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A49214586 - Making Carrot Juice

hmmm... a good point to research - is carrot juice an aphrodisiac.


link added - and the other suggestions as well

in case of spills



Well I'll be - among its ayurvedic properties, aphrodisiac is listed.

one lives and one learns

...and you thought your way with the ladies was just your natural charm!

Is that a carrot in your juicer or are you, er...

Oh my! the libido jokes are coming thick and fast

(sigh, look what's been started)

Well, come to think of it, rabbits are certainly prolific and the energy must come from somewhere. Carrots are what give rabbits long ears - that's well known.

And you know what they say, 'long ears, long...

We British girls have a different saying...

By the way, when you're typing up your Entry there's no need to post your h2g2 links like this:

honey and
Vitamin A

Just honey and Vitamin A are sufficient, the full title will appear in the sidebar
(You do need the title tag for BBC non-h2g2 links and other external links though)


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by fifty percent. = by 50%.


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And by the way, another...


EG Links:
lung cancer - The Human Respiratory System - A27019505
France - A297083
Spurious link alert: WWII RAF pilots = A10422325

All done

Thanks

the WWII RAF link caused me to search "flying carrot" and it turns out that the Westland Lysander was nicknamed exactly that. Unfortunately it's service was short lived and didn't make it into the hall of legendary WWII planes. Alas.

Good entry, pailaway!

That explains it!

I always loved carrot juice in America, but here in Germany, it's horribly bitter. They add honey, but it doesn't help...

Now I know why, at least!

>>As for the tops, we mean only the blunt end and not the greens.<<

That's a bit confusing. Surely, if you trim off the blunt end, you'll trim off the greens, too, so the point is moot?

hmm...you're right. That was in response to an earlier question, but I see that I've made a clumsy answer.

Let me see what I can do

there. better?

And thanks Gnomon - glad you liked it

(honey in carrot juice? <shudder&gt

btw, to expound on that a little - carrots actually have turpenes which is why they can sometimes taste like turpentine - and this is why it is so critical to remove those parts where turpenes concentrate. When the carrot itself contains to much because of poor soil, drought, etc, then you really have to try and remove it if possible, because you just can't mask bitterness. Certainly not with honey. I have no idea why apples will remove the bitterness, but they do. It was just the happy result of some experimentation.

Hi Pailaway!

You've got the style exactly right on this one, which makes it an enjoyable yet informative read. (How many people read wikipedia for enjoyment?) This has been in Peer Review for more than a week, so I predict that it will be picked soon. (I'm not a scout so I have no inside knowledge. Don't take this as a promise.)

Would you like to do some last-minute tidying:

Opening quote:

Change the first tag to a

Remove the second tag. This will put the quote into the same format as in other entries.

Yes carrots are divine -- add a comma after yes

a really really low cost -- add a comma after the first really

All the subheaders from "And a Health Warning" onward should be headers.

You have beta carotene spelled with a hyphen in some places and a space in others. Be consistent.

There's no need for a capital C on carotene.

Vitamin A --> vitamin A (small v)

And by the way, Another benefit -- lowercase a on another


...and then it's ready to go.

Ok got all of those - Thanks Gnomon

"...will give you x-ray vision. Ok, no it won't."



A lovely Entry there. A nice tone and informative without being dull. It almost made me want to try it!

No corrections from me.

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Well done