Get a stiff bristled scrub brush and only use it for vegies. You can scrub all the dirt off super easy and if you really scrub you basically peel them anyways with the brush.
80% of the vitamins are not in the skin. There are exceptions where the skin of some fruits and vegetables are higher in a particular vitamin(s), like for instance potato skins are highest in iron or something like that, but it is untrue that the majority of nutrition is in the skins of these foods and discarding or peeling them removes “80%” of the nutritional value of the food.
By "ratio of carrot to carrot skin" I mean "volume of carrot / volume of carrot skin". Volume of carrot is ~ length³, while volume of carrot skin is approximately ~ length², assuming a similar shape of carrot, because the skin is a constant thickness (determined by your vegetable peeler). This basically means the bigger the carrot the less money you waste on carrot skin.
I don't think there's a comma needed there. And in any case, both of those mean the same thing to me. Do you think they can be interpreted differently?
They did you a favor. The advantage is, you only have to peel One Carrot. And it's not that hard to cut it up, you could even make carrot sticks and dice half of them for stew, or cut half and shred half for carrot salad. The sticks keep nicely in the fridge with a little cold water.
I mean, that's reason to wash it, but I don't think there's a medical argument for peeling. Could be wrong though, but I've never heard of this being a problem ever.
Some, but not most. There's significant nutrition in the phloem (layer under the skin) which is not removed by peeling. And even the center has nutritional value. It is best to peel them just before using rather than let them sit around once peeled, since the peel protects them.
honestly i don't mind a bit of dirt with a touch of poop. if i myself pluck a carrot out of the ground - i'll just wash it a bit and proceed to chomp
what i do mind is the number of hands and various containers the carrot goes through before it gets bought by me at a store. theoretically, nobody has to touch a carrot for it to appear in the store (harvested mechanically, transported in large quantities, thrown out of a box onto the store display), sure, but i'm not counting on that, nor am i counting on the fact they wash their hands properly
I peel carrots because to me the peel tastes like dirt. As for that whole poop discussion, I'm pretty sure that guano in the soil is not the worst contaminant on the skin of the carrot. E. coli on vegetables for instance usually comes from the hands of someone who handled it. And many carrots have pesticides on them.
I grant you that the skin probably also contains lots of vitamins, although there's still plenty in the interior. And giving the carrot a really good scrub would get the skin clean.
But I've never been able to scrub away the dirt flavor to my satisfaction. So I peel them with a carrot peeler. The existence of which indicates it's a common enough behavior not to merit an interrobang.
to fill out the something somethings for the unaware audience -
if you get something into your bum fully, it's very hard to get out on your own without hurting yourself, and your ass can suck that thing in in a second - so unless you're an avid fan of going to a doctor to get something out of your butt, the object you're penetrating yourself with has to have a flared base - that is a base at the bottom of the object much wider than what your ass can suck in, which will stop the thing from sliding in
that is a base at the bottom of the object much wider than what your ass can suck in
And don't believe your hiney can't suck. Every ER will tell you some rather large objects that have made it in. Make that base 33% wider than the widest portion of the object, or 7.62cm diameter, whichever is greater.
Well yeah, they're made to order. Probably forgot to enter a value in the quantity field and the system just defaulted to one, so instead of "2.5lbs, 10 carrots" ya got "2.5lbs, 1 carrot". You know how much resources if takes to grow a 2.5lb carrot? It's not a small amount. Wasteful, this is.
When I find big carrots they always end up woody and tough, definitely not as nice as smaller carrots. And you are telling me it’s a difference in type of carrots?
Used to eat carrots out of my grandma's farm when I was a wee lad. Have never found ones that taste the same.
But there is now a Korean grocery store nearest to me and is been great to get different varietals and seeing what ingredients are like from other places just because they grow a different one.
I've found the greenish part of the stem can go a bit further in some of the carrots which isn't the most pleasant but it's only been like one carrot that was like that, the rest were just a big ole tasty carrot. Surprisingly juicy compared to what I'm used to from the grocery stores I've gone to most of my life.
I have a female friend who is of the opinion that dick size doesn’t matter because only the first few inches of the vaginal canal has erotic nerve endings. I’ve told her that dick size is like breast size: some people care more about it than others and it is a factor. She continues to deny it matters at all.
I’m a guy of average size. I don’t have any insecurities about my junk. But I have enough experience and watched enough (realistic) porn that I know it matters, it’s just not a game breaker like some insecure men fear it is. That being said, size queens are a thing too.
