Blue has always been my favourite artificial flavour. And while I generally associate it with raspberry (thank you, 7-11 slurpees!), many years ago I bought a macaron from Yauatcha that was electric blue and somehow (mind-bogglingly...) tasted of BLUE, and not of any discernible flavour. I was so taken aback by the experience I had my companion take a bite and ask them what they thought. "IT TASTES OF BLUE!" was the reply. "BLUE!"
Definitely unsure about Royal blue cake! The only blue things I've ever eaten have been blueberries, blue icing and borage flowers - in my mind, it just doesn't seem a 'proper' food colour! Maybe because a lot of things in Nature equate blue with being actively bad for one - Aconitum napellus (monkshood) to name but one. The science behind food selection is interesting, though - such a very short time from seeing to selecting, and all based on colour. Makes you wonder about the colour-blind, though ... or should I be calling them 'differently visioned'? Yummy recipe, thanks again!
Blue has always been my favourite artificial flavour. And while I generally associate it with raspberry (thank you, 7-11 slurpees!), many years ago I bought a macaron from Yauatcha that was electric blue and somehow (mind-bogglingly...) tasted of BLUE, and not of any discernible flavour. I was so taken aback by the experience I had my companion take a bite and ask them what they thought. "IT TASTES OF BLUE!" was the reply. "BLUE!"
Writing blue that often makes the word look like utter nonsense. BLOO.
I vaguely remember stuff called BLOO that was used to clean ... well, the loo!
I remember that stuff! Smelled so clean it crossed over into toxic
Definitely unsure about Royal blue cake! The only blue things I've ever eaten have been blueberries, blue icing and borage flowers - in my mind, it just doesn't seem a 'proper' food colour! Maybe because a lot of things in Nature equate blue with being actively bad for one - Aconitum napellus (monkshood) to name but one. The science behind food selection is interesting, though - such a very short time from seeing to selecting, and all based on colour. Makes you wonder about the colour-blind, though ... or should I be calling them 'differently visioned'? Yummy recipe, thanks again!