Carrot Question

[grandmoon]

Does anyone know if there is a genuine reason for not using carrots that are split. The charity I volunteer at was given some carrots and some of them have a split in them. One of the people there told us that we shouldn't use them because of the split. I have cooked them at home before without any problems.

[tdreamer56]

http://www.agricultured.org/difference-between-sweet-corn-and-field-corn/

[grandmoon]

Thanks to all for the information. We had an ex client arrive with the donation of carrots and also onions. He is now working and was in the position to get us the veggies at a very good price. I am now going to contact him and arrange for him to purchase us other fresh veggies when he can at the good price.

[icyfroth]

It probably means a "seal" has been "breached" allowing bacteria in. Same as you shouldn't eat fruit in 3rd world countries like bananas or mangoes if you see the peel is split. You don't know what bacteria are lurking. The carrots should be ok if you cook them, the cooking process would kill off any bacteria but I can see it would be a risk if you were cooking for larger groups of ppl.

[fourandsixpants]

ref

I had a relative-in-law arrive from communist Poland

a few years ago.

He was horrified that we ate corn.  It was pig food to him.

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My dear Mother was an Australian and she married an Englishman. They moved to the UK for 13 years and had 3 kids there.

Mum never cooked or gave us piumpkin to eat as Dad would not allow her too.....apparently pumpkin was only for the pigs. Mind you they were quite different pumpkins....very watery like the 'pig melons' growing in paddocks that you find growing 'wild' here in Oz.When we came out to Australia Mum started cooking and serving pumpkin on our dinner plates-took us several years to aquire but love the taste of pumpkin.

[grandmoon]

Icyfroth We don't cook for the people. But supply cheap food to people on low incomes.

[icyfroth]

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@grandmoon wrote:
Icyfroth We don't cook for the people. But supply cheap food to people on low incomes.

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Ok, noted thanks grandmoon.

I guess you still wouldn't want to supply suspect food to the underprivileged.

[imastawka]

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@tdreamer56 wrote:

http://www.agricultured.org/difference-between-sweet-corn-and-field-corn/

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Thanks for info, but, nope,all sweet corn in Australia, as far as I know   : - )

[tdreamer56]

i've eaten carrots from my garden that have splits and never had a problem. 

imastawka- most u.s. folk probably have never picked field corn when it is young.  stuff is milky and good then but not as sweet as sweet corn. 

[imastawka]

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@tdreamer56 wrote:

i've eaten carrots from my garden that have splits and never had a problem. 

@imastawka most u.s. folk probably have never picked field corn when it is young.  stuff is milky and good then but not as sweet as sweet corn. 

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 Don't know if we're talking at cross purposes here?

Have done a bit of a search and Australia only plants sweet corn -

not field corn - not cow corn- not pig corn - only sweet corn.

Hence my questioning the different corns.

A backyard gardener can buy and plant any corn, coloured, ornamental etc.

But commercially for fodder,  doesn't happen.

[donnasks]

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@imastawka wrote:

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@tdreamer56 wrote:

http://www.agricultured.org/difference-between-sweet-corn-and-field-corn/

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Thanks for info, but, nope,all sweet corn in Australia, as far as I know   : - )

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I called it cow corn because in this area there were a lot of dairy farms.  My father's family used to plant the "field corn as named in the link" for part of the feed for the dairy cows during indoor winter months. 

People used to stop on the side of the road and grab a few ears of corn to bring home.  My own father did so on one occasion (which is why I know the cow corn is YUCK)   You'd think he would have known which was which wouldn't you?  LOL  For sure, he got it from a field that he shouldn't have.

I guess I'm saying --- If you have dairy cows, someone might be growing it in Australia.

(Just because.......  Winter food for the cows included dried hay kept up in the loft of the barn, the chopped up corn kept in a silo, dribbled with black-strap molasses.............and water of course.)   BTW, the silo was extremely dangerous.