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Pulled some overgrown heirloom carrots from a neglected corner of my yard, love these cross sections (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by thrawn21 to c/greenspace

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[Image description: Four brightly colored sliced carrots on a cutting board; being gold, purple with orange and green interior, red with interior rings of red and white, purple with purple and white radiating from center.]

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[–] pptouchi@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Fascinating, how do they taste?

[–] thrawn21 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They vary in sweetness, but generally taste more intense than the ones you'd get at the store. A lot of the common varieties used for baby carrots are bred with a focus on sweetness, and these are more carrot-y in a way. It would be fun if the tasted as different as they look, but nope, all carrot.

[–] pptouchi@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

That's actually kind of what I'd been hoping for! Very cool. Thanks for sharing!