I love growing carrots in the garden, but I only know how to eat them raw or boiled.  Not much choice.
Carrot
The carrot ("Daucus carota" subsp. "sativus") is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist. Carrots are a domesticated form of the wild carrot, "Daucus carota", native to Europe and southwestern Asia. The plant probably originated in Persia and was originally cultivated for its leaves and seeds. The most commonly eaten part of the plant is the taproot, although the stems and leaves are eaten as well. The
, he orders the waiter to bring strawberries. "She protested that they were too forbidden, too expensive". Jimmy convinces her to accept them by arguing, "If you don't eat them, they'll be eaten by one of these expense-account correspondents". Later, she asks Jimmy, "If I fall in love with you, how can I know whether I love you for yourself or for the strawberries?"
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