Okay, I don’t often like to admit to not knowing something, but this was too funny to pass up. I was having a handful of baby carrots (the ones that come in a big for snacking) while chatting on the phone with my good friend Pinoyboy when this convo started:

PB: Do you know where baby carrots come from?
Me: Yeah the ground.
PB: No not the fancy haute cuisine ones, the ones you’re eating out of the bag.
Me: Ummm…the ground?
PB: Well technically yes but they are just shaved down carrots. They take big carrots and cut them down and shape them like carrots, only smaller.
Me: Shut up…really? No way. (goes to look on Wikipedia)
Me: Oh.

So yeap. There it is. I’m dumb as a brick. Who knew. I mean they look like baby carrots. They even have the lines, I just figured they were peeled.

What other food is not as I thought? I decided to do some research… here’s my results..

1. Baby Corn IS baby corn. Just harvested before it’s mature.
2. Drumettes do NOT come from little chickens…. the drumette and the “wing” actually are part of the wing.
3. While bananas are fruits, Banana Trees are actually HERBS!
4. My birthday is sandwiched between National Cheesecake Day and National Milk Chocolate day.

Who knew?