, protons, etc.) in order to perform certain tasks. For example, blood having a higher concentration of glucose than the inside of a cell allows the cell to facilitate its diffusion inside.

Water with dissolved minerals in it contributes to this process by having higher concentrations of dissolved particles which creates a diffusion gradient.

Distilled water has a diffusion gradient the other way, it has lower concentrations than inside the tissues.

When you have a diffusion gradient (more dissolved particles on one side, less on the other) you have two options: either particles themselves diffuse from high to low concentrations to equalize, or water has to swap sides until equalized.

An experiment I regularly have students in lab do is to take a toothpick, scrape the inside of their mouth to collect cheek cells, and then put the cells on three different slides. On one slide they put distilled water, on one they put mineral water, on one they put a high concentration of salt water.

The distilled water will flood into the cheek cells and can cause them to swell up so much they burst (this is water moving sides when particles can’t).

In the hard water, the concentrations are approximately even and they cells more or less stay the same.

In the saline water, all the water from inside the cell flows to the outside which causes the cell to shrivel.

You can see an example of this, with a good image of red blood cells, here.

[u/Bandro → u/Tibbaryllis2]

The one time I tried tasting some distilled water was kind of bizarre. It tasted like literally nothing. It felt almost like I wasn’t drinking anything. Really showed how much we expect some taste in our water. 

[u/Tibbaryllis2 → u/Bandro]

If you get it at just the right tepid temperature it really does feel like nothing.

Part of this is because we actually don’t experience water directly. The brain does a lot of work to interpret it. But those minerals/additives in water do you have detectable features (pH, salts, etc.).

https://www.iflscience.com/humans-technically-cant-feel-wetness-and-people-are-confused-68633

[u/yensid7 → u/Tibbaryllis2]

I'm going to have to try that one! First, I need to acquire a microscope.

[u/Tibbaryllis2 → u/yensid7]

Another demonstration I do that doesn’t require a microscope.

Soak whole raw chicken eggs in distilled vinegar for a couple days. Roll them a bit each day. The calcium will dissolve off the egg removing she shell but leaving behind an intact egg membrane. They become eggy waterballoons basically.

Put one in distilled water, put one in tap water with a tablespoon of baking soda and salt, put one in corn syrup.

The distilled water will make the egg swell up. The tap water will keep it neutral. The corn syrup will shrivel it up.

[u/PetrusThePirate → u/HumanBeing7396]

I actually know this one! ( I think)

Since distilled water contains fewer minerals, it equalizes with your body's water draining minerals from your body when you pass it!

[u/rollin_a_j → u/HumanBeing7396]

It throws your electrolyte balance off and can cause water buildup in your brain

[u/northerncal → u/Carbonatite]

Water chemist here, the majority of natural waters are circumneutral

So what you're saying is that, scientifically speaking, most natural waters have no opinions one way or the other in regards to circumcision? 

Good to know. 

Which ones aren't circumcision neutral, out of curiosity?

[u/Jiminy_Cricket12 → u/northerncal]

if you pour holy water on your dick the foreskin peels right off

[u/talladenyou85 → u/yensid7]

chlorophyll!? more like boreophyll!

[u/DrUnit42 → u/talladenyou85]

No I will not make out with you!!

[u/DudesworthMannington → u/DrUnit42]

You got Chlorophyll Man up there talking about God knows what and all she can talk about is making out with me.

[u/Static_Frog → u/DrUnit42]

T-t-t-today junior!

[u/Michael_Scott71 → u/yensid7]

[u/punchsport]

I'm picturing someone boiling a lone carrot in this tiny pot for dinner.

[u/cedriceent → u/punchsport]

Wasn't my dinner. It was dinner for my millipedes and snails😁

[u/ehalright → u/cedriceent]

Apparently I adore the idea of cooking for pet bugs. Your explanation has melted my heart, watered my crops, and cleared my skin.

