[Sca-cooks] Weird Colored Food -- OP

[Bill Fisher]

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:27:18 -0500, a5foil <a5foil at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> I have a question for Adamantius, and anyone else who deals with food
> turning strange colors --
> 
> Kate was making cranberry relish Monday night and decided to see what would
> happen if she put it in cookies. The cookies taste great but are this weird
> shade of blue-green. Can anyone figure out what might have caused this?
> 
> What is in the relish: cranberries, orange peel, orange pulp, sugar, Grand
> Marnier.
> What is in the cookies, besides the relish: soy margarine, brown and white
> sugar, flour, baking soda, salt, orange extract, pecans. (That's right, no
> eggs.)
> 
> The first batch had chocolate chips instead of pecans. The relish was still
> slightly frozen when she added it, and the color wasn't quite as weird.
> 
> Cynara

Probably the baking soda reacting with the acids.

Cadoc
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