0_Apprentice
Carrots are my favorite food. They are a root vegetable and can be used in so many ways for cooking
1_Wizard
Carrots are roots vegetables
0_Apprentice
Only 3 percent of the B-carotene in carrots are released during digestion, but if you cook them, it helps to release much more, making them even healthier.
1_Wizard
Really? The come in color orange, purple,black,red and white
0_Apprentice
Yes, that's what I've been told. The greens are even edible, but I don't think many people eat that part. I wouldn't because I've been told it could be contain toxic alkaloids.
1_Wizard
True. Carrots are a domesticated version of the wild carrot
0_Apprentice
I like eating carrots as a side dish or ingredients in a main dish, but my favorite is to grate them and use them in carrot cake. I even tried carrot pudding before. Yum.
1_Wizard
Carrots are native to Europe and Southwestern Asia
0_Apprentice
As much as I like carrots, I have to be careful not to eat too many. It can cause your skin to turn yellow (carotenemia) I think the girl from the Partridge Family developed that.
1_Wizard
Really? I know it contains a high level of beta carotene