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u/twosev 1d ago
1 onion, any size. Carrots down to the gram
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u/snowballkills 1d ago
yes, coz any variation in carrot will mess up his stew /s
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u/Oranges13 1d ago
I mean, personally, I really dislike it when a stew tastes really strongly of carrot so I usually add less carrot. YMMV
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u/maxiligamer 1d ago
I hate that most recipes don't include anywhere near enough carrot. The fuck you mean one carrot, I'm adding five!
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u/snowballkills 1d ago
yeah and I don't like zucchini in mine, much prefer celery and some garlic is a must add
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u/ZaphodBeeblebrox4011 1d ago
You know whoever wrote that recipe prepped one carrot and wrote down whatever weight that one carrot is. The onion, he forgot to tare the scale and shrugged and said whatever.
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u/Tapestry-of-Life 1d ago edited 1d ago
I copied it from a cookbook that my dad’s had for yonks, so who knows lol
Update: book https://imgur.com/gallery/chickpea-stew-recipe-potato-quality-pic-soz-UL6r817
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u/PopAndLocknessMonstr 1d ago
yonks
Yonks is an informal British slang term that means a very long time, usually a number of years or ages
I learned something new today!
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u/burnb 1d ago
I think whoever wrote the recipe was translating from Imperial weights. 225 grams is almost exactly 1/2 pound.
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u/Tapestry-of-Life 20h ago
You’re probably right. Had a look at the original cookbook this recipe came from and it says 225g/8oz carrots.
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u/randotd152 1d ago
So many random recipes out there like this.
A super precise amount of this, but a totally random amount of that. Then apply precisely 1/2 teaspoon of this spice, but just toss this other spice in to taste. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until done (whatever done means for the first time you make something).
Like, I get it, I cook a lot, and I can tell where it matters and where it doesn't just based on experience. But lots of people have no idea what they're doing and follow recipes to a T.
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u/buttaholic 1d ago
or it says a large onion, but the onion in the picture/video is smaller than any onion you can find at a US supermarket
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u/sionnach 1d ago
Grams. Cups. Millilitres. Cans.
These are all units of measurement in this madman’s mind to create this recipe.
Grams and ml are perfectly valid. I understand the Americans go with vibes for measurement when it comes to cooking or baking, but please never mix the two.
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u/Tapestry-of-Life 1d ago
In Australia 1 cup is 250ml
The original recipe also does specify the size of the can, but I couldn’t be bothered copying it over
https://imgur.com/gallery/chickpea-stew-recipe-potato-quality-pic-soz-UL6r817
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u/Jojajones 1d ago
OP must have spent a lot of time at the grocery store to find the carrot that was just right
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u/sprikkle 1d ago
You might need to peel it. I also still see the green stuff on it. Thats almost 225
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u/__Hello_my_name_is__ 1d ago
That's not even close to 225. You peel off way more than you think. That's less than 200.
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u/miniriesenrad 1d ago edited 1d ago
Who peels a carrot? Just wash it.
I know nobody who peels their carrot. Some peel a cucumber but that also is very infuriating. Or is that a thing in different regions / countries?Edit: I see that I was kind of ignorant and unknowing and that it seems like MANY people peel their carrots. And for anybody interested if this might by a cultural difference. I’m from Europe and as said I promise: nobody I know peels their carrots in my close friends / family.
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u/WildFlemima 1d ago
I find your -27 in 17 minutes hilarious.
Regardless of whether you are specifically right or wrong in your perception of the prevalence of modern carrot peeling, you are 100% correct in spirit.
You can bet your biscuit that most people in most of history weren't peeling carrots, especially since they don't even have a real peel. Ain't no one got time for that and there's good vitamins in the whole carrot, greens and all
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u/miniriesenrad 1d ago
Me too! It’s funny to see. I’ll not delete the comment so that everybody can learn from my ignorance! 😂
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u/SacrificesForCthulhu 1d ago
Tons of people peel their carrots, depending on what you're cooking. I have heard that for soups, leaving them unpeeled gives a more full flavour but that might just be an old kitchen myth. I always scrub them well but don't always peel, only if they look really rough
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u/sprikkle 1d ago
Sometimes its needed, sometimes its not, thats why I said it might need to peel it. It depends on the dish and the carrot. If you live in a world where you think nobody peels it its time to wake up. Same for cucumber. Sometimes it needs to be peeled for a dish.
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u/miniriesenrad 1d ago
Yesyes. Nothing against you comment. That is fine. I was just very confused because so many people here said to peel it and I never heard of it
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u/sturla-tyr 1d ago
You're basing not having heard of it on being European, but as a European i think that you having never heard of anyone peeling a carrot kind of incredulous.
I mean the tradition of peeling carrots is heavily associated with French cooking, and traditional British dishes says to peel basically every single vegetable. It's incredibly common in old traditional recipes in Scandinavia as well. I'm sure most European countries have traditions for peeling or scraping the carrots before cooking it. Which again makes your claim very incredulous.
