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Buy organic food, unadulterated food, people.
What could we possibly have against these cute little “healthy” snacks that can be found in school lunchboxes across America? It’s back to school time and baby carrots are one snack to keep out of your child's lunch. It may shock you that baby carrots do not come out of the ground that way. There is no little baby carrot garden where these are harvested. Manufactured baby carrots are a result of taking all the broken and “ugly” big carrots they can’t put in the package, grinding them all up, processing them into the “baby” carrots and giving them a bath in chlorine to give them a bright happy orange color. There are also “Cut & Peel” baby carrots that are wihddled into a miniature form. http://worldtruth.tv/why-baby-carrots-are-killing-you/ |
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On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 17:00:59 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote: >Buy organic food, unadulterated food, people. > >What could we possibly have against these cute little “healthy” snacks that can be found in school lunchboxes across America? It’s back to school time and baby carrots are one snack to keep out of your child's lunch. > >It may shock you that baby carrots do not come out of the ground that way. There is no little baby carrot garden where these are harvested. Manufactured baby carrots are a result of taking all the broken and “ugly” big carrots they can’t put in the package, grinding them all up, processing them into the “baby” carrots and giving them a bath in chlorine to give them a bright happy orange color. There are also “Cut & Peel” baby carrots that are wihddled into a miniature form. > >http://worldtruth.tv/why-baby-carrots-are-killing-you/ We can buy real baby carrots in Australia, both tinned and fresh. |
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Jeßus wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 17:00:59 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags > > wrote: > >> Buy organic food, unadulterated food, people. >> >> What could we possibly have against these cute little "healthy" >> snacks that can be found in school lunchboxes across America? It's >> back to school time and baby carrots are one snack to keep out of >> your child's lunch. >> >> It may shock you that baby carrots do not come out of the ground >> that way. There is no little baby carrot garden where these are >> harvested. Manufactured baby carrots are a result of taking all the >> broken and "ugly" big carrots they can't put in the package, >> grinding them all up, processing them into the "baby" carrots and >> giving them a bath in chlorine to give them a bright happy orange >> color. There are also "Cut & Peel" baby carrots that are wihddled >> into a miniature form. >> >> http://worldtruth.tv/why-baby-carrots-are-killing-you/ > > We can buy real baby carrots in Australia, both tinned and fresh. We can grow them here. I have. But that's not the kind you get in the grocery stores here. |
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On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 20:14:08 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote: >Jeßus wrote: >> On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 17:00:59 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags >> > wrote: >> >>> Buy organic food, unadulterated food, people. >>> >>> What could we possibly have against these cute little "healthy" >>> snacks that can be found in school lunchboxes across America? It's >>> back to school time and baby carrots are one snack to keep out of >>> your child's lunch. >>> >>> It may shock you that baby carrots do not come out of the ground >>> that way. There is no little baby carrot garden where these are >>> harvested. Manufactured baby carrots are a result of taking all the >>> broken and "ugly" big carrots they can't put in the package, >>> grinding them all up, processing them into the "baby" carrots and >>> giving them a bath in chlorine to give them a bright happy orange >>> color. There are also "Cut & Peel" baby carrots that are wihddled >>> into a miniature form. >>> >>> http://worldtruth.tv/why-baby-carrots-are-killing-you/ >> >> We can buy real baby carrots in Australia, both tinned and fresh. > >We can grow them here. I have. But that's not the kind you get in the >grocery stores here. They're easy enough to grow alright. |
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"Jeßus" wrote:
