# For all of you who wondered where those baby carrots came from . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 2, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-of-you-who-wondered-where-those-baby-carrots-came-from/342708 "2006-02-02T19:09:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-of-you-who-wondered-where-those-baby-carrots-came-from/342708/1 "2006-02-02T19:09:45Z")
The mystery is now [solved](http://cgi.ebay.com/Anatomical-Carrot_W0QQitemZ5661735890QQcategoryZ1468QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-of-you-who-wondered-where-those-baby-carrots-came-from/342708/2 "2006-02-02T19:17:30Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-of-you-who-wondered-where-those-baby-carrots-came-from/342708/3 "2006-02-03T01:17:02Z")
> [@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??? ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-of-you-who-wondered-where-those-baby-carrots-came-from/342708/4 "2006-02-03T01:19:05Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![uncircular](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c37758/32.png) [@uncircular](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncircular)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-of-you-who-wondered-where-those-baby-carrots-came-from/342708/5 "2006-02-03T01:54:26Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![uncircular](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c37758/32.png) [@uncircular](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncircular)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-of-you-who-wondered-where-those-baby-carrots-came-from/342708/6 "2006-02-03T01:57:41Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-of-you-who-wondered-where-those-baby-carrots-came-from/342708/7 "2006-02-03T02:49:38Z")
> [@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? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-of-you-who-wondered-where-those-baby-carrots-came-from/342708/8 "2006-02-03T02:49:52Z")
[Recent thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=351165) on “real” baby carrots. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-of-you-who-wondered-where-those-baby-carrots-came-from/342708/9 "2006-02-03T08:37:20Z")
> [@teela brown](#): > > The mystery is now [solved](http://cgi.ebay.com/Anatomical-Carrot_W0QQitemZ5661735890QQcategoryZ1468QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem). Link no worky ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-of-you-who-wondered-where-those-baby-carrots-came-from/342708/10 "2006-02-03T08:42:39Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Link no worky eBay, Item number:5661735890 ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-of-you-who-wondered-where-those-baby-carrots-came-from/342708/11 "2006-02-03T13:22:23Z")
> [@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.