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When did the term switch from color palette to colorway?
- It's a term sneaker collectors use
one time a family member was visiting and he kept reacting with surprise at red jalapenos from my plants, like he didn't even countenance their existence and could only conceive of green jalapenos
he was a retired career landscaper, thrown off by red peppers
edit: y'know I've never really thought about it but there was definitely a class aspect to this reaction, he was a quite well paid landscaper-to-the-wealthy in California for his career and I think he saw growing food as lesser or blue collar instead of growing bushes and flowers for rich dickheads
- you should blow his mind with some of those peppers that straight up look like multicolored christmas lights
  
  I've planted peppers like that a few times and never got the seeds to grow, too fancy for my ass
  
  Holy fuck, them are some nice peppy bois.
- But red jalapenos aren't a varietal. Jalapenos turn red when they ripen. Green jalapenos are just under ripe. This is much like the colors of bell peppers.
  
  That's the point of the anecdote
- That’s bananas. Speaking of which, bananas also can be red or blue.
Red onions taste nothing like white onions though, they're a wholly different animal, at least for me
- But these are plants
  
  I expected someone to comment this sooner
Had some purple potatoes a few days ago and they were sick as hell
There is a myth, that the originally violet carrots are now orange, because the Dutch made them this way to honor the founder of their monarchy William of Orange. The truth is probably more complicated, though orange carrots did spread and become popular from this place and at that time.
- My mom said orange carrot was actually rare and black carrot was the mainstream one
The purple cauliflower tastes like cotton candy.
Heritage carrots taste so good

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