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Lidl red cabbage

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  • 15-07-2012 4:09pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭


    I bought a jar of pickled red cabbage in lidl the other day, I really love it! But after washing the sauce pan there was some left in the sink, I said I'd clean it out later on but by the end of the day after water being run down the sink a couple of times, the bits of cabbage left turned blue :O Is this normal?? It's kind of putting me off eating it now!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,389 ✭✭✭FTGFOP


    Nothing to worry about. Science in action.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthocyanin

    320px-Indicateur_chou_rouge.jpg

    Red cabbage water at different pHs.


  • Registered Users Posts: 21,470 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Raw "red" cabbage is more bluey-purple than it is red and it's only the addition of vinegar that makes it that bright red colour. Remember litmus paper strips in chemistry lessons at school for measuring pH levels? It's a similar kind of reaction.


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