Carrots and spuds!!!!

lar316

Hi, today i stopped at a roadside potato man. I bought a huge 25kg sack of red potato's, absolute bargain, they look huge!!!! I spotted that he had sacks (orange nets) of carrots at only £1!!! But they said on the chalk board "Pony's carrots only £1" now has anybody bought these for human consumption or is it just plain gross? Imagine how much money could be saved from using one of these sacks of carrots.

Many thanks in advance.

jenniewb

why not ask the seller why they are not fit for human consumption?

Anne_Marie_2

A local farm shop sells these carrots too. As far as I an aware, they are perfectly fit for human consumption, they are just the wrong shape and size for supermarkets.

Mistymaid

The best sack of carrots I ever bought was from a farmer who was contracted to grow for a supermarket but they rejected his produce - haven't got a clue on what grounds - literally on the day he was supposed to dig them up. Left him in an absolute mess they did and the carrots were beautiful!

lar316

Thanks everyone, looks like im stopping at the spud man on the way to work this morning to get my £1 sack of carrots lol.

pelirocco

There is nothing wrong with the carrots , just tend to be on the big side

BonandDom

I used to buy these for my horses and then nick the best ones for the house - LOL

Like everyone says nothing wrong with them and were often the nicest tasting carrots we ever had

Ballymackeonan

Pony carrots are either big or not the perfect shape that the supermarkets demand. They're absolutely OK!

And here in the Orchard County, I'm getting big bags of older varieties of apples and pears from a local garden centre where they've kept their traditional orchards. Ungraded sizes, a bit scabby at times, but I'm going through a bag of Lord Lambournes at the moment - £1.50 and they taste wonderful!

Beki

BonandDom wrote: »

I used to buy these for my horses and then nick the best ones for the house - LOL

Like everyone says nothing wrong with them and were often the nicest tasting carrots we ever had

yes, same here! they're just odd shapes and sizes.. still yummy though (and you quite often get the advantage of a 'rude-shaped' one to have a giggle at! )!

1jim

Glad I came across this, passed a place yesterday offering Pony Carrots for £1 (big sack) and wondered if I could eat these...will be off this week to pick up some :-)

miacat

How much were the spuds??