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This recipe is here for a bit of fun. The recommended cooking times are unbelievable. I'm surprised that there would be anything left after boiling for an hour and a half! This would be how to make carrot puree. Anyway, this is how it would have been done in her day!
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|TotalCalories = 92
|PortionCalories = 46
|DatePublished=25th October 2012
|Author=Chef
|ImageComment = Other publications - circa 1945
|Servings = 450 g (1 lb) serves 2 to 3
|Difficulty = 1
|TotalTime = 35 minutes
|PrepTime = 5 minutes
|CookTime = 30 minutes
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====Best recipe review====

''Are you mad, woman?''

2/5

Crazy, or very strange carrots!

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{{RecipeIngredients
| To each 4 [[pints]] water allow 1 heaped teaspoon of [[salt]]
| ½ lb [[carrots]] per person
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===Method===

{{RecipeMethod
| Cut off the green tops, wash and scrape the [[carrots]], and remove any black specks.
| If the [[carrots]] are very large, cut them in halves , divide them lengthwise into four pieces and put them into [[boiling]] water, [[salted]] in the above proportion;
| Let them [[boil]] until tender which may be ascertained by piercing the [[carrots]] with a fork, then drain well
| Young [[carrots]] should be [[boiled]] whole
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===Time===
# Young [[carrots]], about half an hour
# Old ones from 1 hour to 1 and a half hours

===Sufficient===
# Allow 1lb for 2 or 3 persons
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[[Category:Accompaniments|Carrots]]
[[Category:Historic recipes|Carrots]]
[[Category:Vegan recipes]]
[[Category:Vegetable recipes|Carrots]]
[[Category:Vegetarian recipes|Carrots]]
[[Category:British recipes]]
[[Category:Boiled or simmered]]

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