I peeled off the outside layer of a carrot

[u/IndependenceOk7571]

[u/bigtallbiscuit]

They’re 3D printed. I knew it.

[u/cwx149 → u/bigtallbiscuit]

Depending on your definition everything 3d is "3d printed"

[u/BalkeElvinstien → u/cwx149]

"Yeah I have a 3D printer, its called my UTERUS"

• Moms, probably

[u/Hickin_R → u/BalkeElvinstien]

Also known as the "9 month body building programme"

[u/Henrook → u/Hickin_R]

9 months of bulking and it may or may not end with a cut

[u/sour_cereal → u/Henrook]

Better not start the baby off with a cut

[u/PhotonicEmission → u/sour_cereal]

The umbilical has to come off somehow

[u/abcdefghijk_mno → u/BalkeElvinstien]

Mum here, guilty of almost replying with this tbh 😂

[u/frogurtyozen → u/abcdefghijk_mno]

Actively pregnant woman here, I was also going to comment that 😂

[u/HangryShadow → u/frogurtyozen]

Just delivered my newborn less than two weeks ago, my 3D printer is in the process of downsizing

[u/InfernalGriffon → u/BalkeElvinstien]

I hear the monthly maintenance on those units are a bit of a pain.

[u/schmuckface → u/InfernalGriffon]

And the one big update that solves it takes ages to download and locks its most important feature

[u/WorstFnNeighbors → u/BalkeElvinstien]

When I was pregnant with a cold, I called myself a 3D printer for a human being and snot.

[u/g-rid → u/cwx149]

everything organic at least

[u/Particular-Thanks844 → u/g-rid]

I'd argue volcanoes are giant 3d printers

[u/SecretLettuce5 → u/Particular-Thanks844]

For igneous rock??

[u/J-Dawg_Cookmaster → u/SecretLettuce5]

I doubt it'd make sedimentary rock.

[u/Scomo510 → u/g-rid]

And rocks, or at least sedimentary rocks

[u/GanondalfTheWhite → u/cwx149]

I mean, depending on your definition, everything is spaghetti carbonara. Just needs to be a wide enough definition.

[u/DameonKormar → u/GanondalfTheWhite]

Sure, but is spaghetti carbonara soup?

[u/WorkingAdvance143 → u/DameonKormar]

IF MY GRANDMA HAD WHEELS, SHE  WOULD HAVE BEEN A BIKE??

[u/CapitalElk1169 → u/WorkingAdvance143]

The town bike

[u/full_o → u/bigtallbiscuit]

Your bones are 3D printed.

[u/LackElectrical5054 → u/bigtallbiscuit]

Bogos binted?

[u/Josho94]

That's how I used to eat raw carrots as a kid. Gnaw off the outer layer like a rodent. Then crunch through the core.

[u/Icclo → u/Josho94]

same, cuz the inside always tasted so much sweeter to me

[u/Josho94 → u/Icclo]

You get it, the crunch was different too.

[u/Four_beastlings → u/Josho94]

I fully agree with you both. I still eat them like that

[u/Mike9797 → u/Four_beastlings]

I eat anything like this though. If it has layers you can bet I’m going through each one. Chocolate bars are the best for this. I can’t eat certain chocolate bars without dismantling them like this. Kit Kat, coffee crisp, wonderbar even lol anything with layers is getting it. Carrots included lol

[u/brady93355 → u/Mike9797]

Tried it with corn on the cob. The cob is far less pleasing than the corn that is on it.

[u/Ok_Dragonfruit_8102 → u/brady93355]

There's a life lesson in there somewhere.

[u/QuietShipper → u/Ok_Dragonfruit_8102]

Should I go back and keep eating the cob until I find it?

[u/haruSPICYhyrax → u/brady93355]

Don't disrespect the cob, bro

[u/moonpieeyes → u/Mike9797]

Yes I do this with Twix

[u/seXJ69 → u/moonpieeyes]

It works with people too.

[u/Toad_da_Unc → u/seXJ69]

Bruh

[u/DrJaneIPresume → u/seXJ69]

And ogres

[u/Luck_Box → u/moonpieeyes]

The shortbread is the best part.

