Early 1800s Carrot Soup Recipe.
Take a close look at this recipe and you’ll notice a small, but important, detail. A detail which may seem minor, but underscores the scope of genetic engineering, selective breeding, and the industrial food complex in altering our mental image of a carrot.
Source: American domestic cookery, formed on principles of economy, for the use of private families. 1819
Convivial Supper 
So do you figure that most carrots native to a particular region were red? That’s interesting!
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Carrots were originally purple! That’s what you see today with the heirloom variety. According to Google, the orange ones were cultivated by the Dutch in the 1600s. Thanks for stopping by!
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Great little recipe.
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Thanks! Loved your site.
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