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Why isn't there more blue food? Name some blue foods that aren't candy.

>> No.6217241

>>6217238
waffle

>> No.6217245

Poison dart froglegs

>> No.6217248

>>6217241
Won't fool me twice

>> No.6217268

There are non besides blueberries. They have the blue food market cornered.

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>>6217238
awwwwwwwwww look at that kitty

>> No.6217279

>>6217238
cotton candy

>> No.6217297
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>> No.6217333

>>6217238
Blue pigments are harder for biology make, chemically, and so are much rarer.

>> No.6217338

>>6217238

blueberries
blue quandongs

that's about it

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>> No.6217349

>>6217344

>yet to be find out

seems legit

>> No.6217350

>>6217344
WTF that is such a fun fact!!!!!

>> No.6217356

>>6217349
I checked it out, and surprisingly it really isn't known for certain. It's suspected to be related to biliverdin (the stuff that makes bruises green) but not known for sure.

>> No.6217413

>>6217344
Makes sense its in the greenling family.

>>6217238
Blue grapes

>> No.6217497
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6217497

Come and get these blue, meaty claws if you wanna get yer gobber snipped off, mate.

Also, lots of fish are blue: swordfish, bluefin, bluefish, mahi-mahi, those delicious little gummy sharks

>> No.6217503

>>6217497
the edible parts of all those fish aren't blue

>> No.6217508
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Turkey

>> No.6217522

>>6217503
What do you want from me?! It's obvious that the color blue/purple was an evolutionary feature meant to deter predators from eating the plant/animal else they get poisoned-- like nightshade and Pepsi Blue.

>> No.6217973

It probably bestows immortality

>> No.6217993

Blue is a rather unappetizing color anon.

>> No.6218028

>>6217993
No, blue is always the best flavor in anything that has that option

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>> No.6218089

>>6218086
Is this edible?

>> No.6218112

>>6218086
Why wouldn't it be?

>> No.6218124 [DELETED] 

>>6218112
They might be like litle stones that you can't chew and/or don't break down during digestion.

>> No.6218143

>>6218086
That's purple m80

>> No.6218148

>>6218086
blackish purple

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>>6217508

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6218158

Potato

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>>6218151

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>>6218089
si

>> No.6218332

>>6218266
hnnng, okay that is blue

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>> No.6218342

>>6218158
Clearly purple.

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dried butterfly pea flowers tea

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>>6218350
they make this with the flowers also

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasi_kerabu

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6218370

dragonfruit light blue

>> No.6218374

>>6218350
I'd so try that

>> No.6218419

>>6217238
Cleaning fluid.

>> No.6218535

>>6217238

I seem to recall that most spoiled food has a bluish tint to it, so we've developed a low-level aversion to it.

>> No.6218538

The color blue is more difficult to occur in nature than red or green. Look it up

>> No.6219439

blueberries

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>>6218350
>>6218353
L...lewd

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6220163

Here's a lactarius indigo mushroom.

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These are edible.

>> No.6220179

my mom made lobster bisque once and used red wine instead of white to make the lobster stock and it turned the whole thing blue

>> No.6220184

Blue Zutagabas duh

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this?

>> No.6220238

>>6220208
i think most people would call them black but from my perspective most people are retarded so yeah

>> No.6220273

>>6218158
we had these a few months back and work. Dear God were they amazing

>> No.6221281

>>6218353
That pile of blue rice, to me it resembles a pile of macroscopic bacteria...

>> No.6221295

>>6217238
>>6217238
Oregon Grapes muhfugga. If you like fruit thats naturally tart then try them if you get a chance. It grows like weeds in the forest around my house.

>> No.6221454

>>6221295
Pictures look good, what does tart mean?

>> No.6221455

>>6217344
does it taste good?

>> No.6221719
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it can all be blue if i just put my mind to it.....

>> No.6221730

>>6221454
Acidic in a slightly dry-your-mouth-out way.

>> No.6221733

>>6217238
your balls

>> No.6221752

>>6217297
>>6217344

These aren't foods, they're animals

>> No.6222284

>>6221752
>fillet isn't food

>> No.6222286

>>6217238
blue waffles?

>> No.6222476

>>6221454
If you grow them yourself and water them enough, they're like a blackberry. The wild ones are usually like >>6221730 described and should be used to make jams/pies. If you can find then growing near an abundant water source they're nice to eat raw.

>> No.6222482

>>6217238
Sage flowers, although I've never heard of a single person besides myself that eats them.
Some other anon already mentioned potato.
Certain carrots, sometimes cabbage is blue on the outer leaves, sprouting broccoli, some grapes.

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