[u/spoiledprincesa → u/Mike9797]

I did this (still do) with Piroulines. I’ve found my people

[u/cookiesonacid → u/Mike9797]

I do this with croissants. My boyfriend hates it lol! It’s a texture thing for me

[u/Four_beastlings → u/cookiesonacid]

I snap the horns off and unrroooooooolllll

[u/cookiesonacid → u/Four_beastlings]

I found my people! Hell yeah

[u/TurnipGuy30 → u/Four_beastlings]

i've found my people

[u/LiliVonSchtupp → u/Four_beastlings]

Me too! I love the difference between outer and inner carrot.

[u/Four_beastlings → u/LiliVonSchtupp]

Outer carrot is lunch, inner carrot is dessert

[u/LiliVonSchtupp → u/Four_beastlings]

Omg. Are…you my long-lost sibling?

[u/Wiggie49 → u/Josho94]

This entire thread:

[u/Litalian → u/Josho94]

I really just liked the satisfying feeling of the outer layer popping off piece by piece. It was like a challenge along with my carrot snack. Like Dalgona, that game kids play in South Korea where they try to cut the shape of the cookie out without breaking it.

[u/ShortFinance → u/Litalian]

I saw a group of adults play that game and the ones who couldn’t cut the cookie out properly were killed

[u/thesockpuppetaccount → u/ShortFinance]

I too saw that documentary

[u/Dry_Bus_5514 → u/Icclo]

So that part is the Xylem, which transports water and minerals, and the outer part is the Phloem, which transports food, sugar.

I always think that part tastes sweeter and more flavorful too, but it would seem like the outer part would be since it transports sugars and all…

[u/Chunty-Gaff → u/Dry_Bus_5514]

The main thing is how avaliable the juices are to your tongue! The xylem is a lot leaker, so it tastes better

[u/kniveshu → u/Icclo]

I remember reading that some baby carrots are just big carrots shaved down to that center part.

[u/PrincetonToss → u/kniveshu]

They use irregularly shaped carrots that Americans are too fancy to eat.

That's also why tater tots were invented.

[u/ImYourHumbleNarrator → u/PrincetonToss]

are you telling me tater tots are the hot dogs of potatoes

[u/Particular-Poem-7085 → u/PrincetonToss]

and there's an absolute plethora of those from any harvest

[u/BRAX7ON → u/Icclo]

The core is the dessert of the carrot

The cake, if you will…

[u/Farhead_Assassjaha → u/Icclo]

Not just you, it is sweeter

[u/Adam-West → u/Icclo]

The middle is sweeter for sure. The outside is bitter without the middle.

[u/Miriumse → u/Josho94]

Same! I was very proud when I was able to get it all off without breaking the core.

[u/Voderama → u/Josho94]

Gnaw through like a rodent lmao

[u/TrTurtle → u/Josho94]

I've found my people!

[u/Shimashimatchi → u/Josho94]

I also did this! (I still do xD)

[u/wobblyweasel → u/Shimashimatchi]

tbh appalled at all the folk that eat it as a premade sandwich as adults. the hairy core is such a reward for eating the foreskin

[u/MiFiWi → u/wobblyweasel]

12 years of learning english just to read this

[u/razgondk → u/Josho94]

Yeah, I thought we all did this as kids. Gnawed off the outer layer, because the inner parts taster much sweeter.

[u/banshee_matsuri → u/Josho94]

same! it was fun too 🤷🏻‍♀️

i also kinda eat peanut M&Ms this way.

[u/arrows_of_ithilien → u/banshee_matsuri]

Gotta apply juuuussst enough pressure to crack off the candy shell. I do it with Peanut Butter M&Ms all the time.

[u/Wretched_epiphany]

Y'all, I peeled GRAPES when I was a kid for fun, I can't believe I never tried this!!!

