Thin carrots continue on the processing line; the others will be used as whole carrots, juice, or cattle feed.

Julienne the whole carrots.

Deliciously fresh and crispy, they too came on a mashed potato cushion, along with miniature whole carrots and meaty fresh fava beans.

Beside it was a small pile of whole wild carrots.

"Another trick, if you don't have a rack, is to take some whole carrots and put them in the bottom of the pan below the turkey," Ms. Clingman said.

A tasteless mound of pasta is covered with a pretty (but equally bland) assortment of whole carrots, long green beans and huge shrubs of cauliflower and broccoli.

"It's like the whole carrot and the stick scenario," the former Black Panther said while Ella Fitzgerald scat songs warbled through the speakers.

The tender meat fell in ribbons from the bone, and whole carrots added their flavor and natural sweetness to the gravy.

Slice the whole carrots, and add to the onions, continuing to saute.

A tasty broth harbored herbs, tender chunks of meat on the bone and whole carrots, potatoes and onions.