You know what I hate about carrots? No, I mean besides Carrot Top's stage act. I have two major issues with carrots:1) I'm sure I'm the only person who ever has this issue, but they get caught in my sinuses. I chew them up real well, go to swallow the mouthfull of carrot pulp, and almost every time I get a few pieces that go up towards my sinuses instead of down to my rumbly tumbley. There they sit for hours on end, irritating me just enough that I feel like I have to hawk a loogie constantly. Does the loogie-hawking help? Heck no! It only jams them up higher where they reside for anywhere from a few hours to overnight.
2) They forever get stuck in my teeth. There aren't a lot of strings in a carrot (like it's cousin the celery) but somehow a bit always get caught in my teeth. Then I have to do that really annoying tongue-gouge-with-the-teeth-suck deal that people need to be beaten for doing in public. What the frick! How does that work??
I must say, both problems are solved by cooking the carrots first. I've been on this sweet and sour carrot kick where I saute some thin-sliced carrots with onion untill just tender, then add onions, Thai basil, a splash of vinegar, and something sweet; I've used sugar water, a rasberry reduction, maple syrup, and peach juice in the past. Let all that simmer and reduce until the carrots and onions are pretty tender and serve alone or over a bed of basmati rice. Yum!
In conclusion, cooked carrots are fine, but raw carrots, while tasty, are the Devil's Vegetable.
I've got to go dig at my teeth and hawk up some loogies now.
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