Yeah, it was a dumb joke because the carrot is jumbo. Dick size doesn't matter. Even small dicks are fine. What actually matters is how frequently a guy goes down on a woman.
bro, if we could edit the genes of foods to make them grow into huge sizes, i think we would hear from some scientific source that that's now a possibility
97 Comments
balsoft@lemmy.ml · 121 pts · 304d
Sounds like you got a deal. Geometrically speaking, you got a way higher ratio of carrot to carrot skin.
Gnugit@aussie.zone · 66 pts · 304d
Chef here. Don't bother peeling carrots unless you are making salad. You are just wasting your carrot.
And use the skins in stocks, soups and sauces.
balsoft@lemmy.ml · 28 pts · 304d
I think it depends on the carrot. Some of them are impossible to wash well.
mavu@discuss.tchncs.de · 26 pts · 303d
You don't need to make it sterile, unless you plan to use the carrot as wound dressing.
Which is probably not advisable anyway.
Maybe for a salad, i clean a bit more thoroughly. Humans are not that fragile. (unless you specifically are, in which case, do be careful)
howrar@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 303d
It's not about sterility. Dirt/sand in your mouth is a very unpleasant experience.
Aeao@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 303d
That’s just like… your opinion man
parody@lemmings.world · 6 pts · 303d
Anakin?
StaticFalconar@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 303d
The rough side of the sponge should be able to get that no problem. Still no need to peel.
howrar@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 303d
I don't know how a sponge is supposed to do anything when sometimes even the peeler can't do the job. I have to get into the nooks with a knife.
LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 304d
Get a stiff bristled scrub brush and only use it for vegies. You can scrub all the dirt off super easy and if you really scrub you basically peel them anyways with the brush.
GandalftheBlack@feddit.org · 3 pts · 303d
Yep. I basically never peel carrots when cooking for myself unless they're past their best
ranzispa@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 303d
Unless it's for salad, I just run them under some water. Same for potatoes.
Time is too short for peeling vegetables.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 303d
Potato skins are where the nutrients are at. Also lots of flavor.
Idk if I'd say the same about carrots
Routhinator@startrek.website · 3 pts · 304d
In root vegetables, 80% of the vitamins are in the skin, and the flesh is nearly pure carbs. You're throwing away most of the good stuff.
Fmstrat@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 303d
While i think peeling is wasteful, this is not true: https://www.nutritionletter.tufts.edu/general-nutrition/does-peeling-carrots-remove-nutrients/
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 304d
80% of the vitamins are not in the skin. There are exceptions where the skin of some fruits and vegetables are higher in a particular vitamin(s), like for instance potato skins are highest in iron or something like that, but it is untrue that the majority of nutrition is in the skins of these foods and discarding or peeling them removes “80%” of the nutritional value of the food.
balsoft@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 304d
I don't want to grind earth, sand and/or dung on my teeth though.
greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 304d
That's why you wash and scrub it...
TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 303d
Wash and scrub it?? Yeah, right- sounds like Big Vitamin propaganda trying to make me need a B12 supplement
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 303d
impossible.
Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 303d
I love chewing on sand. It's my favorite. Maybe I should just go stick my face in the lawn and start monching.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works · 28 pts · 303d
Rinse your carrot before eating it you acorn
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 303d
Man likes to eat sand, what is wrong with that? He isn't telling YOU how to live your life!
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 303d
saves work and toothpaste.
Gnugit@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 303d
I like to scrub mine with a kitchen towel or mild plastic scouring pad in warm water. I also do the same with any other palatable skinned root veg.
Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 303d
I love this comment
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 303d
YOU ARE NOT POEM FOR YOUR SPROG
Railing5132@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 303d
I miss that guy
parody@lemmings.world · 1 pts · 303d
Tok to your doktor to day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_(disorder)
Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 303d
It was a joke, and I'll never eat that chef's sand carrots.
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 23 pts · 304d
Great, now I have to buy carrot skin separately.
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 303d
It didn't look like jews or americans got to that carrot... it should have plenty of skin!
::: spoiler explanation, you fools male genital mutilation. :::
halvar@lemy.lol · 2 pts · 304d
Don't you mean lower?
balsoft@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 304d
By "ratio of carrot to carrot skin" I mean "volume of carrot / volume of carrot skin". Volume of carrot is ~ length³, while volume of carrot skin is approximately ~ length², assuming a similar shape of carrot, because the skin is a constant thickness (determined by your vegetable peeler). This basically means the bigger the carrot the less money you waste on carrot skin.