> > We can buy real baby carrots in Australia, both tinned and fresh. I've planted just regular carrots in the spring in trays that have about 4 inches of soil. Plants will only grow big enough in relation to their pots. So I can harvest baby carrots. Same thing with corn here. Grown in the same shallow trays, the finished corn is the baby corn that you see in a salad bar. G. |
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On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:28:33 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>"Jeßus" wrote: >> >> We can buy real baby carrots in Australia, both tinned and fresh. > >I've planted just regular carrots in the spring in trays that have about 4 >inches of soil. Plants will only grow big enough in relation to their pots. >So I can harvest baby carrots. Same thing with corn here. Grown in the same >shallow trays, the finished corn is the baby corn that you see in a salad >bar. I like the idea with the corn, I might try that if I get the time. |
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On 7/21/2013 8:00 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> It may shock you that baby carrots do not come out of the ground that way. There is no little baby carrot garden where these are harvested. Manufactured baby carrots are a result of taking all the broken and “ugly” big carrots they can’t put in the package, grinding them all up, processing them into the “baby” carrots and giving them a bath in chlorine to give them a bright happy orange color. There are also “Cut & Peel” baby carrots that are wihddled into a miniature form. > > Uh. No. It doesn't shock or surprise me. I suspsect it doesn't surprise many people. This isn't news. Shaved carrots are called "baby carrots" but they aren't. What is surprising is that you think this is new information. Jill |
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ImStillMags > wrote: > Buy organic food, unadulterated food, people. > > > > What could we possibly have against these cute little ³healthy² snacks that > can be found in school lunchboxes across America? It¹s back to school time > and baby carrots are one snack to keep out of your child's lunch. > > It may shock you that baby carrots do not come out of the ground that way. > There is no little baby carrot garden where these are harvested. Manufactured > baby carrots are a result of taking all the broken and ³ugly² big carrots > they can¹t put in the package, grinding them all up, processing them into the > ³baby² carrots and giving them a bath in chlorine to give them a bright happy > orange color. There are also ³Cut & Peel² baby carrots that are wihddled into > a miniature form. > > > > http://worldtruth.tv/why-baby-carrots-are-killing-you/ That is one sleazy looking website. I would try to find better sources than this for any nutritional info. |
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On Sunday, July 21, 2013 4:37:54 PM UTC-10, Orlando Enrique Fiol wrote:
> > Nothing about the texture of baby carrots suggests grinding and reassembly, > > although they may indeed be cut and rounded from larger carrots. My assumption it that the carrot pieces are tumbled in a large drum with something like gravel - just like you'd do with a rock tumbler. Baby carrots are pretty cool. It turns something ugly into cute. |
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ImStillMags wrote:
> Buy organic food, unadulterated food, people. > > > > What could we possibly have against these cute little “healthy” > snacks that can be found in school lunchboxes across America? It’s > back to school time and baby carrots are one snack to keep out of > your child's lunch. > > It may shock you that baby carrots do not come out of the ground that > way. There is no little baby carrot garden where these are harvested. > Manufactured baby carrots are a result of taking all the broken and > “ugly” big carrots they can’t put in the package, grinding them all > up, processing them into the “baby” carrots and giving them a bath in > chlorine to give them a bright happy orange color. There are also > “Cut & Peel” baby carrots that are wihddled into a miniature form. > > > > http://worldtruth.tv/why-baby-carrots-are-killing-you/ This is not new news at all. But you can buy the organic ones and all they are is cut down carrots. I don't think they're unhealthy at all. Sure, carrots with the peel are probably better for ya. I also know that while kids usually like the baby ones as opposed to carrot sticks, there is a valid reason to leave them out of their lunch. Why? They'll just throw them away. I used to work at my daughter's school. I was sometimes there at lunch time or right after. I could not believe how many baby carrots got thrown away. I doubt that any kid ate them. Angela would eat them occasionally but often they'd come home. She never threw anything away. I'd just get it back. I had little chip and dip containers. I'd send in hummus and baby carrots. I'd say she ate them about 1/3 of the time. Maybe only when she was really hungry. |
