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Re:Americans, it turns out, would rather visit a store than ... by encoderer on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @12:23PM (#23325620)
Notwithstanding the baby carrots example, most ugly produced is still used and sold. It’s made into soups, salsas, juices, etc.

I’ve read that one reason we get so many e-coli infections from lettuce is that there is no secondary market (no lettuce juice) so the farmers drive it to the livestock farms and track back germs to the lettuce farm on their wheels.

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Re:Americans, it turns out, would rather visit a store than ... by thaeli on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @01:19PM (#23326576)
The shavings from baby carrot production are still used, for juice and pulp.
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Re:Americans, it turns out, would rather visit a store than ... by OJFord on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @01:47PM (#23327003)
For the benefit of any other perplexed non-Americans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_carrot#%22Baby-cut%22_car...
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Re:Americans, it turns out, would rather visit a store than ... by tallanvor on Thursday May 28, 2020 @09:02AM (#23336727)
They are certainly not limited to America. You can buy them in many countries - they're common in the stores here in Norway, for example.
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Re:Americans, it turns out, would rather visit a store than ... by OJFord on Thursday May 28, 2020 @09:16AM (#23336857)
The 'cut' type? I've never heard of them in the UK - chantenay or other small but whole carrots sure, but not 'regularly' sized carrots trimmed down to a smaller 'carrot shape'.
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Re:Americans, it turns out, would rather visit a store than ... by defnotashton2 on Thursday May 28, 2020 @01:53AM (#23333879)
Lol you don't have baby carrots, they are my fav, ready to just eat like chips. They just started selling carrot chips :O
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Re:Americans, it turns out, would rather visit a store than ... by mdoms on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @02:38PM (#23327823)
Thank you, I really was confused!
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