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Post by Jaga on Aug 30, 2018 20:44:25 GMT -7
and also William of Orange?
quite interesting and funny
what was the original color of carrots?
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Post by pieter on Aug 31, 2018 9:25:31 GMT -7
  look at the top of the Dutch flag, what do you see there Jaga. |
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Post by pieter on Aug 31, 2018 9:30:35 GMT -7
I accept and appreciate the present Dutch monarchy, but in heart I believe in the Dutch republic and in hearty I am a Dutch Patriot in the historical sense ( Patriots vs Orangists) and slightly Republican in the Dutch European context. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriottentijden.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_RepublicP.S.- I am absolutely not an American Republican. In the USA I would probably be a classical liberal Independent voter or a moderate democrate, not associated with the far left wing of the Democratic party and also not connected to the Dixiecrats. A Centrist Democrat? |
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Post by Jaga on Aug 31, 2018 21:59:13 GMT -7
Pieter,
I am not sure you wrote directly about it, but carrots used to be purple and white. Dutch worked on making it orange partly to memorize Wilhelm Orange.
I cannot even imagine carrots not to be orange due to its carotene content, but this was apparently the case.
Here is more:
In the 17th century, Dutch growers cultivated orange carrots as a tribute to William of Orange – who led the the struggle for Dutch independence – and the color stuck. A thousand years of yellow, white and purple carrot history was wiped out in a generation
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