On 1/27/2012 1:44 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:26:29 +1100, > wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:46:33 -0800, > wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:23:06 +1100, > wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I must be hyper-sensitive to the bitterness in carrot skins because I
>>>>> like them better when the skin is at least scraped off with the back
>>>>> of a knife.
>>>>
>>>> Not something I have a problem with, thankfully
>>>> I guess the older/bigger the carrot, the more bitter they would be,
>>>> you may not have the same problem with baby carrots?
>>>
>>> As far as I know "baby" carrots come already peeled here.
>>
>> Good God...
>
> and they aren't really baby carrots either. From what I've read they
> are big carrots that were whittled down.
>

Near as I can tell, they're broken tips or maybe the waste products of
making peas and carrots. My guess is they stick the pieces in a big
drums and process them like rocks being tumbled.