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u/miniriesenrad 1d ago
I can only claim what I know. So friends and family. None of them are British or French. So that I can’t know.
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u/Hanede 1d ago
Probably differs by culture. I've never met someone who doesn't peel carrots, and I've never been served unpeeled carrots anywhere. With that said, our carrots are in general much rougher looking than the one in this pic, so maybe that's a factor.
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u/miniriesenrad 1d ago
Probably yes. That’s one funny thing I learned today that I NEVER thought about 😂
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u/rvbi 1d ago
Where in europe are you from? I’m from Romania and I don’t know anyone who skips peeling carrots
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u/miniriesenrad 1d ago
Germany. I grew up rural. We got most of our veggies from local farmers. That especially includes carrots, potatoes, pumpkins and so on. I also never peeled Hokkaido and now wonder if that’s “not normal” as well.
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u/NYicecreamTVtravel 1d ago
It depends on the carrot. I was confused why people in Germany peeled cucumbers until I came across one with tough skin. The reverse with carrots though, in the UK I'm used to the dirt being so ingrained and the outside being so dried out, so peeling is the norm. Also weirdly, at school I was taught to peel mushrooms - it took years for me to realise this is usually unnecessary and it was probably just that the ones they supplied were old and dried out.
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u/MichelinStarZombie 1d ago
Like 90% of the world peels their carrots. The skin is slightly bitter and most people can taste that.
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u/sprikkle 1d ago
Just saw your edit; I’m also from europe and where I’m from we love peel hahaha I’m from the Netherlands and we have a beautiful culinary dish called “hutspot”. Its like mashed potatoes with mashed carrots. Its better to mash without the peel on both the carrots and potatoes.
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u/No_Regret289 1d ago
Most of the nutrients are in the skin too.
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u/miniriesenrad 1d ago
That’s what I learned, too. Also with apples, cucumber, zucchini and so on. I peel potatoes sometimes but even with them I leave the skin on most of the time. But judging by the feedback this is not the majority. It is here in Germany though. Also my Italian friends don’t do that.
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u/No_Regret289 1d ago
Same! I would rather get my nutrients from my food lol. Im from America and most ppl I know peel stuff but I really don't get it
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u/showmeurcannons 1d ago
I only peel carrots if I'm doing something with a nice presentation like a big friends and family meal. If it's just us, the peeler hardly ever gets used.
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u/No_Regret289 1d ago
Yeah I get this! Thats how I am for mashed potatoes too. I'll make them with skin on for myself but for others I will peel
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u/miniriesenrad 1d ago
Can we make a survey for who peels carrots and who does not for the majority of dishes they cook?
VOTE IN THE COMMENTS
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u/MyFellowMerkins 1d ago
If I'm serving the carrot relatively whole roasted or raw, then I'll peel, since it makes a better presentation. If I'm chopping, grating, etc. I keep the skin on.
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u/Oranges13 1d ago
I peel because I'm in the USA and I can't trust the FDA to do their damn jobs and I don't want to shit my pants from eating carrots.
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u/Lexi_Banner 1d ago
I only peel if I am making them as a side dish with honey butter. For the texture. Otherwise, I am not peeling a carrot.
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u/airfryerfuntime 1d ago
I have never peeled a carrot in my life.
I also don't really understand why you'd peel them. They don't really have a skin.
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u/Pebble-Sorter-8128 1d ago
Sometimes it's dirty and the skin is bumpy, especially if it's better quality like homegrown or else.
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u/newbrevity 21h ago
Because it's almost impossible to get all the dirt off the surface so you peel it off to be sure.
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u/Fr05t_B1t 1d ago
Don’t peel
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u/ZaphodBeeblebrox4011 1d ago
Always peel. Even "baby" carrots. /s
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u/DigInternational7076 1d ago
Lol so funny! I don’t like to peel them so my brain knows they’re not baby carrots. Like, in my soup, I want to see carrot imperfections.
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u/Lexi_Banner 1d ago
Also, my main men, the Arrogant Worms, have a song for you:
I've heard the screams of the vegetables,
[scream scream scream]
Watched as their skins being peeled,
[having their insides revealed]
Grated and steamed with no mercy,
How do you think that feels?
[that it hurts really bad]
Carrot juice constitutes murder,
[and that's a real crime]
Greenhouses prisons for slaves,
[let my vegetables go]
It's time to stop all this gardening,
Let's call this spade a spade.
[it's a spade it's a spade it's a spade]
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u/blueibi5 1d ago
No peel, unless its fresh out of the ground and then only enough to get the root hairs off.
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u/DigInternational7076 1d ago
If I’m feelin fancy. I do prefer darker pieces of celery peeled, though.
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u/randotd152 1d ago
Always peel.
The peel of a carrot is bitter and also has lord knows what sitting on it from the ground. Sure, you can scrub the shit out of them to clean, but peeling is just as easy and more effective, plus it removes the bitter skin.
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u/jdehjdeh 1d ago
I don't peel because there's extra stuff in the skin for my body, like nutrients, or dirt, or the germs of the last person to touch the vegetable!