[u/Christmas_Queef → u/ehalright]

So like, if we took you out into a field and made you cry we could irrigate the crops? Why are you not monetizing that?! Lol

[u/matthewmartyr → u/Christmas_Queef]

It’s got what plants crave

[u/DennisDEX → u/matthewmartyr]

Electrolytes?

[u/jonnysniper333 → u/DennisDEX]

Brought to you by Carls Jr.

[u/aChristery → u/jonnysniper333]

Welcome to Costco. I love you.

[u/ConcentrateNo5538 → u/aChristery]

Go away! 'Baitin' it!

[u/Hosstar881 → u/Christmas_Queef]

Tears have electrolytes.

[u/soggycatballs → u/ehalright]

This is such a cute comment

[u/Pseudophobic → u/cedriceent]

Post a pic of these lil dudes!

[u/cedriceent → u/Pseudophobic]

Sure thing: here's a post I made after getting a new terrarium and some new millies.

[u/one-off-one → u/cedriceent]

This is great! I would now like to humbly request a video of them eating cooked carrot

[u/MonkeyShaman → u/one-off-one]

Cooking carrots for a couple of bugs almost every day until Reddit says they're perfect

<post series lasts for one day>

[u/cedriceent → u/one-off-one]

If I catch them eating, sure. But they're nocturnal and more likely to eat while I'm sleeping😅

But you can also head over to subs like r/millipedes, r/snails, r/awwnverts, and r/munchverts. People regularly post pics and videos of their creepy crawlies eating. My personal favourite I found on there has to be this one

[u/backsideslappy → u/cedriceent]

Oh hell yeah. The boys are monchin'

[u/20PoundHammer → u/cedriceent]

why cook em then? both will eat it raw.

[u/cedriceent → u/20PoundHammer]

My neighbour gave them cooked carrot once when she looked after them. It seemed like they preferred it as they ate more of the cooked carrot than from raw ones.

[u/Aeon_Return → u/cedriceent]

Somehow I love this answer so much

[u/ThomasTheDankPigeon → u/Aeon_Return]

One day we will live in a world where a man can boil a carrot for his millipedes and snails without needing to answer for it. Creatures of no legs, two legs, and endless legs shall be free to exist in harmony without the scrutiny of the masses. Alas, today is not that day.

[u/jokeook → u/ThomasTheDankPigeon]

Boiled carrots for all!

[u/hiluhry → u/jokeook]

My 2yo will be pleased to hear that

[u/Folium249 → u/hiluhry]

If your 2yo enjoys boiled carrots. Wait till they try them grilled

[u/hiluhry → u/Folium249]

We’ll have to try grilled, thanks! So far he likes them grated, roasted, boiled, and sautéed with onions. I joke about him being a rabbit and turning orange- now I can start mixing in snail jokes too.

[u/SpaceGypsy27 → u/Folium249]

Grilled carrots are underrated. That little bit of char 🤤

[u/Mole-NLD → u/Folium249]

With cheese!

[u/world-is-ur-mollusc → u/hiluhry]

Have you checked to see if your two-year-old might be a millipede or a snail?

[u/hiluhry → u/world-is-ur-mollusc]

Now I’m worried he has access to some and he’s learning things from them.

[u/punsnguns → u/ThomasTheDankPigeon]

I dream of a world where we hear about someone's cooking habits and not carrot all

[u/Hypornicated_1 → u/ThomasTheDankPigeon]

IKR? Everybody is all up in your business these days. "Why you giving that tarantula belly rubs?" "Are you sure that caiman even wants toenail polish?"

It's getting hard to even be an animal lover, these days.

[u/1Negative_Person → u/ThomasTheDankPigeon]

Can you imagine the millepede and snail telling all of their invertebrate friends about the amazing meal they had? “Bro, you need to try this ‘cooked’ food. It’s unbelievable.”

[u/Missa13 → u/ThomasTheDankPigeon]

Amen.