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On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 17:00:59 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote: >Buy organic food, unadulterated food, people. > > > >What could we possibly have against these cute little “healthy” snacks that can be found in school lunchboxes across America? It’s back to school time and baby carrots are one snack to keep out of your child's lunch. > >It may shock you that baby carrots do not come out of the ground that way. There is no little baby carrot garden where these are harvested. Manufactured baby carrots are a result of taking all the broken and “ugly” big carrots they can’t put in the package, grinding them all up, processing them into the “baby” carrots and giving them a bath in chlorine to give them a bright happy orange color. There are also “Cut & Peel” baby carrots that are wihddled into a miniature form. > > > >http://worldtruth.tv/why-baby-carrots-are-killing-you/ We don't get these in Australia, or not where I am anyway. Baby carrots actually come in bunches with the foliage still attached. We also get a sort of stumpy mini variety that comes with tops, tails and skin still on. JB |
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JBurns wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 17:00:59 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags > > wrote: > >> Buy organic food, unadulterated food, people. >> >> >> >> What could we possibly have against these cute little "healthy" >> snacks that can be found in school lunchboxes across America? It's >> back to school time and baby carrots are one snack to keep out of >> your child's lunch. >> >> It may shock you that baby carrots do not come out of the ground >> that way. There is no little baby carrot garden where these are >> harvested. Manufactured baby carrots are a result of taking all the >> broken and "ugly" big carrots they can't put in the package, >> grinding them all up, processing them into the "baby" carrots and >> giving them a bath in chlorine to give them a bright happy orange >> color. There are also "Cut & Peel" baby carrots that are wihddled >> into a miniature form. >> >> >> >> http://worldtruth.tv/why-baby-carrots-are-killing-you/ > > We don't get these in Australia, or not where I am anyway. Baby > carrots actually come in bunches with the foliage still attached. > > We also get a sort of stumpy mini variety that comes with tops, tails > and skin still on. I have grown those but you won't see them here unless perhaps you go to a Farmer's Market. |
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On 7/22/2013 12:16 AM, The Other Guy wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 20:42:03 -0700, "Julie Bove" > > wrote: > >>>> http://worldtruth.tv/why-baby-carrots-are-killing-you/ >>> >>> We don't get these in Australia, or not where I am anyway. Baby >>> carrots actually come in bunches with the foliage still attached. >>> >>> We also get a sort of stumpy mini variety that comes with tops, tails >>> and skin still on. >> >> I have grown those but you won't see them here unless perhaps you go to a >> Farmer's Market. > > Original post IS, simply, bullshit. > > http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/carrots.asp I'm glad someone beat me to it. How anyone could fall for a claim that whole baby carrots are an amalgamation of bits and pieces is beyond me. Just biting one will tell you it's a whole carrot. Food faddists make up the most absolute bosh about food in order to scare people into falling for their ridiculous claims about what constitutes healthy vs unhealthy eating practices. |
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On Monday, July 22, 2013 5:56:06 AM UTC-10, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
> On 7/22/2013 12:16 AM, The Other Guy wrote: > > > On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 20:42:03 -0700, "Julie Bove" > > > > wrote: > > > > > >>>> http://worldtruth.tv/why-baby-carrots-are-killing-you/ > > >>> > > >>> We don't get these in Australia, or not where I am anyway. Baby > > >>> carrots actually come in bunches with the foliage still attached. > > >>> > > >>> We also get a sort of stumpy mini variety that comes with tops, tails > > >>> and skin still on. > > >> > > >> I have grown those but you won't see them here unless perhaps you go to a > > >> Farmer's Market. > > > > > > Original post IS, simply, bullshit. > > > > > > http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/carrots.asp > > > > I'm glad someone beat me to it. How anyone could fall for a claim that > > whole baby carrots are an amalgamation of bits and pieces is beyond > > me. Just biting one will tell you it's a whole carrot. > > > > Food faddists make up the most absolute bosh about food in order to > > scare people into falling for their ridiculous claims about what > > constitutes healthy vs unhealthy eating practices. My assumption is that the fake baby carrots are a waste product from the vegetable canners i.e., broken bits that are processed to look attractive. This does not mean that they grind up the carrots and glue them together. They just smooth out the broken edges using an abrasive process to make the pieces marketable. |
