the last few weeks baby carrots (which are really
not baby carrots) have been cracked, smashed and
some even mushy - cracked is a sometime thing,
smashed and mushy is a new thing. i told Mom that
for the price you are paying for this service of
getting baby carrots you should take them back.

i doubt she will...

i would never buy baby carrots any more, for the
price i don't mind a bit of scrubbing and cutting
off the ends. i don't usually peel them. the only
reason i peel carrots would be to put them in with
a chunk of roast beast.


songbird

On 12/16/2019 7:47 PM, songbird wrote:
> the last few weeks baby carrots (which are really
> not baby carrots) have been cracked, smashed and
> some even mushy - cracked is a sometime thing,
> smashed and mushy is a new thing. i told Mom that
> for the price you are paying for this service of
> getting baby carrots you should take them back.
>
> i doubt she will...
>
> i would never buy baby carrots any more, for the
> price i don't mind a bit of scrubbing and cutting
> off the ends. i don't usually peel them. the only
> reason i peel carrots would be to put them in with
> a chunk of roast beast.
>
>
> songbird
>
Baby carrots is certainly a misnomer since they aren't "baby" by any
means. Don't you grow your own carrots?

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
....
> Baby carrots is certainly a misnomer since they aren't "baby" by any
> means. Don't you grow your own carrots?

sometimes they actually are the younger ones, but lately
certainly not.

no, we don't grow them, our base subsoil is mostly clay
with a little sand. it takes a lot of work to do root
crops here and the results are usually not all that great.
even growing short and sweets weren't all that good and
Mom didn't like 'em so why bother... instead of growing
difficult things that aren't that good i try to grow things
that are easy and delicious. we both like peas and beans
and the other things i grow.


songbird

songbird wrote:
> the last few weeks baby carrots (which are really
> not baby carrots) have been cracked, smashed and
> some even mushy - cracked is a sometime thing,
> smashed and mushy is a new thing. i told Mom that
> for the price you are paying for this service of
> getting baby carrots you should take them back.
>
> i doubt she will...
>
> i would never buy baby carrots any more, for the
> price i don't mind a bit of scrubbing and cutting
> off the ends. i don't usually peel them. the only
> reason i peel carrots would be to put them in with
> a chunk of roast beast.
>
>
> songbird
>

Why peel them for pot roast? All I ever did was wash them and cut
off the top. Really big ones would get cut into two or three pieces.

"songbird" > wrote in message
...
> the last few weeks baby carrots (which are really
> not baby carrots) have been cracked, smashed and
> some even mushy - cracked is a sometime thing,
> smashed and mushy is a new thing. i told Mom that
> for the price you are paying for this service of
> getting baby carrots you should take them back.
>
> i doubt she will...
>
> i would never buy baby carrots any more, for the
> price i don't mind a bit of scrubbing and cutting
> off the ends. i don't usually peel them. the only
> reason i peel carrots would be to put them in with
> a chunk of roast beast.

I rarely get those. Sometimes I get a coupon for free ones. Sometimes I see
some drastically marked down. If I am making something for dinner that night
that uses carrots and one of those two situations occurs, I will get them.

When Angela was little, she ate tons of baby carrots. I used to buy a large
back of little single serve bags at Costco. I quit buying them because they
were slimy soon after we bought them. I learned this occurs when they are
exposed to changing temps. Costco may not have been the culprit there. I
don't know. At any rate, if I do buy them, now I check them over really well
before I take them home.

"songbird" > wrote in message
...
> jmcquown wrote:
> ...
>> Baby carrots is certainly a misnomer since they aren't "baby" by any
>> means. Don't you grow your own carrots?
>
> sometimes they actually are the younger ones, but lately
> certainly not.
>
> no, we don't grow them, our base subsoil is mostly clay
> with a little sand. it takes a lot of work to do root
> crops here and the results are usually not all that great.
> even growing short and sweets weren't all that good and
> Mom didn't like 'em so why bother... instead of growing
> difficult things that aren't that good i try to grow things
> that are easy and delicious. we both like peas and beans
> and the other things i grow.

