Pink milk

[Waldo]

Saw this in the paper, and thought it was funny enough to pass on - who knew you could even get white carrots?????

A farmer whose cows produced pink milk after eating carrots solved the problem by feeding them white carrots instead.

Peter Houguez was so surprised by the way the milk was affected he called in a vet, who was just as puzzled until he realised the problem began when orange carrots were added to the cows' diet of grass and hay.

Luckily, Mr Houguez, from Jersey, found that white carrots sold in France turned the milk white again.

The 47-year-old said: 'The cows go mad for carrots. White carrots taste just same as orange so the problem was solved.'

Ian Johnson, of the National Farmers' Union, said people fed cows all sorts of things – including liquorice allsorts.

He added: 'Pink milk is probably healthier with all the nutrients from the vegetables.'

[TheGuru]

How Bizzare :!:

[Waldo]

... and having done a bit more rummaging round on the Internet, I find that not only can you get white carrots, you can carrots in orange (of course), yellow, red, purple and black! Truly strange!

[TheGuru]

I knew that you could get white and orange carrots, I didnt know about the others.

It may help persuade kids towards their 5 a day

[Waldo]

Don't think they're the sort of thing you can pick up at Tesco's though! You may have to resort to growing your own - and pick up green brownie points (if you see what I mean) for the planet at the same time.