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On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 10:41:29 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote: >On Monday, July 22, 2013 5:56:06 AM UTC-10, Moe DeLoughan wrote: >> On 7/22/2013 12:16 AM, The Other Guy wrote: >> >> > On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 20:42:03 -0700, "Julie Bove" >> >> > > wrote: >> >> > >> >> >>>> http://worldtruth.tv/why-baby-carrots-are-killing-you/ >> >> >>> >> >> >>> We don't get these in Australia, or not where I am anyway. Baby >> >> >>> carrots actually come in bunches with the foliage still attached. >> >> >>> >> >> >>> We also get a sort of stumpy mini variety that comes with tops, tails >> >> >>> and skin still on. >> >> >> >> >> >> I have grown those but you won't see them here unless perhaps you go to a >> >> >> Farmer's Market. >> >> > >> >> > Original post IS, simply, bullshit. >> >> > >> >> > http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/carrots.asp >> >> >> >> I'm glad someone beat me to it. How anyone could fall for a claim that >> >> whole baby carrots are an amalgamation of bits and pieces is beyond >> >> me. Just biting one will tell you it's a whole carrot. >> >> >> >> Food faddists make up the most absolute bosh about food in order to >> >> scare people into falling for their ridiculous claims about what >> >> constitutes healthy vs unhealthy eating practices. > >My assumption is that the fake baby carrots are a waste product from the vegetable canners i.e., broken bits that are processed to look attractive. This does not mean that they grind up the carrots and glue them together. They just smooth out the broken edges using an abrasive process to make the pieces marketable. Even if that was true, what is wrong with that? Janet US |
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dsi1 wrote:
> On Monday, July 22, 2013 5:56:06 AM UTC-10, Moe DeLoughan wrote: >> On 7/22/2013 12:16 AM, The Other Guy wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 20:42:03 -0700, "Julie Bove" >> >>> > wrote: >> >>> >> >>>>>> http://worldtruth.tv/why-baby-carrots-are-killing-you/ >> >>>>> >> >>>>> We don't get these in Australia, or not where I am anyway. Baby >> >>>>> carrots actually come in bunches with the foliage still attached. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> We also get a sort of stumpy mini variety that comes with tops, >>>>> tails >> >>>>> and skin still on. >> >>>> >> >>>> I have grown those but you won't see them here unless perhaps you >>>> go to a >> >>>> Farmer's Market. >> >>> >> >>> Original post IS, simply, bullshit. >> >>> >> >>> http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/carrots.asp >> >> >> >> I'm glad someone beat me to it. How anyone could fall for a claim >> that >> >> whole baby carrots are an amalgamation of bits and pieces is beyond >> >> me. Just biting one will tell you it's a whole carrot. >> >> >> >> Food faddists make up the most absolute bosh about food in order to >> >> scare people into falling for their ridiculous claims about what >> >> constitutes healthy vs unhealthy eating practices. > > My assumption is that the fake baby carrots are a waste product from > the vegetable canners i.e., broken bits that are processed to look > attractive. This does not mean that they grind up the carrots and > glue them together. They just smooth out the broken edges using an > abrasive process to make the pieces marketable. Nope. The reverse is true. http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/babycarrot.html They are specially grown carrots that are cut to size. The bits from those are then used for other things. |
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On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 10:56:06 -0500, Moe DeLoughan >
wrote: > I'm glad someone beat me to it. How anyone could fall for a claim that > whole baby carrots are an amalgamation of bits and pieces is beyond > me. Just biting one will tell you it's a whole carrot. I bit into one that was made from such an old and fibrous carrot, it wouldn't have been very hard to come up with that theory. I threw out the entire bag and haven't purchased those abominations since. -- Food is an important part of a balanced diet. |
