fresh carrots

Anne Brennan said:

Is it only where I live (the SE) or is it all over the country?. I
dont like carrots in bags and I dont like indvidual carrots with the
tops removed. Those bagged carrots have a mold smell.

Carrots are sold in bags all over the country and when we find them
individually, they are usually with the top cut off. I haven't
noticed a moldy smell, but my area is fairly cool most of the time.

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Maybe 2 or 3
times a year I will find them with the tops. My guess is the carrots
are old and with the tops lopped off it isn't so obvous. Anne

You're probably right, but carrots are a root vegetable and can be
stored for longer periods (without the top), so "old" is a relative
term.

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Quoted message said:

Is it only where I live (the SE) or is it all over the country?. I
dont like carrots in bags and I dont like indvidual carrots with the
tops removed. Those bagged carrots have a mold smell. Maybe 2 or 3
times a year I will find them with the tops. My guess is the carrots
are old and with the tops lopped off it isn't so obvous. Anne

Where I live, near Winchester, VA, it is possible always to buy carrots with
tops. Many times more than not, they are organic. I agree with you that
bagged carrots have a moldy smell; worse of all to me is the smell and the
milky water coming off the bags of baby carrots that have been peeled.
Others may not be as sensitive to this as I am, otherwise they would not be
for sale everywhere. When I find these little peeled carrots in a bag of
frozen or fresh vegetables, I treat them differently than the rest of the
bag of veggies; I will put them in a soup, boiling them well. They just
don't taste right to me otherwise.

I've found that carrots with the tops on them, are about double in price as
well. I don't know the reason for the tops on, except it keeps them fresh.
I sort of double the tops over and put the whole thing in a big ziplock
(top left open) with some paper towels in the bag to absorb some of the
nasty water that they spray onto the carrots at the grocery.

This week I was able to use my carrots without peeling (they were small in
circumference), just using a vegetable brush. The dirt came off well
enough.
Enough about carrots, now,
Dee Dee

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Quoted message said:

Is it only where I live (the SE) or is it all over the country?. I
dont like carrots in bags and I dont like indvidual carrots with the
tops removed. Those bagged carrots have a mold smell. Maybe 2 or 3
times a year I will find them with the tops. My guess is the carrots
are old and with the tops lopped off it isn't so obvous. Anne

Where I live, near Winchester, VA, it is possible always to buy carrots with
tops. Many times more than not, they are organic. I agree with you that
bagged carrots have a moldy smell; worse of all to me is the smell and the
milky water coming off the bags of baby carrots that have been peeled.
Others may not be as sensitive to this as I am, otherwise they would not be
for sale everywhere. When I find these little peeled carrots in a bag of
frozen or fresh vegetables, I treat them differently than the rest of the
bag of veggies; I will put them in a soup, boiling them well. They just
don't taste right to me otherwise.

Same with where I live outside of Philadelphia. Finding fresh carrots
any time of year is not a problem.

Dee Randall said:

Where I live, near Winchester, VA, it is possible always to buy carrots with
tops. Many times more than not, they are organic. I agree with you that
bagged carrots have a moldy smell; worse of all to me is the smell and the
milky water coming off the bags of baby carrots that have been peeled.
Others may not be as sensitive to this as I am, otherwise they would not be
for sale everywhere.

YUCK! Bagged carrots aren't rotten in my area. That would be
returned to the store ASAP in my neck o' the woods.

I will be at the NJ shore labor day weekend. Use to live in
Moorestown and could always buy slim carrots with the tops Will sure
buy some while Im up north. Anne

On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 19:08:51 -0400, [email hidden] (Anne Brennan)

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I will be at the NJ shore labor day weekend.

Is that anything like a beach?

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