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Maybe this is why I love steamed carrots. My body is subconsciously telling me something. Steam them till they're soft and saute them briefly in olive oil with some turmeric and garlic... Now I want carrots.

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Steam them till they're soft and saute them briefly in olive oil with some turmeric and garlic... Now I want carrots.

Same. I could totally go for a big ole bowl of carrots tonight after work. Guess it's time for a quick side-trip to the grocery store on the way home tonight.

Carrots are one of those veggies that I like raw but can't stand cooked. I don't mind them as one of several ingredients in something like a casserole or a soup. But cooked carrots served as a veg in their own right, I find disgusting.

Funny how opposite people can be on stuff like this. I love cooked carrots, but rarely if ever eat raw carrots. The only time I ever eat raw carrot is when I have small amounts of shredded carrot pieces on a salad or something. But give me steamed carrots, or fried carrots, or big ole chunks of carrot cooked in beef stew or something, and I'm happy man. :-)

I'm like this with peppers, love them raw when they're nice and crispy but hate them cooked because they become soggy almost. So I guess it's more of a texture than a taste thing.

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