TheOakTree@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 304d
The volume is length^3? Is the carrot a 10"x10"x10" cube?
balsoft@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 304d
~
TheOakTree@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 303d
Understandable, have a nice day.
I will point out that saying "approximately ~length^2" seems redundant, but that's neither here nor there.
balsoft@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 303d
The approximation is because it's technically not exactly proportional due to curvature.
the_tab_key@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 304d
Cosmologist approximation
halvar@lemy.lol · 3 pts · 304d
yeah sorry I misread your original comment
monogram@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 304d
balsoft@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 304d
I don't think there's a comma needed there. And in any case, both of those mean the same thing to me. Do you think they can be interpreted differently?
monogram@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 304d
Lightsong@lemmy.world · 99 pts · 304d
I bet the bagger had a good laugh while bagging that carrot up.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 304d
I would've tossed in one baby carrot, to make sure it ripped 2.5 on the scale.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org · 60 pts · 304d
you can't always get what you want....
but if you try, sometimes, you might find, you get what you need
Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 304d
As a child my mother would sing this to me whenever I wanted something at the store.
toynbee@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 304d
Taking the approach to carrots might explain your username.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 58 pts · 304d
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 40 pts · 304d
They did you a favor. The advantage is, you only have to peel One Carrot. And it's not that hard to cut it up, you could even make carrot sticks and dice half of them for stew, or cut half and shred half for carrot salad. The sticks keep nicely in the fridge with a little cold water.
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 14 pts · 304d
You peel carrots? Why‽
HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 304d
Because they've been in the ground, and the ground is mostly poop
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 11 pts · 304d
I mean, that's reason to wash it, but I don't think there's a medical argument for peeling. Could be wrong though, but I've never heard of this being a problem ever.
arrow74@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 303d
Oh boy do I have bad news for you.
Basically everything in your environment is covered in human poop.
If you bring a carrot into your home it has way less poop on it than your toothbrush.
HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 304d
Don't get me wrong, I don't think I'll be sick if I eat the outer layer, I'm just grossed out by the thought.
Routhinator@startrek.website · 2 pts · 304d
Medical argument against it actually, as you remove most of the healthy stuff.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 303d
Some, but not most. There's significant nutrition in the phloem (layer under the skin) which is not removed by peeling. And even the center has nutritional value. It is best to peel them just before using rather than let them sit around once peeled, since the peel protects them.
shneancy@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 304d
honestly i don't mind a bit of dirt with a touch of poop. if i myself pluck a carrot out of the ground - i'll just wash it a bit and proceed to chomp
what i do mind is the number of hands and various containers the carrot goes through before it gets bought by me at a store. theoretically, nobody has to touch a carrot for it to appear in the store (harvested mechanically, transported in large quantities, thrown out of a box onto the store display), sure, but i'm not counting on that, nor am i counting on the fact they wash their hands properly
Routhinator@startrek.website · 1 pts · 304d
In root vegetables, 80% of the vitamins are in the skin, and the flesh is nearly pure carbs. You're throwing away most of the good stuff.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 304d
Same reason some people peel potatoes. I don't bother myself, I just wash them (unless I'm eating the carrot fresh without cooking)
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com · 3 pts · 304d
Because the peel tastes nasty?
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 303d
I peel carrots because to me the peel tastes like dirt. As for that whole poop discussion, I'm pretty sure that guano in the soil is not the worst contaminant on the skin of the carrot. E. coli on vegetables for instance usually comes from the hands of someone who handled it. And many carrots have pesticides on them.
I grant you that the skin probably also contains lots of vitamins, although there's still plenty in the interior. And giving the carrot a really good scrub would get the skin clean.
But I've never been able to scrub away the dirt flavor to my satisfaction. So I peel them with a carrot peeler. The existence of which indicates it's a common enough behavior not to merit an interrobang.
Though I do love an interrobang, so thanks.
Editing to add: https://www.nutritionletter.tufts.edu/general-nutrition/does-peeling-carrots-remove-nutrients/
Chozo@fedia.io · 32 pts · 304d
Thumbnail definitely had me expecting something else.
remotelove@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 304d
For some, it's exactly that.
rosco385@lemmy.wtf · 28 pts · 304d
It's like a baby's arm holding an apple.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 26 pts · 304d
That’s an ass carrot if I’ve ever seen one.
