So I got the futon out sunning all day, and had half an hour left on the timer when the pool guy(s) showed up. Because there's two of them now the work goes quicker, so they arrived much earlier than they usually do. I went out to pull the futon in and said 'Let me get that out of your way' and the guy said 'Oh it's not in our way' and like, maybe not but you are getting pool water on it and it's explicitly out there to dry, so. I'm only a little annoyed, I normally wouldn't try to have it out there on Wednesdays at all except the cat peed on it last night
Anyway after another couple hours I brought it back inside and it's covered again and set up for me to play games with Dave while sitting on it. Sunning them expands the fibers after they've been compressed from being slept on, so it's super fluffy again, it's funny
I think I've mentioned I'm getting a weekly food box of snacks and stuff for myself -- last week I got orange cranberry scones and they were super green. They didn't smell, and I did end up eating one and it tasted fine, but they were a uniform mossy green and naturally I was a little concerned! The pictures on the product page weren't green and the description didn't say anything about it, so I asked the company's AI if they were okay to eat and the AI told me not to eat them and to request a refund. I did so, including in my refund request that I wasn't sure if they were bad but that the AI had told me to refund them, and included a picture of them, kind of hoping that someone would get back to me but of course I never heard anything about it and my refund was just automatically granted, so. When Lee got home I asked his opinion and he said he was worried the mix might have been tainted with something, or something, so I threw them out. I did have a bit of an upset stomach that night and thought it might have been the one I ate
Since I didn't get to eat them last week, I threw some into my order for this week and when they arrived today, they were also green! If it was enough of a bad batch that the same issue is happening multiple weeks in a row (or if it's just a normal thing about that product), I thought someone might be talking about it on the internet, so I started searching, and this is how I learned that the anthocyanins in cranberries can react with the baking powder to turn baked goods green! Basically it's a pH test
Iām guessing there are anthocyanins in cranberries, as there are in blueberries. They react with baking powder and turn green. You might have seen this before in blueberry muffins or pancakes.
Red cabbage contains excess amounts of a class of plant pigments called Anthocyanins.
This is a common "Accessory Pigment" in most flowering plants, and is responsible for the pink and blue colors in many flowers. Hydrangeas or cornflowers for example.
Red cabbage has been selectively bred for a gene mutation that causes this pigment to be overproduced.
Anthocyanin is a natural Acid-base Indicator.
In acid conditions, it reacts with excessive H+ ions. This modifies the electron structure in the molecule, making it tend to absorb green light.
In basic conditions, the excess H+ is neutralized by substances like bicarbonate ions. This shifts the energy of the pigment so it tends to absorb red light, producing a bluish- green.
Indeed, red cabbage that is grown in acidic soils will tend to have a more pink tint, while that grown in basic soils will tend to look more purple or purple-green.
So it's a shame to have wasted last week's, but it would be nice if the AI had been able to tell me that it's a normal reaction that happens sometimes in that product, or if a human had been able to respond to my questions at any point, or if the product page mentioned that the product may be green, or. But now I know, and this will be very useful information to have!