aem wrote:
> Rhonda Anderson wrote:
>
>>OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote in
:
>>
>>
>>>I've found (thru experience) that really very few people like raw
>>>carrots.
>>>
>>>They lie and just say they do, then eat everything else and leave
>>>those lay...
>>>
>>>If I steam them slightly (I use the faux baby carrots a lot for this)
>>>so they are slightly softened, people eat them up.
>>
>>Really? Carrots would be one of my preferred raw vegetables. I know quite a
>>few people who enjoy eating raw carrot. Grated raw carrot is a standard in
>>salad sandwiches at sandwich shops, and is often found in salads.
>>
>>I can't imagine eating cold, slightly steamed carrot in preference to
>>crispy, crunchy, sweet, raw carrots.
>>
>
> It's a matter of taste, of course, but count me in agreement with you.
> -aem
>

While i agree also, fresh is best, i do occasionally pour boiling hot
vinegar flavoured with mustard over a bunch of chopped up, bite sized
veggies, which are then very lightly blanched, but more importantly,
flavoured by the hot vinegar.

Kind of like the bean salads but made with veggies and whole cloves of
garlic.

Green beans i will lightly blanch first, artichoke bottoms, and i think
there are 2 or 3 other veggies that also require a preliminary blanching
and which i would not serve raw but i cant think of what they are.
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JL