A March event - Hoist the Colors!!

[Andy MacLeod]

Exploring teas in the colors of each Ajah got me thinking that, if I wear a banded dress one day, I'd like to make a celebratory buffet of foods in the colors of the 7 Ajahs (and add the Disc, if they have colors too!). And, one thing leading to another, I thought this would be a perfectly appropriate "colorful" event for me to throw!

 

So what are your favorite, most exotic, is-this-even-real, foods and beverages ... that are BLUE!!! 💙Calling all Blue Sisters to lead the charge ^^ @Ithillian Turambar, @Wayward_fool, @Siera

 

I nominate Butterfly Pea tea, a naturally blue tea made from a decoction or infusion of the flower petals or whole flower of the Clitoria ternatea plant. Clitoria ternatea is also known as butterfly pea, blue pea, Aprajita, Cordofan pea, Blue Tea Flowers or Asian pigeonwings.

 

Derived from a plant that is common to most South East Asian countries, butterfly pea flower tea has been brewed for centuries but only recently been introduced to tea drinkers outside the indigenous area. Butterfly pea flower tea gains its distinctive tint from the deep blue color of the petals that has made the plant a popular dye for centuries.

 

One of the distinctive aspects of the tea is the fact that the liquid changes color based on the pH level of the substance added to it, for instance, adding lemon juice to the tea will turn it purple. (Wikipedia)

 

[Ithillian Turambar]

I saw that tea and you can get it on amazon. I think I'm going to have to try it. You can get a few bags and it's not that expensive.

 

I shall let you know how I get on.

 

Blue foods are rare. There's that blue curacao spirit, that's very useful in cocktails. On the rare occasions that it's warm enough, I like to make us rainbow cocktails 

Edited March 1 by Ithillian Turambar

[Andy MacLeod]

Here is a lavender-blueberry ice cream...

[HeavyHalfMoonBlade]

Many blue colourings are blue thanks to an aromatic ring, so are heavily toxic. I can remember when they introduced blue Smarties and how unusual that was. 

[Andy MacLeod]

In Homer's "Iliad," the color blue is notably absent, meaning there are no descriptions of anything as blue throughout the epic poem -neither sky nor sea, leading scholars to believe that ancient Greeks may not have had a specific word for the color blue, until blue dies were introduced from the far East.

 

Another blue food: the Java Banana

[HeavyHalfMoonBlade]

Languages have a hierarchy of colours. Hmm, that isn't actually what I mean. 

 

Er, what I mean is all languages have words for white/light and dark/black. If they have a third colour, it is always red, and fourth is yellow or green or a combination of both and so on. It seems odd but they just get by talking about a sweater the colour of blood or whatever. 

 

Found my source just incase it sounds like I am rambling nonsense

https://blog.duolingo.com/color-words-around-the-world/

 

Homer controversially calls the sky the colour of copper which has lead to all sorts of conspiracies about aliens and past ecologies, rather than accepting he means unpolished copper. 

[Andy MacLeod]

Love this info, @HeavyHalfMoonBlade, thank you!

 

And, of course, there's blue cheese... a personal favorite!

[Ithillian Turambar]

Ooh blue cheese!

 

I prefer the softer versions that you can spread on crackers.

 

We even have Yorkshire Blue!

[Andy MacLeod]

Let's not forget that roses are gorgeously red🌹🥰... and plums are Blue!

 

Edited March 1 by Andy MacLeod

[Donchadh]

Well there have been some delicious drinks posted...but I gotta go with one of my favorites...

 

Blueberry mead....try a glass ....

 

 

For something more substantive...what about ....

 

 

 

[Andy MacLeod]

Blueberry mead!! 💙😋

 

... and now I'm ravenous. Someone bring me that steak, please... 

[Andy MacLeod]

Today we move to the Brown Ajah!! Calling Sedai @Cross, @Jeannaisais and any active Brown!

Share your most lavish brown foods 🤎

 

I shall start with a rather lavish Irish Cream Mousse, infused with liquor!

 

And for drinks, this Aztec chocolate cocktail... to die for

 

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i'm always up for some freshly baked bread

 

[Andy MacLeod]

Ooh, now we're talking!! 

 

And speaking of Brown bread, have you met pumpernickel bread? Pumpernickel is a dark, dense, and slightly sweet bread that originated in Germany. It's traditionally made from coarsely ground rye berries and sourdough starter. 

[Cross]

i like it. but i prefer molasses bread. even made some of my own a year or so ago

[Andy MacLeod]

I actually agree with you there! 

 

My favorite brown food might be... 

... roasted chestnuts!!

 

Also... dates!

[Leala]

*Comes in a little late*  This thread is making me hungry...

 

[Andy MacLeod]

I am surprise no on has mentioned caramel!

 

 

Just thought of helping, Sitter @Leala 🤍

[Cairos]

Oh man! So many good food! 

[Ithillian Turambar]

  On 3/4/2025 at 3:04 AM, Andy MacLeod said:

My favorite brown food might be... 

... roasted chestnuts!!

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I always thought it was terrible that we can only get chestnuts around Christmas:(

 

[HeavyHalfMoonBlade]

Well, you could have some trees. Only takes a few decades for tame chestnuts to mature. 

 

A friend of my ex has a garden full of them from a seedling she cultivated and every autumn she has a chestnut party to collect them all and make use of all the hands to peel them, roast them, puree them, make soup, etc., and then have a feast and music as a reward. 

 

If I didn't live in a flat and wasn't as old as the hills it sounds like a great plan. 

[Andy MacLeod]

Heavy, can I join that party next Fall?? *drooling*

 

My last Brown food...

 

Get your Google search ready: tomorrow we move to GRAY foods!!

[Cross]

one of my (and my dogs) favorite drinks 
 

 

and another 

 

 

and of course

 

though in all honesty i still mourn the removal of the light brown M&M

[Andy MacLeod]

Keeper @Cross makes me drool

Keeper Cross's favorite foods make me drool... 😄

 

Alright, @Gudrean Sedai, @Cairos Sedai... what are your favorite GRAY foods??

 

Here's my draft proposal:

[Gudrean]

Well @Andy MacLeod most grey foods are not exactly my fav things, like fish and mushrooms but maybe some sweets that are grey? That cheese has promise depending on it's flavah!