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We returned from our eight weeks holiday in Lanzarote on Friday. We went out for dinner last night, I had roast garlic chicken with mushrooms and black carrots. The carrots were amazing, does anyone know where I can buy some?

Google??????

Hiya Polly long time no speak, hope you had a wonderful time :-D <3 :-D

Hi Paula,

Hope you had a wonderful time..bet you have the heating turned up at home :-D :-D

Sylviain Canada I have Googled but only found purple ones. :-D

I think black carrots are actually deep purple. Used to be available in waitrose supermarket but not sure if they still stock them.

I think they are as rare as hens teeth here Paula, readily available in India and China if you are thinking of another trip :-D :-D

They are also in Lucozade :-D

Last year in France we were served carrots in the colours of the Tricoleur; blue white and red.

I have eaten many carrots over the years.

Call me daft......but isn't a black carrot actually a purple carrot?

Blackish looking on the outside, but when you slice it, it is purple in colour?

Would love to know what it so amazing about it?

A carrot is carrot?

Looks like you might have to have dinner at that restaurant again Paula ;-)

I'd be looking round multicultural shops and markets.

Seeds are available so you could always grow your own.

Hello Prickles, sychronised again :-D

Errm...there are purple carrots and there are black carrots :-)
The black ones look like coalmans fingers :-D

Ok .........clever, high heeled, flipper person. :-D

What is the bally difference betwix a purple carrot and a black carrot?

Before answering.......do take into account that I am a woman of the world.

Trust me,....I knows about these things!

:-D

they sound like blue potatoes, which are actually mauvish or bluish-grey, often with a whiter area in the centre.

The skins are so dark that they look black!

Everything you ever wanted to know about carrots!

http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/index.html

They're different species Prickolls

:-)

They're probably crossed with licorice. That would account for the amazing taste :-D

Definitely black. :-D

There are carrots of many colours the purple one usually cook darker as do the red ones,,,,,,there is yellow.,orange round ones even which look most odd on a plate.....

they are in lots of big supermarkets,,,large M&S often have them.....

Maybe different species........

But I really want to know why they taste so amazing?

Just my personal taste Prickles. I have to say they were delicious, so did OH and he doesn't even like carrots :) :-D

We tried purple carrots....... they didn't taste any different to orange ones.

Black? maybe they were charred purple ones. lol