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sf wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 10:56:06 -0500, Moe DeLoughan > > wrote: > >> I'm glad someone beat me to it. How anyone could fall for a claim >> that whole baby carrots are an amalgamation of bits and pieces is >> beyond me. Just biting one will tell you it's a whole carrot. > > I bit into one that was made from such an old and fibrous carrot, it > wouldn't have been very hard to come up with that theory. I threw out > the entire bag and haven't purchased those abominations since. I will not buy the larger ones. They can be tough. I prefer the ones that say "petite". Oddly, if you get the large bags at Cotsco, you get the large, woody ones. But during the school year, they carry the individual bags in a large plastic box that are the tiny ones. I don't know why they don't carry them during the summer. Kids might not be in school then but they'd still eat them! |
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![]() "Moe DeLoughan" > wrote in message ... > On 7/22/2013 12:16 AM, The Other Guy wrote: >> On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 20:42:03 -0700, "Julie Bove" >> > wrote: >> >>>>> http://worldtruth.tv/why-baby-carrots-are-killing-you/ >>>> >>>> We don't get these in Australia, or not where I am anyway. Baby >>>> carrots actually come in bunches with the foliage still attached. >>>> >>>> We also get a sort of stumpy mini variety that comes with tops, tails >>>> and skin still on. >>> >>> I have grown those but you won't see them here unless perhaps you go to >>> a >>> Farmer's Market. >> >> Original post IS, simply, bullshit. >> >> http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/carrots.asp > > I'm glad someone beat me to it. How anyone could fall for a claim that > whole baby carrots are an amalgamation of bits and pieces is beyond me. > Just biting one will tell you it's a whole carrot. > > Food faddists make up the most absolute bosh about food in order to scare > people into falling for their ridiculous claims about what constitutes > healthy vs unhealthy eating practices. The one that gets me is the butter vs. margarine thing that is circulating where it starts out by saying that margarine was invented to fatten turkeys and it wound up killing them. And yet people believe this! They were freaking over it. It also went on to say that margarine was just one molecule off from plastic. And they freaked over that. I got a lot of nasty words coming my way when someone posted this on a forum that I frequent and asked us to discuss it. I was like... Discuss lies? Granted some of the information in that missive was in fact true but a lot was not and it was clearly written to make people angry and freak out which is exactly what they did. I was just angry that idiots kept reposting it as though it were true. I am not saying that I think margarine is better for you than butter or vice versa. Just saying that I can't believe that people would even fall for such a story. Perhaps because my dad's grandparents were dairy farmers or perhaps because my parents lived through the depression, the story of the history of margarine was drummed into my head seemingly since birth. |
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On Monday, July 22, 2013 3:50:38 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
> > > I am not saying that I think margarine is better for you than butter or vice versa. Another example of your stupidity. Unfortunately, you reproduced; the equivalent of taking a shit in the gene pool. --Bryan |
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On Monday, July 22, 2013 11:56:06 AM UTC-4, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
> > Food faddists make up the most absolute bosh about food in order to > scare people into falling for their ridiculous claims about what > constitutes healthy vs unhealthy eating practices. For me, if it fits in my mouth and tastes good then it's healthy. http://www.richardfisher.com |
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On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 8:55:33 AM UTC-5, Helpful person wrote:
> On Monday, July 22, 2013 11:56:06 AM UTC-4, Moe DeLoughan wrote: > > > > > > Food faddists make up the most absolute bosh about food in order to > > > scare people into falling for their ridiculous claims about what > > > constitutes healthy vs unhealthy eating practices. > > > > For me, if it fits in my mouth and tastes good > > then it's healthy. > Please consider drinking antifreeze. I've heard it tastes sweet. --Bryan |