I can't grow them well here. I've tried some kind of small French carrot. I
might get a few of those to grow but they are the size of a small radish.
Too much trouble.

songbird wrote:
>
> i would never buy baby carrots any more, for the
> price i don't mind a bit of scrubbing and cutting
> off the ends. i don't usually peel them. the only
> reason i peel carrots would be to put them in with
> a chunk of roast beast.

I don't peel carrots but I scrape off the very thin
outer skin. That is a bit bitter tasting.

I grow real baby carrots each spring on my back porch
in shallow pots. Whole tiny carrots only about 4" long.
Radishes are good then too as they grow shallow.

My one grocery store sells large, full grown carrots
all the time....2lbs for a dollar. Good deal.

On Mon, 16 Dec 2019 songbird wrote:
>
> no, we don't grow them, our base subsoil is mostly clay
>with a little sand. it takes a lot of work to do root
>crops here and the results are usually not all that great.
> songbird

All gardening is by default a lot of work... from planting to
harvesting and everything inbetween... constant weeding is hard work.
Every successful gardener ammends their soil regularly. For growing
root vegetables make yourself a raised bed and fill it with topsoil
and compost. My neighbor built a very nice raised bed for growing
onions, garlic, and potatoes. Our entire vegetable gaarden is a 50' x
50' raised bed, enclosed by real railroad ties, and fenced. Each
spring we have a three yard load of good topsoil blended with mushroom
mix delivered that we till in... a little Mantis tiller makes easy
work of the job.... the hardest part is wheelborrowing in the three
yards of soil.

On 2019-12-17 11:35 a.m., Gary wrote:
> songbird wrote:

> I don't peel carrots but I scrape off the very thin
> outer skin. That is a bit bitter tasting.

That bitterness never bothered me. I would rather savor the taste
combination than go through the hassle of peeling or scrubbing baby carrots.

>
> I grow real baby carrots each spring on my back porch
> in shallow pots. Whole tiny carrots only about 4" long.
> Radishes are good then too as they grow shallow.

My parents always dedicated some space in their vegetable garden for
radishes. I remember them having a very spicy flavour, but the
larger radishes they sell these days are quite bland.
>
> My one grocery store sells large, full grown carrots
> all the time....2lbs for a dollar. Good deal.


I know that you don't appreciate alcoholic drinks with food, but
radishes go nicely with beer.

Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-12-17 11:35 a.m., Gary wrote:
>> songbird wrote:
>
>> I don't peel carrots but I scrape off the very thin
>> outer skin. That is a bit bitter tasting.
>
> That bitterness never bothered me. I would rather savor the taste
> combination than go through the hassle of peeling or scrubbing baby
> carrots.
>
>>
>> I grow real baby carrots each spring on my back porch
>> in shallow pots. Whole tiny carrots only about 4" long.
>> Radishes are good then too as they grow shallow.
>
> My parents always dedicated some space in their vegetable garden for
> radishes. I remember them having a very spicy flavour, but the
> larger radishes they sell these days are quite bland.
>>
>> My one grocery store sells large, full grown carrots
>> all the time....2lbs for a dollar.* Good deal.
>
>
> I know that you don't appreciate alcoholic drinks with food, but
> radishes go nicely with beer.
>

That never occurred to me. I bet they do make a nice little munchy
with beer.

Dave Smith wrote:
>
> Gary wrote:
> > I don't peel carrots but I scrape off the very thin
> > outer skin. That is a bit bitter tasting.
>
> That bitterness never bothered me. I would rather savor the taste
> combination than go through the hassle of peeling or scrubbing baby carrots.

Not much hassle here. I scraped and cut 9 long carrots
yesterday for a broth. I had already read your comment
so I timed it. Less than 5 minutes.

Also, the baby carrots that I do grow, no peeling.

> I know that you don't appreciate alcoholic drinks with food, but
> radishes go nicely with beer.

I can see that as a good thing to snack on with beer.
Might try it next spring.

I don't mind a snack with alcohol, just won't sit down
to enjoy a full meal with the darn stuff. Two separate
activities for me.

On Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 7:30:26 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:

> I don't mind a snack with alcohol, just won't sit down
> to enjoy a full meal with the darn stuff. Two separate
> activities for me.

Perhaps one day next week I'll have kielbasa, kraut, rye bread,
and a beer for lunch.

Then a food coma.

Cindy Hamilton