Re: Why does Sally say to peel your carrots?

[Guest guest]

I hardly every peel mine. I get organic and just scrub them well.

On 1/12/06, sharflin <sharflin@...> wrote:

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> I notice that all the recipes that use carrots in Nourishing

> Traditions say specifically to peel them. I thought much of the

> nutrients were in the peels of vegetables and in the past had usually

> not peeled my carrots. Does anyone know why peeling would be

> preferred? Thanks much, Sharon

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[Guest guest]

I read yesterday in NT, as I was making carrots for my infant, that you

shouldn't be afraid to peel carrots as the nutrients are more evenly

distributed then in other vegetables.

Kayla

sharflin wrote:

> I notice that all the recipes that use carrots in Nourishing

> Traditions say specifically to peel them. I thought much of the

> nutrients were in the peels of vegetables and in the past had usually

> not peeled my carrots. Does anyone know why peeling would be

> preferred? Thanks much, Sharon

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[Guest guest]

wrote:

I read yesterday in NT, as I was making carrots for my infant, that you

shouldn't be afraid to peel carrots as the nutrients are more evenly

distributed then in other vegetables.

Kayla

Yeah, I keep noticing that and I think it's silly, especially when

making stock! What a waste of time. It's probably something she learned

when she studied French cooking that subtley (and arguably) improves the

taste or texture.

BTW, some of you may have heard about this fantastic French cookbook

that has just been translated:

*http://tinyurl.com/d6qfn

*

Tom