For all of you who wondered where those baby carrots came from . .

[teela_brown]

The mystery is now solved.

[twickster]

Please note that the carrot is not intended for consumption. It was harvested in the fall, and is reasonably well-preserved, but is sold as a curiousity and not as a snack. We recommend that the buyer takes steps to embalm or preserve this item after receipt.

Heh.

[PunditLisa]

@twickster

It was harvested in the fall, and is reasonably well-preserved, but is sold as a curiousity and not as a snack.

In other words, you SHOULDN’T swallow???

[PunditLisa]

Oh, and for all of those who are disappointed that the teaser title wasn’t really answered, baby carrots are simply big carrots whittled down.

Seriously.

[uncircular]

One thing most people don’t know about carrots and other root veggies is that they are biennial, living two summers. But you can only eat them at the end of the first summer. The root is for keeping the plant alive over the winter and is gone after that.

[uncircular]

@PunditLisa

Oh, and for all of those who are disappointed that the teaser title wasn’t really answered, baby carrots are simply big carrots whittled down.

Seriously.

Sorry, they are young carrots. Think of those baby corn cobs in fancy salads and you see where there’s limits to whittling.

[Shirley_Ujest]

@PunditLisa

Oh, and for all of those who are disappointed that the teaser title wasn’t really answered, baby carrots are simply big carrots whittled down.

Seriously.

They are circumsized?!!!111!!!

Oy Vey!

what?

[twickster]

Recent thread on “real” baby carrots.

[picunurse]

@teela brown

The mystery is now solved.

Link no worky

[crowmanyclouds]

@picunurse

Link no worky

eBay, Item number:5661735890

[PunditLisa]

@uncircular

Sorry, they are young carrots. Think of those baby corn cobs in fancy salads and you see where there’s limits to whittling.

Some might, but the dude that first marketed “baby carrots” simply used regular carrots and whittled them down. See twickster’s link.