Baby Carrots have toxins

[Reesha]

There are baby carrots and there are baby cut carrots. The first are just that, carrots that are picked before they grow up.

The second are carrots that would have been tossed out because don't pass muster for shelves.

The first group is really sweet and good. I'm not sure if there is a way to tell the difference on the packaging, but you can look at the actual carrots and see the little top and root. Yum yum yum.

You know I've always wondered whether baby carrots are actually sweet because all the varieties of carrots put maximum sweetness at a certain "maturity". I will have to do some investigating-- got 4 varieties of carrots growing in my school garden and I'll be pulling them at baby stage for pickling at the posh restaurant they're being sold to. I'll be curious to find out!