Questions about selecting, identifying, storing, preparing, replacing or cooking with carrots as a main ingredient.
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At what point should carrots be thrown away?
We tend to buy a big bag of carrots from the supermarket (mainly because it's cheaper than a small bag), but usually these are starting to go soft halfway through the week. My current rule of thumb ...
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What flavors go well with carrot cake?
I am planning to create a carrot cake that should be a bit different from what people usually think of when they think of carrot cake.
Please note: This is not a recipe request!
My carrot cake recipe ...
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how to ensure carrot pieces stay longer in the refrigerator?
I blanched a big carrot and cut them into pieces and stored them in a airtight container in the refrigerator. I ate them for about 5 days - one piece out of the container for each meal. But after ...
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Replacing cream and butter in a carrot casserole/pie
Casserole from pureed carrot (it may be a "pie" rather than a "casserole" though - my footing in Anglo cooking terms isn't very strong, feel free to edit) is a traditional Finnish recipe.
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Can I use flour to make a carrot soup more thick?
I made a carrot soup without the use of a blender as described in previous question link. Which was to chop the carrots and onions really small. The problem is that the result is quite watery.
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Carrot soup and avoiding the use of a blender?
Most recipes for carrot soup I encounter require a final stage of blending/whizzing to get the creamy texture. Eg:
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Can the blender/whizzer be avoided? How must the recipes ...
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Made a ginger carrot soup with coconut milk but accidentally made it too salty, how do i fix it?
I made a ginger carrot soup with coconut milk but accidentally made it too salty, how do i fix it?
From some google searches - one said to put raw potatoes to absorb the salt. I am not sure if that ...
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Did I blanch baby-cut carrots correctly?
The Cook's Illustrated How-to-Cook Library suggests blanching 3/4 lb baby carrots for crudités in boiling salted water until bright orange, about 15 s. I added a tablespoon of salt to almost four ...
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What can be done with bitter carrots?
I've got a bunch of two week old carrots (kept in the fridge), peeled, and they tasted bitter (raw).
Is it normal that carrots turn bitter?
Is there a way to prevent it from happening?
Will the ...
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What is the best way to store carrots?
The carrots that I buy come in a sealed plastic bag. In the store they are not refrigerated. I've tried keeping them in the bag in the place where I keep things like onions, garlic, and potatoes (a ...
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How to spice up a carrot cake
I have made a carrot cake several times, and I like the way the cake turns out but I want it to have more spice flavors. The recipe only calls for 1 tsp of cinnamon, but since I want it to have more ...
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Spicing a Two-Crust Carrot Pie
Following up this question:
I made a two crust carrot pie by mincing the carrots with a small amount of apple, then boiling the fruit mix in some sugar/water/karo syrup. Added lemon juice to the ...
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Carrot Pie: custard or stew?
So I have a plan to experiment with making a carrot pie. I can think of two approaches to this.
One would be to create a custard. Carrots aren't very starchy, so that may be a bit of a problem, but ...
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What is the best approach to cut carrot into thin strips?
So I went to Subway™ and saw that their carrots are cut into thin strips. I can never do this with any knives. So what is the best way to cut carrots into thin strips (like french fries)?
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What makes carrot bits turn green in carrot pineapple bread? (And are they safe?)
Sometimes, a couple of days after its cooked, the carrot bits inside a carrot pineapple bread turn green.
Normally, I'd assume that a food that doesn't start green and winds up that way is moldy, ...
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Why do we peel carrots?
So I was sitting there, looking down at my counter, realizing that I probably had a good carrot or two of shavings just going to waste. (well, I'll compost it, but it's non-food at that point).
Is ...
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Are there culinary applications for carrot tops/greens?
The family members who taught me to cook have always tossed carrot tops/greens into the compost pile or the trash (and my regular grocery store carries carrots without tops), so I've never really ...
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Can you freeze mirepoix?
Can I chop up and freeze mirepoix raw, or do the vegetables have to be blanched first?
Thanks!
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Why is carrot juice so sweet?
Certain brands of carrot juice taste sweeter than any raw carrot I ever eaten, yet are made only of carrots, with no added sweeteners. Are carrots sold in supermarkets just not ripe?