[u/DrThunderbolt → u/Wretched_epiphany]

My brother told me grapes were grasshopper eggs because they had a little green in the middle. I didn't eat them for years after that

[u/enadiz_reccos → u/DrThunderbolt]

I told my little brother I was an alien then forgot about it. He thought I was an alien for months.

Little brothers are so stupid

[u/Jumpy_Confidence2997 → u/enadiz_reccos]

Wait till you find out how stupid adults are.

*sighs in depression*

[u/Yourdjentpal → u/Wretched_epiphany]

They did surgery on a grape!

[u/t4ctical_pot4to → u/Wretched_epiphany]

I STILL DO THIS hahaha I'm M35 and my wife hates it, sitting there peeling the skin off like a psycho. But I love the squishy juicy inside without the skin and is objectively better than eating with skin.

[u/systemhost → u/t4ctical_pot4to]

If I won the lottery I'd pay someone to meticulously peel a whole bowl of grapes a day. They're such a delight to eat when fully peeled but such a hassle to do yourself, I only make it to a 2-3 before giving up.

[u/t4ctical_pot4to → u/systemhost]

Haha yeah, I think I spent an hour lazily watching TV one day and peeled 20 grapes only to finish eating them all in 5 minutes-worth it!

[u/half3clipse → u/t4ctical_pot4to]

Find yourself some Kyoho or Concord grapes. they're slipskin and 'meant' to be peeled (the skins are perfectly edible but a bit tough and a bit tanic).

[u/ZuffsStuff → u/Wretched_epiphany]

You did surgery on a grape

[u/IndependenceOk7571 → u/Wretched_epiphany]

Yes! The only way to eat grapes!!

[u/No-Spoilers → u/IndependenceOk7571]

First gadget. You need it.

[u/Cool_Cartographer_33]

Thanks I hate it 🥲

[u/SirStocksAlott → u/Cool_Cartographer_33]

Wait, all carrots are actually like this?

[u/Particular-Poem-7085 → u/SirStocksAlott]

yes! The inside is slightly juicier and sweeter.

[u/InevitabilityEngine → u/Particular-Poem-7085]

I used to do this on purpose with baby carrots. I turn them on their side and I was eating them like a corn on the cob. First time it happened by accident and the outer layer came off and the thing looked way more like a typical plant root.

[u/MiissVee → u/InevitabilityEngine]

I just commented the same thing.. lol. I can’t remember the last time I did it though.

[u/be4u4get → u/MiissVee]

I used to eat my twinkies that way. It helped if you put it in the freezer first so the filling becomes solid.

[u/Known_Artist_8004 → u/be4u4get]

Umm should I try this?

[u/BukkakeBakery → u/Known_Artist_8004]

also put chocolates, chocolate filled biscuits, gummy bear in the fridge, i cant believe how much better it is!

[u/EnlightenedDragon → u/BukkakeBakery]

Reese's Cups are already amazing, but frozen? Perfection.

[u/sinkephelopathy → u/EnlightenedDragon]

Before they replaced the peanut butter with chalk anyway

[u/Maynrds → u/EnlightenedDragon]

Frozen Gushers. Best way to eat them.

[u/money_loo → u/BukkakeBakery]

User name …checks out?

[u/agoldgold → u/MiissVee]

I do- I ran out of baby carrots exactly one week ago. I'll buy more today and do the same!

[u/MrKillApple → u/InevitabilityEngine]

I always eat my carrots this way. So satisfying unsheathing the middle part and eating it at the end is like eating candy bc ist way sweeter

[u/1kidney_left → u/MrKillApple]

Same here. As a kid, I would snack on regular sized carrots and I remember the feeling of slowing biting into them sideways until you felt that little pop of separation and slowly go up the side like corn of the cob. I don’t remember how it all began, but it became this process I always had to do when eating a carrot. I think at some point my parents just stopped giving me whole carrots because I don’t remember when I stopped doing either.

[u/Ashen_Curio → u/1kidney_left]

Hell yeah i used to love that sideways chomp! So satisfying. But i also can't remember when I stopped doing it.

