The Origin and Evolution of the Baby Carrots


	The Origin and Evolution of the Baby Carrots

murieleileen

7-29-2009 6:44 AM

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baby carrots, carrots

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7-30-2009 2:40 AM

zizzy

Thanks for the clip. I love baby carrots.

7-31-2009 10:44 AM

LadyGladiator

I buy these organic (real) in a nearby supermarket to me. They are not expensive here at all. They are quite good.

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<B>Baby carrots </B>first appeared in US supermarkets in 1989.  
There are two types - real baby carrots, and manufactured baby carrots.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/babycarrot.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/img/2107CB8E-8DB2-4A7A-A0AF-C90B36439C27" alt="True Baby Carrots" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/babycarrot.html"><B>True Baby Carrots</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/babycarrot.html"><P>
A "true" baby carrot is a carrot grown to 
the "baby stage", which is to say long before the root reaches its mature size. 
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They are also sometimes harvested simply as the result of crop thinning, but are 
also grown to this size as a specialty crop. Certain cultivars of carrots have 
been bred to be used at the "baby" stage. One such cultivar is 'Amsterdam 
Forcing'.  You will see them in the stores and are normally very expensive 
and displayed with some of the green showing to "prove" they are a "real" 
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