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/

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.

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

In article >,
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.

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.

Nothing about the texture of baby carrots suggests grinding and reassembly,
although they may indeed be cut and rounded from larger carrots.

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.

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.

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.

Orlando Enrique Fiol wrote:
> 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.
>
> Nothing about the texture of baby carrots suggests grinding and
> reassembly, although they may indeed be cut and rounded from larger
> carrots.

They are cut from larger carrots. But you can get organic baby carrots. We
do.

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

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.

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.

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.

Janet UK

"Sqwertz" > 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? Itÿs 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 canÿt 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/
>
> <yawn>
>
> Now I'm going to have nightmares of baby carrots standing overt my bed
> with 10" chef knives in their grubby little hands as I sleep.

Wooooo they are coming to get youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

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http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

"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.

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http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

"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.

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.

You frequently appear to be short of money, Julie. Why on earth do you
spend it on stuff like pre-sliced carrots?

Janet

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.

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.

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?

"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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

"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.

"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

"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.

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.

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!

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!

Janet Bostwick 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/
>
> What is wrong with large (therefore ugly?) carrots or broken ones?
> Janet US

We always referred to the very large carrots as "juicing" carrots and I now
see that many stores refer to them as that. My mom also said they were good
for feeding to horses. They can be very tough to cut through and can be
woody.

One of my first jobs when shopping was to pick the good carrots. In those
days, the carrots were often sold loose. So you had to pick your own. I'd
be severely chastised if I picked the wrong carrot! We ate a lot of carrots
at our house. Most of them raw.

On 7/22/2013 10:51 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>> 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.
>

I'm partially right. They were originally carrots that used to be thrown
away that were processed to be sell-able. In fact, I'm totally right
because nobody would buy a freaky long skinny carrot.

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

"Janet" > wrote in message
t...
> 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.

I don't know if they do or not. But if you were owed money for many months
from your employer, I'd bet you wouldn't just sit there and not say a thing.
>
> 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.

I don't post that I shop with coupons a lot. I do use them when I can. But
thanks to that Extreme Couponing show and those on it who broke the law and
bent the rules and such, coupons are getting harder and harder to find. So
much so that I may just cancel my newspaper. Twice in a month there weren't
even any in there. And yet every time I consider this, the next week there
are tons. Lots of people use coupons. No harm in that.

I do not *only* eat at cheap places. But the type of food I prefer to eat
is not expensive food. I also don't like dressing up and fancy places do
not appeal to me at all.

My husband was in the military. Military people do not get a pension here.
They get retirement. And he did get that. What he did *not* get was the
money owed to him from the VA for his disability. I wouldn't expect you to
know this, not being in this country. But even those in this country
probably wouldn't know this unless they were in the military and this
applied to them. The VA is blaming sequestration for the delays in the pay.
And I was told that even when we do get the first check, the back pay may
not be with it. I am pretty sure that if you were owed a very large sum of
money, you wouldn't just sit there and not say a thing.

I don't earn pennies by visiting websites. You apparently didn't read what
I wrote. I don't earn pennies doing surveys either. Why would I bother to
do something if it only pays pennies? What I earn for doing what I do is
none of your business. Someone asked me about the Swagbucks and I told her.
It is obviously worth my while or I wouldn't do it. Yesterday I cashed in
my $15 in Petco Perks plus earned Swagbucks on my purchase and took
advantage of the free shipping on any order over $49 and their "black
Friday" deal of 25% off the entire site. Why not? Who doesn't like to save
money? I have a wealthy aunt and even she likes to save money!

I am not on a tight budget. My husband is working now. The only iffy part
was when he first retired and had no job. Or I should say a job that paid a
living wage. He did have a job that afforded him some perks like free
lunch, golfing at a country club and also paid a small wage. So it did
benefit him. But it wasn't really providing us income.

I also posted that he moved to NY for work. I don't know how it is where
you are, but here, good jobs are hard to come by and one often does have to
move cross country or at least to another state in order to live. He just
got lucky to be able to find a job back here that he is qualified for.

I just don't understand why it is anyone's business here what I buy. Other
people post what they buy. I just got my two little stainless steel bowls
today so I can try the Martha Stewart method of peeling garlic. Each bowl
was $1.03. I think that's a very good price. My vanilla beans should be
coming soon. I got those from Ebay.

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.

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.

On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:51:58 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>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.

Exactly what I said earlier. Some specialty farms actually do produce
true baby carrots for the gourmet market, they harvest immature
carrots, same as kids pluck and eat dirt n' all from pappys garden. I
still very often pluck immature veggies in my garden and eat them on
the spot; green beans, suger snap peas, and my favorite, tiny cukes. I
haven't grown carrots in years, they are a difficult crop for the home
garden, unless one uses insecticides they get wormy