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I have managed to get a set of carrots to both germinate and avoid carrot fly. However, I'm a bit disappointed with the taste. They are okay, but nothing better than I get at the store. I remember as a kid, carrots straight from the garden were the best thing I could think to eat. I am aware that this might be a another general getting old complaint, just like "it used to be all fields around here" and walking 5 miles to school, uphill both ways and through a blizzard. However, assuming I'm not totally off in what I remember, are there any recommendations for types of carrots for eating raw?
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Chantenay carrots are wonderfully sweet. They don't grow really long but are shorter and more 'triangular' in shape (if that makes sense)Happy Gardening,
Shirley
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Yes, Chantenay are recommended for flavour.
The growing media will make some difference to the taste, so experiment with some carrots in containers using a mix of soil and compost. Don't over-water, but don't let the soil dry out.
By the way, you do realise that our taste changes through our life - it's not just that the food we eat changes...
Oh, and do grow your carrots organically - it is said to make a difference.Comment
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I've grown Adelaide (my favourite, & very quick), Chantenay (big fat carrot) and Purple Haze (purple skin, orange on inside). I grew White Kuttinger for fun, but the flavour wasn't all that.
In a blind taste test, the Purple Haze won.All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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Thanks for the suggestions people, I will try and find some seed for next year. I'm interested in your idea Cutecumber, of mixing up the growing media. I think it was mainly compost this last set, so maybe they need a bit more interesting material for a more interesting flavour.Comment
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I've always thought the the Rainbow Mix carrots are tasty... I initially grew them for the novelty for my eldest (now 5) but I'm really stuck on them - fun colours (though the colour fades when boiled) and lovely and sweet. So much so that said son ran off with one I lifted on Monday, washed it in the lottie water trough and eat it before I had a chance to say 'for roast dinner!!'
Shortie
"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children; one of these is roots, the other wings" - Hodding CarterComment
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I always think homegrown carrots can be a bit too carroty. The flavour is often quite strong, but this year I've grown Chantenay in a small raised bed, not only did they germinate, but they tasted delicious. Last year I grew some of the golf-ball types in the same way, they grew well, but the taste was not to my liking.Into each life some rain must fall........but this is getting ridiculous.
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lol! Bless you! You need to switch taste buds with Growem!!I always think homegrown carrots can be a bit too carrotyComment
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I can certainly remember the days before supermarkets (plural) were on every high street and my mum used to buy all the shopping from the different purveyors of.
I can also say that I clearly remember that new/young/baby carrots were the sweetest little things - sometimes lacking a bit in the fullness of flavour dept - but when the bigger ones came onstream I remember the beautiful full-bodied sweetness of them nibbled raw or cooked with our fully home cooked meals. They also had a certain earthiness about them. The closest you got to a ready meal in those days was a vesta curry - do they still make it? Even frozen stuff was quite advanced - we had a 'fish finger' from time to time!
There's good and bad in both eras but I firmly believe that taste buds of the younger generation have been ruined by supermarket convenience food and even the fresh stuff for that matter - probably due to standardisation inflicted by EU regs or supermarkets themselves.
Grumpy old woman from Saltdean! So there - I've said my piece and now I'll keep the peace.Comment
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How quick for the Adelaide Two_Sheds? I am finally getting round to sowing some more seeds in the hope of some home-grown veg for Christmas time, is it worth trying to get hold of some of those seeds?Originally posted by Two_Sheds View PostLast edited by shirlthegirl43; 29-08-2008, 05:44 PM.Happy Gardening,
ShirleyComment
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Sugarsnax by a long chalk!!!The greatness comes not when things go always good for you,but the greatness comes when you are really tested,when you take,some knocks,some disappointments;because only if youv'e been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.Comment
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yep ..... i had a nostalgic paella the other day ....... it was crap lol.Originally posted by quark1 View PostComment
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We grow Supreme Chantenay Red Cored.
They taste great pulled straight from the ground. Even when left in the fridge for a few days they still taste great.
Not too bad after being frozen for a few months either.Comment
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That's quick. I'm going to have to see if I can get some for a late sowing too.Comment
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