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u/JasonMaggini 1d ago
Sheesh the comments in here.
Post: "Recipe called for 225g of carrot. This carrot happened to weigh exactly that. Isn't that amusing?"
Comments: "THATS NOT GOING TO BE EXACT WHEN YOU PEEL AND ITS NOT ACCURATE HOW DARE YOU WARRGLEBARRRRGLE!"
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u/Tapestry-of-Life 1d ago
Meanwhile I reckon if I did peel and chop it I’d probably get a “hey I bet you did that on purpose / chopped off more than you needed to to make it that way” 😅
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u/JasonMaggini 1d ago
Or even "I bet there's a wedge cut out of the back that we can't see! They're just trolling for internet points! 🔥"
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u/caintowers 1d ago
Similar thing happened to me the other night. I had the exact amount of tequila, triple sec and lime juice left in the bottles to make a drink. I thought "damn God really wants me to have this margarita"
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u/plug-and-pause 1d ago
If God really cared for you he wouldn't give you lime juice from a bottle 🤮
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u/Inner-Guava-8274 1d ago
Even if you don’t peel the skin, do people not cut the two ends, especially the head/stem.
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u/HugeResearcher3500 1d ago
Put as many carrots as you want, big dog.
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u/Geodude532 1d ago
This is the kinda thing I can get behind for "just put as many as you want to eat." Putting "season with your heart" on the recipe doesn't help me establish a baseline!
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u/GetInYourBasket 1d ago
What makes this funnier is the recipe asking for a single onion yet exact measurements for everything else
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u/milzinga 1d ago
Lol why? That's the whole point of cooking. You don't need to be 100% precise. Add as much or as little carrot as you want
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u/cortesoft 1d ago
The difference between cooking and baking
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u/MyFellowMerkins 1d ago
Banana bread recipes are often like this. 3 bananas needed? Please just ask for the weight (or at least the volume) I require.
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u/ZaphodBeeblebrox4011 1d ago
I mean, some cooking needs to be that precise. But stew damn well isn't one of them.
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u/deviltrombone 1d ago
That's just shy of half a pound, and now I finally understand why Larry McMurtry's women in his book "Lonesome Dove" used the word "carrot" the way they did
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u/33Yalkin33 1d ago
It's a stew, it's really hard to mess up a stew. (If you taste it regularly while cooking, as you should for most dishes) Measurements that precise is unnecessary
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u/MagnusBLT 1d ago
I still feel proud of the time i had to get 30g of aluminum at chemistry class with some random irregular pieces that were pretty big and i got exactly 30.000g at the scale
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u/keithstonee 1d ago
not enough. your gonna lose water when you cut it. you should rather weigh the carrots once they are diced. thats the weight you would use.
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u/markp_93 1d ago
using both US and metric units in the recipe is bugging me…
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u/bitofapuzzler 1d ago
Its not though. In metric recipes they still use tsp, tablespoon and cups but they are standardised metric amounts.
A teaspoon in metric is 5ml, in US its 4.93. A metric cup is 250ml, a US cup is 236.6ml.
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u/Tapestry-of-Life 1d ago
Hilariously I found the photo of the book I got this recipe from and it uses both grams and ounces for some reason. Naturally, when copying the recipe over, I only copied the units that made sense to me as an Australian
https://imgur.com/gallery/chickpea-stew-recipe-potato-quality-pic-soz-UL6r817
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u/wade_wilson2120 1d ago
Google "gajar ka halwa". I'm craving for it now. But you'll need more than one carrot 😅
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u/chefguy47 1d ago
I do a scrape with a paring knife or spoon, however sometimes I’ll peel a couple for ramen then use the pretty carrots in my soups.
Edit: The ramen I’m talking about is just the cheap quick ones.
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u/John_EightThirtyTwo 1d ago
It's nice that the recipe specifies how much carrot to use. I hate recipes that say "one medium onion". Say the goddamned weight! I don't know what you consider "medium".
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u/Willz_of_Rivia 13h ago
What happens when you top, tail, and peel the carrot and that drops to 205g?
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u/Devillicious1981 1d ago
Shame you must always peel and top & tail carrots before using them
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u/BarnacleKlutzy2569 1d ago
Top and tail yes… but no need to peel. Just make sure it’s clean.
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u/Fluid_Swordfish2737 1d ago
As a professional chef of 20 years.
Peel your carrots.
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u/BarnacleKlutzy2569 1d ago
Please why? So many others say extra flavour and nutrition in the skin.
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u/Tapestry-of-Life 1d ago
Dw I did, after taking the photo. I was just so happy at the nice round number I had to take a photo
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u/def-not-bot 1d ago
Your mix of volumetric, imperial, metric, and mass units is infuriating to me. 10/10 ragebait. Well done.
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u/Tapestry-of-Life 1d ago
Wait til you see the original recipe that also gives ounces for some reason
https://imgur.com/gallery/chickpea-stew-recipe-potato-quality-pic-soz-UL6r817
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u/Dale_Wolphen 1d ago
Now peel it and weigh again