# Turn your Poop Blue! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-poop-blue/942483 "2021-05-19T16:07:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-poop-blue/942483/42 "2021-05-21T04:11:38Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > But for some reason purple potatoes are a struggle. They taste fine, the texture is fine, they smell fine. But something about them screams _Oooh! That’s Not Right_ . And this is why hubs reaction was so odd. He’s not a picky eater and usually enjoys steamed cauliflower. When asked, he said everything was just fine, he just didn’t want to eat it. Once when I was stationed in Asia, I had chalk white poop after a weekend of eating unidentified food from street vendors. Despite much trying, I never did manage to duplicate the color change. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-poop-blue/942483/43 "2021-05-21T05:10:40Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Once when I was stationed in Asia, I had chalk white poop after a weekend of eating unidentified food from street vendors. Despite much trying, I never did manage to duplicate the color change. Any chance that there was bone meal involved? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-poop-blue/942483/44 "2021-05-21T10:28:09Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > … and usually enjoys steamed cauliflower. … Regardless of which color it is, cauliflower steamed is pretty meh at best. ITSM it makes oatmeal seem like an exciting food. I always avoided the stuff. Then somebody showed me a different way to cook it and now cauliflower is a regular for me/us. To wit: > Preheat oven to 475F (yup, not a typo). > Roughly chop 1 or two heads to fork-sized florets. > Toss w olive oil, garlic powder and/or some minced garlic, salt, pepper, and a shake or two of “pizza” peppers = dried pepper flakes. > Bake in shallow baking dish/pan at 475F for 20-25 minutes until some of the tips are lightly browning. > Serve sprinkled with shredded parmesan cheese. The actual time spent working on it is no more than for steamed and the result is vastly better. The only downside is it takes a little longer to preheat the oven. As a benefit, it’s not sensitive to cooking time; accidentally delaying a few extra minutes until the tips are mostly medium brown is fine. Conversely, overcooked steamed anything is just flavor-free mush. No matter what color it is. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-poop-blue/942483/45 "2021-05-21T11:33:07Z")
This happened to me last year during Halloween. Cold Stone made some special Halloween ice cream, the next day everything was a bluish-green color. It took me a couple of minutes to figure out what I had eaten to make things that color because the ice cream was a dark, black color. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-poop-blue/942483/46 "2021-05-21T12:12:19Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > If you’ve ever used a juicing machine on beets, that has the same effect, only it dyes your urine also. Bright pinkish red pee will get your attention if you’re not expecting it. You don’t need to juice then to get that effect. I still remember the morning after the first time i are a lot is beets as a kid. I thought i was dying. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > … > Once when I was stationed in Asia, I had chalk white poop after a weekend of eating unidentified food from street vendors. Despite much trying, I never did manage to duplicate the color change. This happened to me, once, and i called my father, a gastroenterologist, in fear. He said that something had irritated my gall bladder duct, and that turd lacked bile. But unless it persisted i shouldn’t worry about it. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-poop-blue/942483/47 "2021-05-21T15:35:29Z")
BLUE POOP? This better not be another telecommunications device, but you stick this one down the back of your pants. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-poop-blue/942483/48 "2021-05-21T15:49:24Z")
I always thought “Palm Pilot” sounded dodgy… ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-poop-blue/942483/49 "2021-05-27T20:31:30Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > Instead of Crayola-colored food, I am supposed to swallow a capsule with a timer (NOT the camera capsule) that will give progress resports as it sails away through the canals towards the open seas. So do you have to, er, recover the recording device? If so, EWWWWWW. I think my record time was 3-4 hours, as evidenced by something I’d eaten only that day making a visible reappearance later the same afternoon. Nowhere near Aru’s record though. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-poop-blue/942483/50 "2021-05-27T20:48:51Z")
@Mama_Zappa Uh, no, I fortunately do not have to retrieve the capsule. It supposedly sends a signal reporting on its passage. This capsule, like the camera capsule, is “one to a customer.” I cannot imagine the disinfection process that would be needed to re-use the damned thing! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-poop-blue/942483/51 "2021-05-27T21:03:17Z")
VOW? Where has your hand been? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-poop-blue/942483/52 "2021-05-27T21:11:02Z")
> [@Bonum\_Legatum](#): > > The next day we all had a good laugh as we compared experiences. > [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > People were cheerfully discussing their bright green leavings the next day. So just under 24 hours, huh? That is not slow. > [@panache45](#): > > Everybody loved it, especially multi-colored popcorn. We dyed some of our pets too. I don’t recommend it. Ah, those were the acid times! ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-poop-blue/942483/53 "2021-05-28T08:08:42Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > So just under 24 hours, huh? That is not slow. It has become apparent with reduced staffing in the office that some people go #2 more than one per day (you can’t help but notice, it’s a very small office with only one men’s and one women’s restroom). Some may have intentionally conditioned their bodies this way, since they use toilet time to check personal email and social media. Other people go to lunch, eat massive amounts of fried meat with greasy barbeque, then can’t figure out why they’re making a mid-afternoon toilet run. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-poop-blue/942483/54 "2021-05-28T17:23:50Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > intentionally conditioned their bodies this way, since they use toilet time to check personal email and social media. What makes you think any pooping is involved. “Bathroom” breaks that aren’t really are as old as bathrooms. Older actually. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-poop-blue/942483/55 "2021-05-28T17:26:26Z")
Let’s just say they aren’t courtesy flushers. 😬 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-your-poop-blue/942483.md?page=2)