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On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:30:26 +0800, JBurns >
wrote: > On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 17:00:59 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags > > wrote: > > > > > > >http://worldtruth.tv/why-baby-carrots-are-killing-you/ > > We don't get these in Australia, or not where I am anyway. Baby > carrots actually come in bunches with the foliage still attached. > > We also get a sort of stumpy mini variety that comes with tops, tails > and skin still on. > IOW: You get real food, like grandpa used to grow. Lucky you! -- Food is an important part of a balanced diet. |
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![]() "JBurns" > wrote in message ... > On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 17:00:59 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags > > wrote: > >>Buy organic food, unadulterated food, people. >> >> >> >>What could we possibly have against these cute little "healthy" snacks >>that can be found in school lunchboxes across America? It's back to school >>time and baby carrots are one snack to keep out of your child's lunch. >> >>It may shock you that baby carrots do not come out of the ground that way. >>There is no little baby carrot garden where these are harvested. >>Manufactured baby carrots are a result of taking all the broken and "ugly" >>big carrots they can't put in the package, grinding them all up, >>processing them into the "baby" carrots and giving them a bath in chlorine >>to give them a bright happy orange color. There are also "Cut & Peel" baby >>carrots that are wihddled into a miniature form. >> >> >> >>http://worldtruth.tv/why-baby-carrots-are-killing-you/ > > We don't get these in Australia, or not where I am anyway. Baby > carrots actually come in bunches with the foliage still attached. > > We also get a sort of stumpy mini variety that comes with tops, tails > and skin still on. We get them like that too. -- -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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![]() "Janet" > wrote in message t... > In article >, > says... >> > >> It may shock you that baby carrots do not come out of the ground that >> way. > There is no little baby carrot garden where these are harvested. > > Rubbish. Plenty of home gardeners do exactly that; they pull the young > ones out to thin the row and eat them as baby carrots. He is referring to the ones commonly sold in this country as baby carrots. They are not really baby carrots. They are large carrots, grown for sweetness and cut down to resemble baby ones. I wondered at one time what happened to Veggie Snacks. These were carrot sticks that were made from specially grown carrots, and sweeter than the average ones. I used to buy these back in the 1980's. Well now I know! Apparently people prefer the "baby" shape. We also buy carrot chips. Those are larger carrots (probably the sweeter ones) that have been diagonally, ripple sliced. They are great for dips. |
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![]() "Janet" > wrote in message t... > In article >, says... >> > >> >> We also buy carrot chips. Those are larger carrots (probably the sweeter >> ones) that have been diagonally, ripple sliced. They are great for dips. > > Really? I know how to cut up a carrot all by myself. Even > diagonally, with ripples. I could do that too. So? > > You frequently appear to be short of money, Julie. Why on earth do you > spend it on stuff like pre-sliced carrots? As I said... I believe they use the same, sweeter carrots that they use for the baby carrots. They are not just cut up carrots. And they are not expensive. About $1 a bag, sometimes less. A bag of those every now and then isn't going to break our budget. And, no. I don't frequently appear to be short of money. But... The VA does owe us since from Sept. Much drama over that and won't get into that here. Our finances are not yours or anyone else's business. We do need a new roof and can not get that right now. I don't know how the roofers are in your neck of the woods but here they want cash. And we know that the roof will be in excess of $10,000 because I have already gotten quotes. The roof is not leaking or anything like that. Just older and was not applied properly. So we wait. When we get the money that is owed to us, then we can get the roof. My husband has a very good job here now. Nobody is hurting for money. We just are owed quite a lot of it and still do not have it. I'm sure we are not the only ones in that boat. |
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In article >, says...
