Living on a commune in Vermont with an enormous vegetable garden, we ate whatever was ripe, supplemented with brown rice, home made bread, beans and such. One week only turnips were ripe and the troops were complaining mightily. It was my turn on KP. To liven up all that beige food and disguise the turnips, I mixed food coloring into everything. We had green bread, blue rice, orange turnips and purple yogurt. Things were much more cheerful at mealtimes, at least for a day or two while the novelty lasted.

Elmer