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[flummoxicated.livejournal.com]

I can't even begin to unpack the wrong of this ad.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

HALF A TABLESPOON OF OIL WITH YOUR CARROTS, PLS.

[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

Boil those carrots... before they boil YOU!

[oh-meow.livejournal.com]

The standing carrot looks a lot like David Cameron.

[mellzie-1963.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow...he really does! (http://ldnik.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/david-cameron-1.jpg)

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's because I've been watching a lot of "Wiseguy", lately, but I saw those carrots as mobsters? lol Plus, it's sort of weird that the carrots are celebrating being popular FOOD, since, well, they're being eaten. o_O (Yes, I overthink things.)

[mellzie-1963.livejournal.com]

Robert De Niro in The Untouchables, right before he lets loose with the baseball bat!

[song-of-copper.livejournal.com]

I was reminded of 'Some Like It Hot'! XD

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

"add half a tablespoon of Wesson Oil for each person served"

Well, yeah, because it's not enough to boil all the taste and nutrition out of an otherwise healthy vegetable; you have to add empty calories to really f*** them up.

I'll have mine steamed, please, and stop right there!

[anomali.livejournal.com]

Actually cooking and adding fat improves the absorption of the beta-carotene in carrots by about a third.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

I didn't know that. In that case, pass the butter!

[oh-meow.livejournal.com]

Carrots are really nice if you slice them, parboil them, and the roast them in the oven with butter and black pepper

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

I've never tried oven-roasted carrots. I might try that. Thanks!

[khh1138.livejournal.com]

YES!! I second this motion!!!

[anomali.livejournal.com]

I knew that nutrition class would be useful one day.

My favorite way to prepare carrots is also roasting. First, I steam them for a few minutes then mix with Yukon gold potatoes, sweet potatoes, red onions, minced garlic, parsley, and a drizzle of olive oil. I roast the whole kit and kaboodle at 350 for an hour, turning after 30 minutes. It is a great side dish and makes for happy vegetarians at the holidays: )

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

That does sound good! I have become a fan of oven roasting veggies in olive oil.

[mjspice.livejournal.com]

Oh God....

[write-light.livejournal.com]

If anyone starts a veggie version of Suicide Food (http://suicidefood.blogspot.com/) (currently meat only), this should be top of the list.

[misstia]

suicide food almost sounds like a good idea for a contest theme.....or a weekend....what do you think?

[write-light.livejournal.com]

It would work quite well :D

[misstia]

you think there'd be enough for a whole contest or for a weekend? i should query the group, but i'll just ask you here now.....

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Weekend most likely.

[misstia]

that's what i was thinking too!!! thank you for your feedback!! i'll put this on the weekend theme list! :)

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

I dunno. They look more like members of the Carrot Mafia than suicide food. Odds are they're celebrating having sent the Easter Bunny to swim with the fishes.

[willowind76.livejournal.com]

Our Wesson brings all the carrots to the pot...

[tudorlady.livejournal.com]

Got a year and source for this? I'd love to know where it appeared.

[meezergal.livejournal.com]

In the ad, it says, "Our slogan for 1936..." No idea of source, though.

[singeaddams.livejournal.com]

Buncha smug bastards...

[gillianinoz.livejournal.com]

I was kind of amazed at the idea of pouring oil in with boiling veg - but when Chinese greens are cooked peanut or sesame oil is often added, sometimes heated to smoking point.

I wonder what kind of oil Wesson was/is?

[khh1138.livejournal.com]

I know, I've never heard of adding oil to boiling water except as a mistake that people often make when making pasta...

[mellzie-1963.livejournal.com]

"I wonder what kind of oil Wesson was/is?"

Back then, it would have been cottonseed oil. Nowadays, Wesson's "vegetable oil" product is soybean oil. They also market canola oil, corn oil, and a canola/soybean blend.

[siberian-cat.livejournal.com]

It's a gun lubricant, recommended for Smith&Wesson guns.

[beetle-breath.livejournal.com]

I've always been told hot pan, cold oil.