Challenge: Grey Foods?
Hello everyone! I hope you had a great week and you're ready for the weekend. I heard that Cheese Wiz product was grey in colour before they add the orange colour; so this started a discussion in the office.
I was attempting to brainstorm some naturally grey-coloured foods and I can only come up with the inside of wild rice(?).
Can you think of some grey-coloured foods?
Thanks for your help!
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28 Comments:
Poi is slightly purplish gray, isn't it?
The inside of a well-done burger or steak.
mushrooms (some)
juliebugsmama at 2:52PM on 01/23/09
If you skinned some beans, you'd probably end up with some gray stuff.
KarynMC at 2:52PM on 01/23/09
scrapple before cooking
PerkyMac at 3:07PM on 01/23/09
eggplant pulp
coolname at 3:13PM on 01/23/09
then there are those very old formerly green beans: grayharicot vert
PerkyMac at 3:13PM on 01/23/09
Oh Perky I'm so out of the loop--or else you're just being silly!
What's "scrapple"?
hungrychristel at 3:14PM on 01/23/09
The Berkshire farms sausages they sell at Kushi Q in midtown Manhattan. They're tasty as heck, but they're grey all right.
Oh, some oysters are kinda grey (the shells always, but I mean the actual oyster).
chisai at 3:16PM on 01/23/09
@hungrychristel ~ grayharicot vert was an attempt at humor. Scrapple is serious indeed. I absolutely love it, but only have it a few times a year. Here is a good description of this PA Dutch pork treat - usually cut in slices and fried up for breakfast with eggs. It's slightly spicy, crispy on the exterior and pork/corny mushy on the inside.
http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/sleuth/0998/scrapple.html
Here's a photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/steamykitchen/2642560873/
PerkyMac at 3:23PM on 01/23/09
Bratwurst sausages are grey before cooking. Why are these coming to me one at a time?
PerkyMac at 3:24PM on 01/23/09
Roasted aubergine salad/spread - roasted aubergines, a touch of olive oil, salt, garlic and vinegar (you can also add fresh minced herbs, but then it won't be as grey:-)).
brooke29 at 3:29PM on 01/23/09
Oh, and -duh- mushrooms!
KarynMC at 3:41PM on 01/23/09
Some fish is sort of grey...or maybe I am not getting good fish!
Oh, raw shrimp.
Cary at 3:47PM on 01/23/09
Oh this is great! Excellent, I knew I could count on all-you guys. Though the colour of grey (though not a colour at all) doesn't necessarily bring "fresh" to mind it is clear that it is still a natural shade!
@julie - Mushrooms, of course! I'm brain-dead today. In particular: I think chinese black mushrooms would do the trick?
@perky - greyharicot vert is clever--your brain is in OD today dude! Also BTW I have never heard of scrapple and I will make a point to do so.
Because: Pork + Fried + Breakfast time + seasoning = happiness :)
@brooke and Karyn - A blended dip with eggplant and beans *check*
Have a good weekend SEaters!
hungrychristel at 3:53PM on 01/23/09
oysters
also - the oatmeal they served for breakfast when I was in college.
Amandarama at 6:06PM on 01/23/09
The inside of raw hamburger meat is gray sometimes. So are many sausages.
And so were my mother's steaks and the outside of many of her roasts. But I don't know if everyone's was like that...
I agree, I love it, but eggplant/aubergine is gray on the inside.
And sometimes oatmeal, yes indeedy can look gray.
HeartofGlass at 6:21PM on 01/23/09
Oh! I had to get in on this!! I just bought Grey squash. I never saw that before....It intrigued me because of the grey color that I just had to buy it! Nothing remarkable in taste.. It tastes just like regular squash...
Also grey-I dont know the name of it but it is a Chinese dessert that is made with sticky rice and coconut cut into squares. Sounds gross but it's really very good..oh oh oh..I'm on a roll--SQUID!! That's really grey before being cooked....
I'm all out of ideas now............
Italiancupcake at 6:33PM on 01/23/09
If you take mushrooms and pulse them in the food processor (cooked) you get a gray looking puree which looks most unappetizing.
JerzeeTomato at 7:56PM on 01/23/09
@Jerzeetomato...I think that's more of a tired taupe hue.
bessfour at 7:59PM on 01/23/09
I'm more of a tired taupe hue...not quite grey yet. Unless you count those silvery things weaving their way in on top of my head.
Regardless, don't you think that ground beef, not browned, but kind of steamed (cafeteria), well done stuff takes on the greyish hue?
dhorst at 8:06PM on 01/23/09
Poorly cooked hashbrowns!
sailordave at 8:29PM on 01/23/09
Baba ghanoush is grey... oh, and white bean dip as well.
All of my other ideas have already been mentioned in previous comments: mushrooms, oysters, raw shrimp, some types of sausage, some hot cereals...
And of course the aforementioned "questionable" cafeteria-style ground beef. But that's not really food.
Steen at 9:10PM on 01/23/09
Well, since there is the thread of blue vs. bleu, how's about gray vs. grey. For me Crayola had the coveted "grey" crayon. It was used for drawing kitties and for the mortar in between bricks in fire place/brick houses drawings.
Okay, not a food, but how's about using that mortar as an excuse for the grey word, in an outdoor brick oven...hey, my husband will try anything in game. He's almost as embarassing as I am, in a game of Scrabble.
dhorst at 9:47PM on 01/23/09
@dhorst - how about that: gray is a color, grey is a colour. To me, it's grey.
Now imagine how much fun it is when my American OH and I play Scrabble...:-)
brooke29 at 12:45AM on 01/24/09
Oily fishes like mackeral, sardines, king fish etc can have dark grey-ish flesh
Taro root after its been cooked for some time
Poached pork (not as bad as it sounds, but when its not sauced, face it, its grey)
fuuchan at 12:46AM on 01/24/09
chicken liver pate sure looks brownish-grey to me.
andshewas at 11:12AM on 01/24/09
Fresh (not smoked) kielbasa is pretty grey.
Kerosena at 12:55AM on 01/25/09
Buckwheat flour and (I think) rye flour. Love 'em both!
gentlyferal at 3:57AM on 01/27/09
konnyaku!
sweetieBird at 9:36PM on 01/28/09