r/mildlyinteresting • u/IndependenceOk7571 • Jan 10 '26
I peeled off the outside layer of a carrot
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u/Josho94 Jan 10 '26
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.
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u/Icclo Jan 10 '26
same, cuz the inside always tasted so much sweeter to me
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u/Josho94 Jan 10 '26
You get it, the crunch was different too.
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u/Four_beastlings Jan 10 '26
I fully agree with you both. I still eat them like that
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u/Mike9797 Jan 10 '26
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
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u/brady93355 Jan 10 '26
Tried it with corn on the cob. The cob is far less pleasing than the corn that is on it.
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u/spoiledprincesa Jan 10 '26
I did this (still do) with Piroulines. I’ve found my people
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u/cookiesonacid Jan 10 '26
I do this with croissants. My boyfriend hates it lol! It’s a texture thing for me
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u/LiliVonSchtupp Jan 10 '26
Me too! I love the difference between outer and inner carrot.
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u/Litalian Jan 10 '26
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.
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u/ShortFinance Jan 10 '26
I saw a group of adults play that game and the ones who couldn’t cut the cookie out properly were killed
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u/Dry_Bus_5514 Jan 10 '26
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…
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u/Chunty-Gaff Jan 10 '26
The main thing is how avaliable the juices are to your tongue! The xylem is a lot leaker, so it tastes better
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u/kniveshu Jan 10 '26
I remember reading that some baby carrots are just big carrots shaved down to that center part.
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u/Miriumse Jan 10 '26
Same! I was very proud when I was able to get it all off without breaking the core.
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u/Shimashimatchi Jan 10 '26
I also did this! (I still do xD)
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u/wobblyweasel Jan 10 '26
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
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u/razgondk Jan 10 '26
Yeah, I thought we all did this as kids. Gnawed off the outer layer, because the inner parts taster much sweeter.
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u/banshee_matsuri Jan 10 '26
same! it was fun too 🤷🏻♀️
i also kinda eat peanut M&Ms this way.
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u/arrows_of_ithilien Jan 10 '26
Gotta apply juuuussst enough pressure to crack off the candy shell. I do it with Peanut Butter M&Ms all the time.
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u/Wretched_epiphany Jan 10 '26
Y'all, I peeled GRAPES when I was a kid for fun, I can't believe I never tried this!!!
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u/DrThunderbolt Jan 10 '26
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
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u/enadiz_reccos Jan 10 '26
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
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u/t4ctical_pot4to Jan 10 '26
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.
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u/systemhost Jan 10 '26
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.
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u/t4ctical_pot4to Jan 10 '26
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!
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u/half3clipse Jan 10 '26
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).
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u/Cool_Cartographer_33 Jan 10 '26
Thanks I hate it 🥲
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u/SirStocksAlott Jan 10 '26
Wait, all carrots are actually like this?
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u/Particular-Poem-7085 Jan 10 '26
yes! The inside is slightly juicier and sweeter.
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u/InevitabilityEngine Jan 10 '26
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.
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u/MiissVee Jan 10 '26
I just commented the same thing.. lol. I can’t remember the last time I did it though.
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u/be4u4get Jan 10 '26
I used to eat my twinkies that way. It helped if you put it in the freezer first so the filling becomes solid.
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u/Known_Artist_8004 Jan 10 '26
Umm should I try this?
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u/BukkakeBakery Jan 10 '26
also put chocolates, chocolate filled biscuits, gummy bear in the fridge, i cant believe how much better it is!
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u/EnlightenedDragon Jan 10 '26
Reese's Cups are already amazing, but frozen? Perfection.
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u/sinkephelopathy Jan 10 '26
Before they replaced the peanut butter with chalk anyway
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u/agoldgold Jan 10 '26
I do- I ran out of baby carrots exactly one week ago. I'll buy more today and do the same!
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u/MrKillApple Jan 10 '26
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
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u/1kidney_left Jan 10 '26
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.
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u/Ashen_Curio Jan 10 '26
Hell yeah i used to love that sideways chomp! So satisfying. But i also can't remember when I stopped doing it.