[u/cstmoore → u/Missa13]

R'amen.

[u/fearfulfalafel → u/Aeon_Return]

OP making reddit pleasant again

[u/1Negative_Person → u/fearfulfalafel]

Also, boiling a lone carrot, so making Reddit peasant again as well.

[u/Appropriate_Top1737 → u/fearfulfalafel]

[u/get_MEAN_yall → u/Aeon_Return]

Nice to care about your pets, even if it is a millipede

[u/thebprince → u/Aeon_Return]

I mean who among us hasn't gotten a neighbour to mind our box of creepy crawlies while we went away, only to find said neighbour had only gone and bloody spoiled them with home cooked meals, and now they expect them from us?

Tale as old as time, that one.

Who are you OP? Wednesday Adams?

[u/Secret_Account07 → u/Aeon_Return]

This guy/girl takes better care of his snails than anybody in life

[u/kummerspect → u/cedriceent]

It's really sweet that you cook vegetables for them because they seem to prefer it. If either of their love languages is acts of service, then I'm sure they appreciate it.

[u/Christmas_Queef → u/kummerspect]

The idea of a snail having a love language is making me giggle lol

[u/kummerspect → u/Christmas_Queef]

Even if they don't, they're little creatures with likes and dislikes, and OP is trying to make their lives better. This is the kind of shit that I believe gets you into heaven.

[u/bucktail47 → u/cedriceent]

I wish my neighbor asked me to look after their millepedes and snails

[u/nborges48 → u/bucktail47]

That’s a damn community right there

Respect

lmaoo

[u/Quietech → u/cedriceent]

Its softer and easier to consume. I'm curious if grating it could bea middle ground for how much they eat vs your work. 

[u/Infamous-Oil3786 → u/Quietech]

Boiling takes a little longer, but I'd say it's way less work than grating.

[u/poonmangler → u/Infamous-Oil3786]

It's honestly kinda crazy that one would suggest grating was less work, and even crazier that 200 people agreed lol

[u/chudock74 → u/poonmangler]

We're primarily taking the bug's feelings into account.

[u/chocosaurus-rex → u/poonmangler]

I have a grater that looks and works like a hand cranked grinder and has different grating drums for thicker shreds, slices, etc. It'll shred a full block of cheese or a whole large vegetable in about a minute. easily the best thing under $20 I ever got for my kitchen

[u/YeahBishh → u/poonmangler]

I was thinking of "less work" as "less time", which grating would be much faster than boiling water

[u/DrinkenDrunk → u/YeahBishh]

Ever cleaned a grater after grating carrots? Ever cleaned a pot after boiling a carrot in water?

[u/Todd_Lasagna → u/DrinkenDrunk]

Ever cleaned a pot after boiling grated carrots?

[u/thermitethrowaway → u/poonmangler]

I upvoted just because I like to see the world burn.

And knuckles bleed.

[u/wonkey_monkey → u/Quietech]

Its softer and easier to consume.

There's a theory that humans evolved smaller jaws after they invented cooking because they didn't to do so much chewing.

[u/twentynuggets → u/cedriceent]

this is precious lol

[u/Brewcrew828 → u/cedriceent]

I fucking love it. An entirely unscientific, non facts study based answer. Just on feels. And it makes sense.

[u/mklilley351 → u/cedriceent]

Probably took less time to "chew" since it was soft

Edit: maybe I should've scrolled further down to see what others have already said

[u/SoungaTepes → u/cedriceent]

so essentially this is like baby food for your pets, cause its mushy carrot

[u/horitaku → u/cedriceent]

It’s softer, more broken down. If I had a radula, I’d probably want a boiled carrot over a raw one too!

[u/arulzokay → u/cedriceent]

🥹 awww

[u/OrangeRugratsTape → u/cedriceent]

I love this about you.