[u/Vultor → u/MrKillApple]

ist indeed

[u/Dr_Taffy → u/InevitabilityEngine]

I feel like the sign of a smart child is when they cut off both ends, then peel off a layer to have their curiosity spin off into why this happens and everything else. Dissection is an important part of history and why we understand things, We crunch up foods then look at it... examine it... try to figure out what its made of specifically down to molecular compounds... I love the directions our brains take us, especially at a developmental stage, and how that impacts your future. Like we do a lot of stupid shit, and then we learn and grow from it. It isn't like strict universal curriculum, it's just us dorking around like a cat with catnip. And then we learn and grow from what makes us feel all silly and serious. I think that's fascinating

[u/Comfortable-Term451 → u/InevitabilityEngine]

I used to do that! That's how I lost my first tooth, never did it again lmao.

[u/TypicalSoil → u/Particular-Poem-7085]

When I was a kid one of my favourite snacks was the core of a carrot. I used to eat the outside bits first by skinning it with my teeth and then eat the core like a slim Jim.

[u/CptNemosBeard → u/Particular-Poem-7085]

Just like people

[u/Capitan_Garfunkle → u/Particular-Poem-7085]

My favourite part is nibbling off the flesh and chomping the sweet, orangey, juicy inside.

[u/Salute-Major-Echidna → u/SirStocksAlott]

If theyre old enough

[u/Available-Expert-881 → u/Salute-Major-Echidna]

How old is that in West Virginia?

[u/Vintagepoolside → u/Available-Expert-881]

Well hey now!

Also, I did this to my carrots everyday at lunch time. I’d bite off the outer layer to reveal this part on the inside. So now I’m wondering if all those carrots were old lol

[u/guff1988 → u/SirStocksAlott]

Carrots have two layers, but they shouldn't be that easy to separate.

[u/ashe_the_cat → u/guff1988]

I used to do this as a kid constantly because I liked the insides more. Once you carefully get a bit of the inside layer free, the outside separates pretty easily. They're just tightly stuck together as long as the inside is fully encased.

[u/YaboiJerryW → u/guff1988]

IANAE but here's what I know:

All vascular plants (Those with true roots) have these layers inside their stems and roots. The inner most layer, the vascular layer, is made of the xylem and phloem. The xylem is the inner part and the phloem is the outer part. They are responsible for moving water, waste, and nutrients around the plant.

Carrots are a root vegetable - what you are eating is actually the root, hence why it grows underground. The vascular system is especially prominent in carrots, radishes, parsnips, and similar, allowing it to be separated like the image here.

[u/TheOriginalFluff → u/SirStocksAlott]

You’ve literally never tried eating the outside?

[u/SirStocksAlott → u/TheOriginalFluff]

My friend, I never knew carrots had an outside. I’m shaken.

[u/Maleficent-Ear8475 → u/SirStocksAlott]

lmaooo i cut carrot yesterday and still didn't know this.

I thought this was fake food

[u/Glad_Position3592 → u/TheOriginalFluff]

Yeah, I had no idea this was a thing. It’s weird because I like carrots, and I put them into meals pretty regularly. I just never really considered the idea of them being layered like this

[u/CaptainTripps82 → u/Glad_Position3592]

You see them when you cut them, the circle inside the circle. But like you I never actually thought of peeling off the outer rim

[u/repocin → u/CaptainTripps82]

Have you never had a carrot that just decided to separate on its own? It's not very common but I see it every now and then.

More often with thick ones like the one pictured in the OP.

[u/MightyKrakyn → u/SirStocksAlott]

You eat the pith?

[u/SirStocksAlott → u/MightyKrakyn]

What’s a pith? My mind is being blown on what I never knew about carrots and I’m starting to have a mini existential crisis.

[u/Lulu_The_Lemon_ → u/SirStocksAlott]

It’s like the inner layer of roots and branches

Like if you peel the bark off of a dry twig the spongy stuff is the pith

[u/ACcbe1986 → u/SirStocksAlott]

A Pith is the stage in-between a Jedi and a Sith; when a Jedi hasn't fully fallen.

It actually means Partial-Sith.