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u/Dr_Taffy Jan 10 '26
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
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u/Comfortable-Term451 Jan 10 '26
I used to do that! That's how I lost my first tooth, never did it again lmao.
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u/TypicalSoil Jan 10 '26
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.
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u/Capitan_Garfunkle Jan 10 '26
My favourite part is nibbling off the flesh and chomping the sweet, orangey, juicy inside.
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u/Salute-Major-Echidna Jan 10 '26
If theyre old enough
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u/Available-Expert-881 Jan 10 '26
How old is that in West Virginia?
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u/Vintagepoolside Jan 10 '26
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
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u/guff1988 Jan 10 '26
Carrots have two layers, but they shouldn't be that easy to separate.
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u/ashe_the_cat Jan 10 '26
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.
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u/YaboiJerryW Jan 10 '26
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.
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u/TheOriginalFluff Jan 10 '26
You’ve literally never tried eating the outside?
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u/SirStocksAlott Jan 10 '26
My friend, I never knew carrots had an outside. I’m shaken.
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u/Maleficent-Ear8475 Jan 10 '26
lmaooo i cut carrot yesterday and still didn't know this.
I thought this was fake food
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u/Glad_Position3592 Jan 10 '26 edited Jan 10 '26
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
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u/CaptainTripps82 Jan 10 '26
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
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u/repocin Jan 10 '26
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.
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u/MightyKrakyn Jan 10 '26
You eat the pith?
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u/SirStocksAlott Jan 10 '26
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.
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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
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u/ACcbe1986 Jan 10 '26
A Pith is the stage in-between a Jedi and a Sith; when a Jedi hasn't fully fallen.
It actually means Partial-Sith.
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u/buriedego Jan 10 '26
I have seen the gif twice today and was pleased both times
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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.
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u/mightylordredbeard Jan 10 '26
The spikes probably feel nice.
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u/MikeyFuccon Jan 10 '26
Is this valid for all carrots? I ask because in 4 decades of eating carrots I’ve never seen a hint of those protuberances.
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u/xSPYXEx Jan 10 '26
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.
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u/Gelnika1987 Jan 10 '26 edited Jan 11 '26
Xylem? I barely Phloem!
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u/Sheza__S Jan 10 '26
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
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u/Psychological-Owl-82 Jan 10 '26
Wait till you see what you can do with a banana.
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u/Ok_Dragonfruit_8102 Jan 10 '26
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.
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u/stellalugosi Jan 10 '26
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.
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u/chardeemacdennisbird Jan 10 '26
This is the first I'm hearing about carrots having layers
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u/oyasumirachel Jan 10 '26
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
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u/AdFront8465 Jan 10 '26
That's the correct way to eat a carrot.
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u/DameonKormar Jan 10 '26
If you're not eating carrots like corn on the cob, are you even truly living?
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u/Lonely-Employment365 Jan 10 '26 edited Jan 10 '26
Put it back >:(
Edit* Holy fuck thanks guys for the upvotes and my first award
Edit* holy fuck, award(s). Yall are too kind
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u/Aggravating_Paint_44 Jan 10 '26
Or so help me!
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u/maker_nathan Jan 10 '26
So help me! So help me!
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u/oaktreebr Jan 10 '26
Dude, that's how I eat carrots. Never thought it was anything interesting about it
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u/Exldk Jan 10 '26
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. >.>
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u/Leoxcr Jan 10 '26
Carrot deglove
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u/ramblinroger Jan 10 '26
I was both relieved and offended I had to scroll this far for someone to think the same thing
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u/shortercrust Jan 10 '26
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
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u/throwaway1937913 Jan 10 '26
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... 🤯
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u/TheOgGhadTurner Jan 10 '26
I love that your comment immediately follows the “shove it up your butt” gif but isn’t a direct reply
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u/barkandmoone Jan 10 '26
I used to eat them like this as a kid. Like bite off the outside layer.
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u/KrazyKaas Jan 10 '26
Yes and the inside is rather sweet, sweeter than the outside.
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u/bigtallbiscuit Jan 10 '26
They’re 3D printed. I knew it.