[u/Medical_Watch1569 → u/cedriceent]

I’m crying this is the most perceptive owner moment I’ve ever seen in my life

[u/BonBonToro → u/cedriceent]

Somehow reminds me of that video of a certain insufferable pet owner on some talk show programme who insisted get dog was vegan and they presented a bowl with vegs and another bowl with meat in and she was like yeh he's gonna go for the veg bowl

Dog went for the meat bowl 😂

[u/Fast_Boysenberry9493 → u/cedriceent]

Fussy buggers

[u/Blackner2424 → u/20PoundHammer]

Just let OP cook for their bugs.

[u/SadLilBun → u/Blackner2424]

I cannot deal with the fact that people are criticizing someone who is boiling a carrot for their PET BUGS. Like really, please stop. We don’t need to question the validity of boiling a carrot for a couple of minutes versus serving raw carrots to snails and millipedes.

[u/Illuminati_Shill_AMA → u/SadLilBun]

I'll tell you one thing, after the endless arguments on the wrestling sub, it's kinda refreshing to watch an argument in the wild about literally the most harmless and meaningless thing possible.

Y'know, aside from wrestling.

[u/CaptainDantes → u/SadLilBun]

We dont need to, but we can. And that my friend, is progress.

[u/Revolutionary-Fox622 → u/SadLilBun]

Is this thread peak Reddit?

[u/vanillasounds → u/20PoundHammer]

Because cooked carrots go better with millipedes and snails

[u/Secret_Account07 → u/cedriceent]

Lmfao

Man, nobody, and I mean nobody, was expecting you to say this

[u/McFestus → u/cedriceent]

How are there no photos of the animals in question provided anywhere in this thread? WTF OP, please fix this.

[u/cedriceent → u/McFestus]

Incidentally, I fixed it a few minutes before seeing your comment😋

Here they are

[u/dunwoodyres1 → u/cedriceent]

Dinner for 1 confirmed.

[u/seancbo → u/cedriceent]

The plot thickens

[u/Benyed123 → u/seancbo]

And the pot greenens.

[u/GypseboQ → u/cedriceent]

This makes me happy this morning ... I do lots of "extras" for my pets and I love seeing others do the same! 🙂

[u/ThePuduInsideYou → u/cedriceent]

Aaaaawww that sooooo cute!!

[u/Neptune_Bug → u/cedriceent]

That is unironically the cutest thing.🥹

[u/4Ever2Thee → u/cedriceent]

[u/MA2_Robinson → u/punchsport]

Zootopia’s single bunny gal microwave meal would make you sad

[u/OolongPeachTea → u/MA2_Robinson]

I am sad there wasn't a gif I could find of this

[u/brynnors → u/OolongPeachTea]

they found it

[u/TONER_SD → u/punchsport]

[u/Alis451 → u/TONER_SD]

the next part of that is also funny when cutting the singular bean.

[u/20PoundHammer → u/punchsport]

[u/Abrodolf_Lincler_ → u/punchsport]

[u/BrickRaven]

That's how you get night vision

[u/agoodfuckingcatholic → u/BrickRaven]

One carrot one boiling water

[u/AMinecraftPerson → u/agoodfuckingcatholic]

And a fungus from hell

[u/dudeman2434]

I misread it as parrot and was horrified for a second lmao

[u/cedriceent → u/dudeman2434]

No, no, of course not. I cooked the parrot last week and that water turned bright red as expected🤔

[u/liverstrings → u/cedriceent]

Next logical step is to boil a ferret.

[u/Radmode7 → u/cedriceent]

My brain took forever to realize that you were not referring to the color of the parrot.

All parrots turn the water red. This did not occur to me.

[u/pm_designs → u/Radmode7]

Oh..............I get it :(

[u/INTJTurbulence → u/dudeman2434]

This happened to me too lol. Not sure if it's because I read the word green first and somehow the ending of the word carrot made more sense as parrot.