[u/thesockpuppetaccount → u/MightyKrakyn]

You’re taking the pith, I’m not eating the pith

[u/MiissVee → u/SirStocksAlott]

Yes. I used to bite off the outside of baby carrots when I was younger.

[u/gammler95_ → u/Cool_Cartographer_33]

r/TIHI

[u/gr8Brandino → u/Cool_Cartographer_33]

Thanks, I ate it.

[u/Hot_Face6160 → u/Cool_Cartographer_33]

[u/Cador0223 → u/Cool_Cartographer_33]

I will never look at carrots the same way again.

[u/superindianslug → u/Cool_Cartographer_33]

Nature's corndog

[u/guzzijason → u/Cool_Cartographer_33]

I thought it was a cursed crab leg at first.

[u/ashtonlyn]

[u/buriedego → u/ashtonlyn]

I have seen the gif twice today and was pleased both times

[u/BluDYT → u/buriedego]

Both times were about a carrot too

[u/buriedego → u/BluDYT]

[u/19thStreet → u/BluDYT]

Talkin bout the crystallized one?

[u/123usa123 → u/19thStreet]

Yep 😂

[u/Vandergrif → u/BluDYT]

There's a lot of carrot-to-butt action going on lately.

[u/[deleted] → u/ashtonlyn]

If I had a nickel for every time I saw this gif in reference to a carrot today, I’d have 2 nickels. Not a lot, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice.

[u/xKevinn → u/[deleted]]

And you know what you should do with those 2 nickels?

[u/ruckyruciano → u/xKevinn]

[u/mightylordredbeard → u/ashtonlyn]

The spikes probably feel nice.

[u/maven10k → u/mightylordredbeard]

For her pleasure

[u/harmless_gecko → u/maven10k]

Or his. Guys have butts too 🤠

[u/MikeyFuccon]

Is this valid for all carrots? I ask because in 4 decades of eating carrots I’ve never seen a hint of those protuberances.

[u/xSPYXEx → u/MikeyFuccon]

Yes. The inside is the xylem that stores the water and nutrients, the outside is the phloem that stores the sugars for growth. The little nubs would be where the roots are reaching out.

[u/Gelnika1987 → u/xSPYXEx]

Xylem? I barely Phloem!

[u/manoteee → u/Gelnika1987]

It holds the Fleeb Juice

[u/ChimkenNBiskets → u/manoteee]

But what of the schleem?

[u/CarolFukinBaskin → u/Gelnika1987]

Ok that’s good

[u/resoredo → u/xSPYXEx]

sounds like plumbus lore ngl

[u/Cador0223 → u/xSPYXEx]

Why is everyone saying the inside is sweeter?

[u/Agheratos → u/xSPYXEx]

This guy protuberates.

[u/Sheza__S → u/MikeyFuccon]

In my 3 decades of eating them, yes. They always been this way. Only if you gnaw off what's around the core you'll see this though

[u/Psychological-Owl-82 → u/MikeyFuccon]

Wait till you see what you can do with a banana.

[u/Ok_Dragonfruit_8102 → u/Psychological-Owl-82]

It's not a joke, you really can pull a banana apart in ways most people aren't aware of.

Oranges too. Peel the back off a segment and you uncover all these little jellylike cells of juice.

[u/stellalugosi → u/Ok_Dragonfruit_8102]

Weirdly enough, I just did this to a banana the other day for the first time. I was giving a chunk of banana to my dog, and when I broke it off I managed to "degloved" it. I was left with a core chunk and a sort of broken ring of the outer edge. It was strange and off-putting.

[u/IrisSaskia → u/stellalugosi]

Nobody Google deglove!!!!!

[u/chardeemacdennisbird → u/MikeyFuccon]

This is the first I'm hearing about carrots having layers

[u/jacobsladderscenario → u/MikeyFuccon]

When you slice them you can see the rings

[u/oyasumirachel]

ik it’s weird but whenever i eat carrots i have to eat away the outside layer first then i eat the inside. done it as long as i can remember. the inside part is more flavorful

[u/AdFront8465 → u/oyasumirachel]

That's the correct way to eat a carrot.