> > "Janet" > wrote in message > t... > > In article >, says... > >> > > > >> > >> We also buy carrot chips. Those are larger carrots (probably the sweeter > >> ones) that have been diagonally, ripple sliced. They are great for dips. > > > > Really? I know how to cut up a carrot all by myself. Even > > diagonally, with ripples. > > I could do that too. So? > > > > You frequently appear to be short of money, Julie. Why on earth do you > > spend it on stuff like pre-sliced carrots? > > As I said... I believe they use the same, sweeter carrots that they use for > the baby carrots. They are not just cut up carrots. And they are not > expensive. About $1 a bag, sometimes less. A bag of those every now and > then isn't going to break our budget. > > And, no. I don't frequently appear to be short of money. But... The VA > does owe us since from Sept. Much drama over that and won't get into that > here. Our finances are not yours or anyone else's business. Then why keep posting about them? Other people don't do that. All we know is what you post, and your posts frequently mention how expensive stuff is, that you shop with coupons a lot, that you earn pennies by visiting websites or filling in surveys, that you can't afford this or that, that you only eat in cheap places. That's been going on since long before your husband retired and didn't get his pension. You creat an impression of someone constantly on a tight budget trying to make ends meet. Janet UK |
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On 7/22/2013 4:41 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> I don't know how the roofers are > in your neck of the woods but here they want cash. And we know that the > roof will be in excess of $10,000 because I have already gotten quotes. The > roof is not leaking or anything like that. That's an insane price unless you have a fancy slope or lots of eaves. Mine was recently just over $3k. I hope you got lots of quotes. -- CAPSLOCK–Preventing Login Since 1980. |
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On Monday, July 22, 2013 4:11:26 AM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Janet" > wrote in message > > t... > > > In article >, > > > says... > > >> > > > > > >> It may shock you that baby carrots do not come out of the ground that > > >> way. > > > There is no little baby carrot garden where these are harvested. > > > > > > Rubbish. Plenty of home gardeners do exactly that; they pull the young > > > ones out to thin the row and eat them as baby carrots. > > > > He is referring to the ones commonly sold in this country as baby carrots. > > They are not really baby carrots. They are large carrots, grown for > > sweetness and cut down to resemble baby ones. > > > > I wondered at one time what happened to Veggie Snacks. These were carrot > > sticks that were made from specially grown carrots, and sweeter than the > > average ones. I used to buy these back in the 1980's. Well now I know! > > Apparently people prefer the "baby" shape. > > > > We also buy carrot chips. Those are larger carrots (probably the sweeter > > ones) that have been diagonally, ripple sliced. They are great for dips. Lordie, those baby carrots are NOT cut down from larger carrots. There are NO little elves with lathes working on them either. Where on Earth do people come up with these crazy things? |
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![]() "Roy" > wrote in message ... > On Monday, July 22, 2013 4:11:26 AM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote: >> "Janet" > wrote in message >> >> t... >> >> > In article >, >> >> > says... >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> It may shock you that baby carrots do not come out of the ground that >> >> >> way. >> >> > There is no little baby carrot garden where these are harvested. >> >> > >> >> > Rubbish. Plenty of home gardeners do exactly that; they pull the young >> >> > ones out to thin the row and eat them as baby carrots. >> >> >> >> He is referring to the ones commonly sold in this country as baby >> carrots. >> >> They are not really baby carrots. They are large carrots, grown for >> >> sweetness and cut down to resemble baby ones. >> >> >> >> I wondered at one time what happened to Veggie Snacks. These were carrot >> >> sticks that were made from specially grown carrots, and sweeter than the >> >> average ones. I used to buy these back in the 1980's. Well now I know! >> >> Apparently people prefer the "baby" shape. >> >> >> >> We also buy carrot chips. Those are larger carrots (probably the sweeter >> >> ones) that have been diagonally, ripple sliced. They are great for dips. > > Lordie, those baby carrots are NOT cut down from larger carrots. There are > NO little elves with lathes working on them either. Where on Earth do > people > come up with these crazy things? They actually are cut down and several links were posted here to prove that. But I'll put up another one. http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/babycarrot.html |
