# cooked carrots taste like people walking slow **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2001, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074 "2001-03-15T09:13:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![curwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074/1 "2001-03-15T09:13:06Z")
I know this sounds strange, but when younger brother was little, he used to always say that “cooked carrots taste like people walking slow”, and that was his excuse for not liking them. After hearing this for years, it sort of makes sense. Can anyone else identify with it? ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074/2 "2001-03-15T09:27:45Z")
Yes, that’s exactly what they taste like. I often think along these lines. Lots of foods taste like colours - bubblegum tastes like pink, for example. Wafer thin ham tastes like waiting for a train when you’re not in a hurry. ::wanders off aimlessly:: Fran ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074/3 "2001-03-15T12:47:32Z")
I don’t know if it makes sense of not, but I like it. It’s like a little poem. Excuse me for a moment while I re-evaluate my lunch… ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074/4 "2001-03-15T13:00:17Z")
[minor hijack] jr8 - i love your sig for today 🙂 [/hijack] Fran ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074/5 "2001-03-15T13:42:11Z")
Sister always called tomato soup, “Old People Soup”. This brought to mind all sorts of interesting images. [another hijack] When **Fran** brought up sigs, I noticed **curwin** ’s sig poses the question, what does Dave mean in english? Well, to answer that question, to Dave someone means to use the same combo of attacks in a fighting game to defeat that person. eg. “I would play Street Fighter with him, but he’ll just dave me with fireballs.” Courtesy [PsuedoDictionary](http://www.pseudodictionary.com). [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074/6 "2001-03-15T17:26:16Z")
Brussell sprouts certainly taste blue. And the more you eat, the bluer(?) they taste. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Pinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dr.Pinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Pinky)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074/7 "2001-03-15T17:41:00Z")
The trick to cooked carrots is 1. Don’t over do it, & 2. Honey glaze. Then they don’t taste like people walking slow, they taste like redheads. * * * Dr. Pinky: a man with some obvious problems, as well as a few obscure ones. ---
**Author:** ![Mnementh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mnementh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnementh)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074/8 "2001-03-15T17:48:19Z")
The question now, of course, becomes; what do redheads taste like? ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074/9 "2001-03-15T17:56:47Z")
Sure, I could tell you, but I guarantee you’ll thank me if you fund that out by yourself. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074/10 "2001-03-15T21:54:53Z")
I have found that flavors, smells and sounds have colors and shapes, but none so detailed as “people walking slow” ask your brother if he still experiences this, and ask him about other flavors. ---
**Author:** ![PinkBikini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@PinkBikini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkBikini)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074/11 "2001-03-16T09:22:46Z")
Dr. Pinky, you are very naughty. And very funny. And yeh, I’m a redhead. And I’ve heard a lot of things about those with firey tresses, but never this. Interesting. I’ll have to ask if… um, never mind. To get back to a subject somewhat related to the original post, I’ve always thought that iced tea you find in some restaurants tastes like green beans. I call it green bean tea. You know that sort of overcooked taste that green beans from a can have? Bleeeech. Okay, and also, drinks served in cups from Hardee’s taste like glazed donut grease funk. Which I hate. Seriously. I would also _like_ to think the that rich, sweet, firm chunks of tomato in my favorite restaurant’s Italian sauces would taste like a rich, sweet, firm Italian man, but as yet I have no proof of this. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![PinkBikini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@PinkBikini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkBikini)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074/12 "2001-03-16T09:27:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PinkBikini \* > \*\*I would also _like_ to think the that rich, sweet, firm… \*\* Dammit… apparently I have a naughty distracted tomato for a head, or I never would have made such a typo. Please transpose the ‘the’ and ‘that’. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074/13 "2001-03-16T10:05:36Z")
Hard-boiled eggs taste like elevator muzak. Until you put salt on them – then they taste like Tuesday. (Mad? _Moi?_) 🙂 Glad you like the sig, **Fran**. It’ll change next week when I get bored with it. ---
**Author:** ![callie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@callie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/callie)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074/14 "2001-03-16T10:36:05Z")
I personally think that cooked carrots taste like lipstick but yours is much better. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Watermelon\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/22d042/32.png) [@Watermelon\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watermelon_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074/15 "2001-03-16T10:45:27Z")
Most of us have - at least once in our lives - commented about something that “It taste slike shit!!!” The unavoidable question is: “Who actually knows what shit taste like?..Why are we all such shameless liars?” [/presumably unsuccesful hijack attempt] What does a watermelon taste like? A man made of the same material? Anyone wanna taste [/attempt] ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074/16 "2001-03-16T10:53:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PinkBikini \* > \*\*I’ve always thought that iced tea you find in some restaurants tastes like green beans. I call it green bean tea. You know that sort of overcooked taste that green beans from a can have? Bleeeech. > > \*\* I know exactly what you’re talking about but I’ve always thought it tastes like slightly moldy straw.Again Bleeeech. There is a Miller Brewery close to my house. Now _it_ smells exactly like green beans cooking. ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074/17 "2001-03-17T00:41:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Mermaid \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by PinkBikini \* > > \*\*I’ve always thought that iced tea you find in some restaurants tastes like green beans. I call it green bean tea. You know that sort of overcooked taste that green beans from a can have? Bleeeech. > > > > \*\* > > I know exactly what you’re talking about but I’ve always thought it tastes like slightly moldy straw.Again Bleeeech. > > There is a Miller Brewery close to my house. Now _it_ smells exactly like green beans cooking. \*\* That smell is from the boiling process- when the unfermented beer is boiled, DiMethylSulfide is created, and boils off. Same smell from overcooked beans. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Pinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dr.Pinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Pinky)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074/18 "2001-03-17T03:17:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PinkBikini \* > \*\*Dr. Pinky, you are very naughty. And very funny. > \*\* 😃 I think I’ve got myself a new sig! ---
**Author:** ![PinkBikini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@PinkBikini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkBikini)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074/19 "2001-03-17T06:01:59Z")
Fame at last. 😉 Take it Dr. Pinky. Who better to provide a pink signature that another pink member? Glad to know I’m not the only one who has tasted green bean tea. And now I know the scientific name for its funkiness. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Pinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dr.Pinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Pinky)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074/20 "2001-03-17T20:16:08Z")
Indeed, you taste honey-glazed — even from way over here in cyberspace. No need to ask for other opinions. From one pink to another, [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-carrots-taste-like-people-walking-slow/58074.md?page=2)