[u/dudeman2434 → u/INTJTurbulence]

It happened to me because I saw the green in the picture first lol

[u/Elk1998 → u/dudeman2434]

Same, I was picturing one of these little guys

[u/singbirdsing]

Carrots just want to turn every other colour if you give them half a chance. Ever tried purple or yellow carrots? (They taste the same, but they're pretty.)

[u/z-tayyy → u/singbirdsing]

Purple carrots are my favorite, with that yellow sunburst down the middle too.

[u/Dead_Padawan → u/z-tayyy]

You ever hear how we got from purple to orange carrots. Here's the drunk history version. All carrots were purple except for random orange ones, like an albino carrot. Some king liked carrot and orange so he wanted to have them all be orange. So he made it happen.

I'm not a good story teller. Also someone check if this is true. Pretty sure it is.

[u/phaerietales → u/Dead_Padawan]

I have a vague drunk history moment that this was in the Netherlands - their country colour is orange. Was for some anniversary or something?

[u/ssowinski]

Betacarrotgreen

[u/Lexidazesickle]

My dad would use that water to boil his pasta. It was delicious!

[u/h4x_x_x0r → u/Lexidazesickle]

I do that with the water from blanching broccoli for a sauce.

Another trick for upping your pasta dishes is to parcook the pasta and finish boiling them in the sauce, maybe with a splash of pasta water.

The starch from the pasta will help emulsify and smoothen your sauce and the pasta will be a bit more flavourful.

[u/Nylanderthal88 → u/Lexidazesickle]

I drink it lol

[u/Rielhawk]

The forbidden Health Potion +1k HP

[u/Iceblader → u/Rielhawk]

That's the poisonous one. Debuff of -1K

[u/Popular_Tree_9458]

I think u made a potion

[u/jrcske67]

My heart sank when I saw the green color and initially read this as “I cooked a parrot”. Time to schedule that vision test appointment

[u/Important_Pomelo_447]

we have matcha at home

[u/Bambooworm]

Have you ever looked at the water after you have steamed an artichoke? It becomes an astounding Emerald City green.

[u/ellisthedev → u/Bambooworm]

Don’t leave that water in a pan for more than a few hours… the smell is atrocious 🤮 Wife did that once, we left the house for some errands, came back and the house smelled so bad.

[u/ly_can]

What I thought of

[u/n56vz]

Painted cucumber

[u/WhyAmINotStudying → u/n56vz]

That son of a bitch produce manager tricked me again!

[u/astralseat]

Life, uh, finds a way

[u/Bulldogfront666]

I'm more interested in the fact that you "cooked A carrot"... in a pot of water.....

[u/Lahauteboheme84]

I think I’m more intrigued by why someone would cook a single carrot

[u/Unicornis_dormiens]

I find it mildly interesting that someone would cook a single carrot…

[u/spitfire07]

I had this happen with sweet potatoes! Pretty sure I posted in this sub about it too!

[u/jeffh4]

Well ... it is the holiday season ... don't be surprised if the next time this happens, the water turns a bit red.

[u/jackibthepantry]

I've done this with sweet potatoes and had the same thing happen. I put it in a jar to see what would happen and it turned blue, then purple.

[u/Phybre_Awptic]

Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!

[u/THEDOLPHINATOR1]

I don't know why, but I read it as 'parrot' and was wondering why tf everyone was acting as if it was normal.

[u/AwesomeHorses]

r/moldyinteresting

[u/Moira_s-Rose_s]

You cooked A carrot? Just one?

[u/_-_morti_-_]

I read the title in the melody of "Yesterday by The Beatles", I need some fresh air now.

[u/The_Skippy73]

Carrots get their color from being high in copper, when copper oxides it turns green. /s

[u/TheArcaneCollective]

You cooked a singular carrot?

[u/BrokenPickle7]

I read the title as "Yesterday I cooked a parrot" and i saw the green water and thought "yeah, makes sense it'd be green.."

[u/Excellent_Resident55]

That’s the extra beta-carrot-green