Compared my mutant carrots side by side with store bought ones and wow what a difference

I grew a row of carrots this year that looked like they got in a fight with the soil. All twisted and forked, some looked like little orange aliens. My neighbor gave me grief about it, said I should just buy the perfect ones at the grocery store for $2 a bag. So last week I actually did a taste test. I boiled some of my ugly ones and some of the pretty store ones, no salt or butter, just plain. My carrots were so much sweeter and had this earthy flavor that the store ones just didn't have at all. The store carrots were watery and kind of bland in comparison. Now I'm thinking maybe the soil here is just rocky and that's why they get all deformed but the flavor is actually better because of it. Has anyone else noticed that ugly homegrown veggies taste way better than the perfect looking ones from the store?

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diana_flores2518d ago

Skip the butter, that earthy flavor is the real MVP here.

troyp3718d ago

Wait did you seriously not put salt or butter on them before tasting? Thats just cruel to those poor carrots. But yeah I totally get what youre saying, my turnips last year looked like they were trying to escape the garden and tasted way better than the perfect plastic ones at the store. Its like the rocks and clay in our soil just force them to fight for their lives and all that struggle makes them sweeter or something. Store bought produce is basically just water shaped like a vegetable at this point.