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On Monday, July 22, 2013 2:45:48 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Roy" > wrote in message > > ... > > > On Monday, July 22, 2013 4:11:26 AM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote: > > >> "Janet" > wrote in message > > >> > > >> t... > > >> > > >> > In article >, > > >> > > >> > says... > > >> > > >> >> > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> >> It may shock you that baby carrots do not come out of the ground that > > >> > > >> >> way. > > >> > > >> > There is no little baby carrot garden where these are harvested. > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> > Rubbish. Plenty of home gardeners do exactly that; they pull the young > > >> > > >> > ones out to thin the row and eat them as baby carrots. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> He is referring to the ones commonly sold in this country as baby > > >> carrots. > > >> > > >> They are not really baby carrots. They are large carrots, grown for > > >> > > >> sweetness and cut down to resemble baby ones. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> I wondered at one time what happened to Veggie Snacks. These were carrot > > >> > > >> sticks that were made from specially grown carrots, and sweeter than the > > >> > > >> average ones. I used to buy these back in the 1980's. Well now I know! > > >> > > >> Apparently people prefer the "baby" shape. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> We also buy carrot chips. Those are larger carrots (probably the sweeter > > >> > > >> ones) that have been diagonally, ripple sliced. They are great for dips. > > > > > > Lordie, those baby carrots are NOT cut down from larger carrots. There are > > > NO little elves with lathes working on them either. Where on Earth do > > > people > > > come up with these crazy things? > > > > They actually are cut down and several links were posted here to prove that. > > But I'll put up another one. > > > > http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/babycarrot.html True baby carrots was what I was referring to...not manufactured carrots pretending to be naturally occurring ones. Your link was interesting though. |
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On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 10:04:45 +0100, Janet > wrote:
> In article >, > says... > > > > > It may shock you that baby carrots do not come out of the ground that way. > There is no little baby carrot garden where these are harvested. > > Rubbish. Plenty of home gardeners do exactly that; they pull the young > ones out to thin the row and eat them as baby carrots. > I remember being at my grandfather's house sometime in the late spring, thinning out carrots and my grandparents would use them in a Spring lamb stew (back in the days when they still called it Spring lamb). I'd look forward to that every year, because later in the summer - carrots didn't taste like the first harvested did, no matter how small they were. -- Food is an important part of a balanced diet. |
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sf wrote:
> > I'd look forward to that every year, because later in the > summer - carrots didn't taste like the first harvested did, no matter > how small they were. Carrots grow best in cool weather...early spring. You can grow them all summer but the high heat makes them bitter tasting. Same thing with radishes. G. |
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Gary wrote:
> Carrots grow best in cool weather...early spring. You can grow them > all summer but the high heat makes them bitter tasting. Same thing > with radishes. We get radisihes in a couple of restaurants. One cuts them in matchsticks and puts them on top of salads. The other offers them as slices on their condiment bar. The radishes are so mild and sweet! I can not seem to get these at home. I have bought radishes at a variety of places and they are always so hot they burn my tongue. I am envious of their radishes! |
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ImStillMags wrote:
> >Buy organic food, unadulterated food, people. >What could we possibly have against these cute >little “healthy” snacks that can be found in school >lunchboxes across America? It’s back to school time >and baby carrots are one snack to keep out of your >child's lunch. > >It may shock you that baby carrots do not come out >of the ground that way. There is no little baby carrot >garden where these are harvested. Manufactured baby >carrots are a result of taking all the broken and “ugly” >big carrots they can’t put in the package, grinding them >all up, processing them into the “baby” carrots and giving >them a bath in chlorine to give them a bright happy orange >color. There are also “Cut & Peel” baby carrots that are >wihddled into a miniature form. > >http://worldtruth.tv/why-baby-carrots-are-killing-you/ If you believe that gibberish I got a bridge for sale in Brooklyn. Baby carrots begin as growing a type that grows long and thin, then they are cut into short lengths and peeled in a large sanding drum, then sold to morons who have more dollars than brain cells. The more nutritious sanded off residue is fed to livestock. |
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On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 17:00:59 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote: >Buy organic food, unadulterated food, people. > > > >What could we possibly have against these cute little “healthy” snacks that can be found in school lunchboxes across America? It’s back to school time and baby carrots are one snack to keep out of your child's lunch. > >It may shock you that baby carrots do not come out of the ground that way. There is no little baby carrot garden where these are harvested. Manufactured baby carrots are a result of taking all the broken and “ugly” big carrots they can’t put in the package, grinding them all up, processing them into the “baby” carrots and giving them a bath in chlorine to give them a bright happy orange color. There are also “Cut & Peel” baby carrots that are wihddled into a miniature form. > > > >http://worldtruth.tv/why-baby-carrots-are-killing-you/ What is wrong with large (therefore ugly?) carrots or broken ones? Janet US |
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