tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792945.post116112902116095522..comments2023-10-30T04:28:38.090-05:00Comments on The Empty Nest: Exploding Baby Carrot MythsThainamuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04703711227603939227noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792945.post-1161145637772417302006-10-17T23:27:00.000-05:002006-10-17T23:27:00.000-05:00It does seem like they would throw a lot away to g...It does seem like they would throw a lot away to get the perfectly shaped carrots, but actually the guy who invented them did so as a way to use carrots that were originally misshapen and weren't "perfect" enough to sell.Thainamuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04703711227603939227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792945.post-1161141789674541182006-10-17T22:23:00.000-05:002006-10-17T22:23:00.000-05:00Don't they come from mommy carrot?Don't they come from mommy carrot?Freethinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15214590525668168399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6792945.post-1161133045295021632006-10-17T19:57:00.000-05:002006-10-17T19:57:00.000-05:00How did it explode like that? I always assumed th...How did it explode like that? I always assumed that baby carrots were whittled down from regular-sized ones -- they're too perfect to be natural -- I just wondered how much of the carrot we were throwing away to get them that small.Caleb Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00995765425940172346noreply@blogger.com