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I've been getting through my home-grown carrots lately. I've had a few raw, and twice now I've noticed solid chunks in the top of the carrot. The first time when my teeth crunched on it I figured it was a piece of plastic the carrot had grown around. It was a piece about 5mm², solid, and a translucent whitish colour.

It happened again just now, so I'm thinking maybe it's not plastic. And if it's not, then what else might it be? Some kind of crystallization?

Niall C.
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If the carrots were left in the ground for too long, a hard stalk starts forming and as you mentioned it isn't very good to eat. Next time try to check one before buying a bunch.

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    The hard stalk is not like the thing the OP described. It feels like wood, not like plastic, and is not translucent. –  Nov 05 '12 at 12:58