Blue Food
Last night at dinner I was devouring some blue Jell-o and thinking there aren’t many blue foods. In fact, we could think of only one naturally occuring blue food – blueberries. Blue cheese is kinda blue, but that’s the mold not the cheese. Are there any more? Why does food come naturally in every color except blue? Clearly there must be a government conspiracy in here somewhere.
December 7th, 2005 at 10:33 am
Blue corn? Blue curacao (liqueur), blue crab?
December 7th, 2005 at 3:01 pm
George Carlin does a bit on this, see http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75acarlin2.phtml
May 21st, 2007 at 2:06 am
dead man’s fingers is a plant with natural blue ‘fruit pods’ that can be eaten.
July 16th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
Hey, acctually..blueberries are kinda purple…My friend and i are trying to discover blue food..can’t think of any yet though…if we do, i’ll keep you updated.
October 12th, 2007 at 10:18 am
I had a college prof ask this question to a class 17 yrs ago. We said blueberries – he said purple. We said blue crabs – but then when you cook them they turn orange. We could not come up with a natural blue food.
October 22nd, 2007 at 12:17 pm
My husband is obsessed with planning a blue food meal and it all centers around Peruvian Blue potatoes that we buy at a local farm. They are more purplish than blue but we still call them blue.
November 13th, 2007 at 2:05 am
I attend culinary school and our chef asked this question in class and is giving extra credit to anyone who can come up with a naturally blue food. I have a few ideas such as coronation grapes, which are a blue black color. other than that my chef and i are stumped. please help me get extra credit!!!!! lol thanks
November 19th, 2007 at 9:05 am
Wow i love blue food! yummy!!!
December 14th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
My boss asked me this question…
certain edible flowers are blue
i must find the answer!!!
February 1st, 2008 at 8:02 am
Bilberry is the only blue food stuff that I know of. Even a trivial pursuit question said it was the only blue food. Not sure how true that is of course. But bilberry is offcially blue. Blueberry is purple.
February 11th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Blue corn and blueberries are the ones I can think of that are actually blue. I do disagree that ALL blueberries are purple… I have definitely seen blue ones.
I’m trying to work into eating a colorful diet and blue is just hard to come by.
February 19th, 2008 at 9:16 am
i heard that toucan meat is naturally blue!
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:12 am
I heard that blue smarties are coloured by the Blue Curango, a naturally occuring pepper like plant, known for its aphrodisiac qualities. Does this mean kids will be running around horny?
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:14 am
On world of Warcraft Bob Carolgees once told me that I could grow blue movies. He lied, I cried
April 13th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
There is a rare edible mushroom that is blue. It is the only naturally occurring food I know that is truly blue. These mushrooms have a texture similar to lobster mushrooms and are light/medium blue in color.
April 27th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Hate to tell you all, but, purple IS blue. red + blue = purple. Blue corn, blueberries, bleu cheese, blue potatoes, blue liquor. Purple subset = grapes, eggplant, etc. Manipulated subset = red cabbage chemically altered with soda, dye additives such as jello, m/m’s, sodas and sports drinks. Non-blue food such as blue crab, blue tuna. ALL these would make a fun party, but please leave out the blue eggs.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:39 am
Cynthia is a liar, I don’t even think there is such a colour as blue, or even such a name as Cynthia
Bob Carolgees told me that she was evil
I’m with Bob on this one!
June 9th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
got it guys, i found the only blue food in the world.
smurf meat.
July 1st, 2008 at 2:23 am
Can you get meat off a Smurf?
I thought they were all gristly
Once Osama Bin Martin Walker told me never to trust a man with numbers in his name. Kenny313, I stand by his vision of the future. Are you a cyborg?
September 28th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Hate to tell you, Cynthia, but by your logic green IS blue too. Yellow + blue = green.
But that doesn’t make any sense.
December 8th, 2008 at 9:02 am
Hi,
I think that Cynthia is a liar, purple isn’t even a proper colour anyway just one made up by the colourblind to get one over on the “rainbow see-ers!”
There is only one blue food and it lives in my house
December 19th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
There is NO naturally occurring blue food. Blueberries and Blue Corn are definitely NOT blue – they’re both deep purple. If you don’t believe me, go get yourself a color wheel and compare.
And no, purple is definitely not blue. By that logic my front lawn is blue too (Yellow + Blue = Green).
December 29th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
If I get myself really cold I can make blue lips which I eat with my face.
February 14th, 2009 at 4:00 am
there are Blue Lobsters, look it up I was amazed
May 6th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
I DONT CARE IF THE FOOD IS BLUE OR BLUEISH-PURPLE! JUST NAME THE FOOD
July 14th, 2009 at 2:30 am
There are several potato kinds that are blue. The kind known as Blue Almond is only blue/purple on the outside and white on the inside, but can be used to make light purple mashed potatoes. There are other kinds that are blue through and through but I don’t know their names.
Here is a photo of Blue Almond:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3290/2836697003_ebc8cab998.jpg
January 22nd, 2010 at 12:21 pm
Robin’s eggs are blue-edible to a point, I guess. Although not inside; however we do say brown eggs even though they are not brown inside. I am looking for a natual blue food as well for a chile recipe and purple/maroon is as close as I can get.
January 22nd, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Found it. Poppy Seeds. “They’re a deep blue and when cooked in milk turn the milk a beautiful shade of purple.” http://www.woodlandfoods.com. I work in the food ingredient industry and this question was driving me insane. Not that anyone is going to read it since the original post was in 2005….
February 2nd, 2010 at 10:42 am
Blueberries are actually purple.
There is no such thing as naturally blue foods.
April 15th, 2010 at 9:32 am
If blueberries are purple, where does the purple come from? Purple is a blend of red and blue so blue has to be a food color. Wild blueberries are by definition not man made but wild so they cannot be purple since purple is a blend
April 27th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
cshel, I read your post. I want to have a blue-themed luncheon and it has never occured to me until now about there not being many blue foods.
May 13th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Borage flowers are edible and they are blue.
August 21st, 2010 at 1:48 am
If a naturally occurring food is to be BLUE, it must be BLUE and not a combination thereof.. so BLUE berries, BLUE corn are PURPLE. Even if it takes BLUE to make PURPLE, it also takes RED to do so! BLEU Cheese is NOT naturally occurring.
August 21st, 2010 at 1:48 am
Flowers don’t count! Most people eat Fauna, not Flora!