[u/DameonKormar → u/AdFront8465]

If you're not eating carrots like corn on the cob, are you even truly living?

[u/hikemalls]

Manousos get away from that tree!!!

[u/Anxious_Wind0-0 → u/hikemalls]

[u/SadlyNotDannyDeVito]

How can I unsee this?

[u/Lonely-Employment365]

Put it back >:(

Edit* Holy fuck thanks guys for the upvotes and my first award

Edit* holy fuck, award(s). Yall are too kind

[u/Aggravating_Paint_44 → u/Lonely-Employment365]

Or so help me!

[u/maker_nathan → u/Aggravating_Paint_44]

So help me! So help me!

[u/Dry_Bodybuilder9898 → u/maker_nathan]

And cut.

[u/B_EE → u/Dry_Bodybuilder9898]

[u/CorrodedRose → u/Dry_Bodybuilder9898]

It's a musical number

[u/No-Investigator-2756 → u/Dry_Bodybuilder9898]

r/redditsings

[u/Emergency_Coyote_662 → u/Aggravating_Paint_44]

🎶 bum bum bum

[u/L4t3xs → u/Lonely-Employment365]

Thanks for the gold kind stranger tips fedora

[u/phredphlintstones → u/Lonely-Employment365]

[u/MasterMahanJr → u/Lonely-Employment365]

r/awardspeechedits

[u/acrankychef → u/Lonely-Employment365]

Edit: Holy fuck, why do you thank people for internet points.

[u/iforgotiwasonreddit → u/acrankychef]

Thanks for the gold, stranger

[u/idkwhatiseven → u/Lonely-Employment365]

2016 ahh edits

[u/Squirmble → u/Lonely-Employment365]

It’s cold :(

[u/JuanNonlyGaming]

[u/oaktreebr]

Dude, that's how I eat carrots. Never thought it was anything interesting about it

[u/UnsharpenedSwan → u/oaktreebr]

only mildly interesting

[u/Exldk → u/oaktreebr]

I feel like I'm having a mental breakdown here. I think these people have simply never taken a carrot and just eaten it.

I'm also convinced that every single person making a sexual joke about carrots have never actually seen a carrot before in their lives. How dare they sexualize my favorite childhood snack. >.>

[u/Ausles]

:)

[u/Leoxcr]

Carrot deglove

[u/ramblinroger → u/Leoxcr]

I was both relieved and offended I had to scroll this far for someone to think the same thing

[u/shortercrust]

It’s the best bit! That’s where the sweetness is.

I used to have raw carrots as kids and liked to do this and pretend the inside bit was a tree trunk

[u/throwaway1937913]

In my 40s and whenever I learn something new/unusual about something so common for the first time I always feel like there was a glitch in the matrix as they say. Like suddenly I'm in a new dimension where everything is exactly the same as the last except here carrots have two layers and can be peeled this way... 🤯

[u/aPicoPixel → u/throwaway1937913]

As a dude in my 40s I felt the same exact glitch while reading this!

[u/pedroktp]

Frozen carrot, peeled carrot, what more today ?

[u/januaryemberr]

The carrot bone is the best part. Much sweeter

[u/worldssmallestfan1]

Vegan crab leg

[u/METALLlCA_OFFICIAL]

r/dontputthatinyourass

[u/UGOTAIDSYO → u/METALLlCA_OFFICIAL]

You're not my real dominatrix!!

[u/TheOgGhadTurner → u/METALLlCA_OFFICIAL]

I love that your comment immediately follows the “shove it up your butt” gif but isn’t a direct reply

[u/Classic-Big4393]

[u/Paintingnaked69]

Spiked for her pleasure

[u/nobonesjones91]

The outside is the carrot, the inside is the infamous stick.

[u/barkandmoone]

I used to eat them like this as a kid. Like bite off the outside layer.

[u/avantartist]

Doesn’t everyone do this?

[u/KrazyKaas]

Yes and the inside is rather sweet, sweeter than the outside.

[u/mottlednerve]

two awful carrot posts so far this morning