The “baby” carrot lie.

I can’t stand “baby” carrots. They don’t even taste like real carrots, and they are not immature at all, rather they are chunks of unattractive full-grown carrots that have been cut to uniform size, peeled, rinsed, packaged, and sold at an incredibly high markup.

Real carrots on the other hand, are sweet and delicious, cheap, and so easy to prepare that it’s totally absurd that people gravitate toward the stumpy, overpriced alternative.

Do yourself a favor, buy some big orange whole carrots in bulk, and a stalk of celery too, while you’re at it. Spend three minutes rinsing, peeling, and chopping. Now you have a couple days’ worth of snacks. Better, cheaper, and fresher than the prepackaged versions.