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Most Wasabi Is Fake [video]

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Re: Most Wasabi Is Fake [video]

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Grape/wine vinegar (usually) isn't Kosher either.

Sounds like old abrahamic superstitions are still making food worse.

>> Sounds like old abrahamic superstitions are still making food worse.

This comment is so ignorant.

Re: Most Wasabi Is Fake [video]

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I've heard this online a few times, but it doesn't gel with my experience shopping at all; I suppose it must be a regional thing. In the UK the closest I've seen or heard of are both 'real' (whole) carrots: Chantenay - https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/waitrose-chantenay-ca... 'Baby topped' - https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/waitrose-1-baby-toppe...

I remember a video of a processing plant that 'lathed down' regular carrots to make baby carrots. I always thought that's what they were. Since nobody buys big carrots any more, pretty much all carrots are made into baby carrots. Because they sell.

> Since nobody buys big carrots any more

What?! Citation sorely needed. I do, and in my experience 'big' (I would've said 'normal') carrots are stocked more abundantly than any other.

Re: Most Wasabi Is Fake [video]

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post #152

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I remember a video of a processing plant that 'lathed down' regular carrots to make baby carrots. I always thought that's what they were. Since nobody buys big carrots any more, pretty much all carrots are made into baby carrots. Because they sell.

> Since nobody buys big carrots any more What?! Citation sorely needed. I do, and in my experience 'big' (I would've said 'normal') carrots are stocked more abundantly than any other.

70% of carrot sales by some estimates. I googled around; here's a typical summary

http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/babycarrot.html

Re: Most Wasabi Is Fake [video]

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Sounds like old abrahamic superstitions are still making food worse.

>> Sounds like old abrahamic superstitions are still making food worse. This comment is so ignorant.

It is. But Y Combinator Management supports this type of thinking.
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