How to Make Carrots Last Longer - CHOW Tip

Once a carrot is plucked from the earth, the life-giving purpose of those leafy green tops changes. CHOW Video Producer Meredith Arthur demonstrates the peril you face if you do not remove those water-sucking greens immediately.

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TRANSCRIPT
Sometimes when you go to farmers' markets or fancier grocery stores, you get carrots that have their beautiful green heads on, but as soon as you get back to your house you should cut those heads off and here's why. They are sucking water out of your carrot and they will lead you to this situation, a carrot where the water has been all sucked out of the carrot. So you don't want that. Cut the head off as soon as you get home.