Hazmatastic@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 304d
Something something flared base
shneancy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 304d
to fill out the something somethings for the unaware audience -
if you get something into your bum fully, it's very hard to get out on your own without hurting yourself, and your ass can suck that thing in in a second - so unless you're an avid fan of going to a doctor to get something out of your butt, the object you're penetrating yourself with has to have a flared base - that is a base at the bottom of the object much wider than what your ass can suck in, which will stop the thing from sliding in
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 303d
And don't believe your hiney can't suck. Every ER will tell you some rather large objects that have made it in. Make that base 33% wider than the widest portion of the object, or 7.62cm diameter, whichever is greater.
Akasazh@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 303d
For extra kicks, try the ginger
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 1 pts · 303d
It makes me act like a twenty year old though.
Akasazh@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 303d
good for ye!
MissJinx@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 303d
vegan dildo
sundray@lemmus.org · 20 pts · 304d
If that's the size of the carrot, I'd hate to see the stick.
Drusas@fedia.io · 17 pts · 304d
Average Japanese carrot. And no, that's not a joke. They've got the best carrots.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 304d
Yeah, Japan has thick carrots and thin eggplants (which seem to have fewer seeds as well)
Nikls94@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 304d
Robin no!
papalonian@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 304d
Well yeah, they're made to order. Probably forgot to enter a value in the quantity field and the system just defaulted to one, so instead of "2.5lbs, 10 carrots" ya got "2.5lbs, 1 carrot". You know how much resources if takes to grow a 2.5lb carrot? It's not a small amount. Wasteful, this is.
cryptix@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 303d
That carrot might be going places......that many wishes they could.
Jarix@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 304d
Kuroda carrot maybe.
If it is those are very juicy and fucking delicious. Go to your nearest Asian market. Enjoy better carrots
Eq0@literature.cafe · 4 pts · 304d
When I find big carrots they always end up woody and tough, definitely not as nice as smaller carrots. And you are telling me it’s a difference in type of carrots?
Jarix@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 303d
Seems to be.
Used to eat carrots out of my grandma's farm when I was a wee lad. Have never found ones that taste the same.
But there is now a Korean grocery store nearest to me and is been great to get different varietals and seeing what ingredients are like from other places just because they grow a different one.
I've found the greenish part of the stem can go a bit further in some of the carrots which isn't the most pleasant but it's only been like one carrot that was like that, the rest were just a big ole tasty carrot. Surprisingly juicy compared to what I'm used to from the grocery stores I've gone to most of my life.
robocall@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 303d
Wish my boyfriend was 2.5 lbs
LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 303d
Your boyfriend is now 10 inches tall
robocall@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 303d
10 inches tall, 2.5lbs, all cock
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 303d
1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 303d
thank you for making us small "weight" fellows feel insecure.
Tedesche@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 303d
I have a female friend who is of the opinion that dick size doesn’t matter because only the first few inches of the vaginal canal has erotic nerve endings. I’ve told her that dick size is like breast size: some people care more about it than others and it is a factor. She continues to deny it matters at all.
I’m a guy of average size. I don’t have any insecurities about my junk. But I have enough experience and watched enough (realistic) porn that I know it matters, it’s just not a game breaker like some insecure men fear it is. That being said, size queens are a thing too.
robocall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 303d
Yeah, it was a dumb joke because the carrot is jumbo. Dick size doesn't matter. Even small dicks are fine. What actually matters is how frequently a guy goes down on a woman.
Nikls94@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 303d
I have an ex who had her most sensitive spot about an inch in at the top. To her, it literally did not matter as long as one hit that spot.
alt_xa_23@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 303d
CARROT
UniversalBasicJustice@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 304d
Would
Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf · 6 pts · 303d
The possibilities are endless!
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 304d
That there carrot's named Cletus.
Armand1@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 304d
You're going to need an axe to cut that one
icelimit@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 304d
Communist carrot
lightnegative@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 304d
Has that carrot been genetically modified?
*Inb4 all plants are genetically modified, I mean via gene editing and not selective breeding
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com · 3 pts · 304d
In the old days, god-sized carrots were the norm I was told.
shneancy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 304d
bro, if we could edit the genes of foods to make them grow into huge sizes, i think we would hear from some scientific source that that's now a possibility