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[-] Aneb@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

The sad thing is if Americans saw a supermarket shelf of only carrots or Cheetos, its clone in color and size only, they would stuff their carts with bags of Cheetos instead of a rabbit's favorite snack. I love carrots but processed foods are America's comfort cooking

[-] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

a rabbit’s favorite snack.

Just a PSA about this common myth - rabbits DO NOT naturally eat carrots.

Bugs Bunny popularized the idea, yet the only reason he ate carrots was as a reference/homage to Clark Gable in the 1934 film It Happened One Night.

Peter [Gable's character] pulls out a carrot with the long leafy greens still attached, peels the skin with a pocket knife, and nonchalantly nibbles on the vegetable as cars whisk by. Peter continues to give the lesson while speaking with a mouthful of carrots, a personal quirk reminiscent of Bugs Bunny's casual, carefree attitude.

Apparently a lot about Bugs Bunny was a reference to that character, including the phrase, "What's up, Doc?"

Anyway, I've seen pet-owners give their rabbits carrots as if it's a normal meal. It is not, and the high sugar in carrots can cause health issues. For the sake of your bunny, please get dietary advice from your pet's veterinarian - not from a cartoon that parodied a film character 85 years ago.

[-] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The next thing you'll be telling us is that we can't arbitrarily drop anvils on people.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I'd prefer a piano. I wanna be like Eddy Valiant's brother.

[-] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 5 months ago

I, too, love carrots, but man, you can't tell me that a cheeto isn't more tasty.

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 months ago

Depends if you include the feeling of disgust and regret afterwards.

[-] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago

Lol, I think I would actually regret the carrots more, just because a single baby carrot actually has substance to it, while the cheeto is mostly air. Hard to eat a bag of carrots and not be full.

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

100kcal of cheetos and you are still hungry. 100kcal of carrots and you are filled up

[-] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago

People in the US actually like Cheetos?

[-] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

We are a sick people.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I like both.

The jalapeno cheddar Cheetos are the best Cheetos.

[-] prole 3 points 5 months ago

I think I honestly prefer carrots.

[-] wieson@feddit.org 2 points 5 months ago

To me, it isn't

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

I recently got my partner on board with replacing sugary snacks with carrots and it's great. Plan on making my own chutney soon from apples I foraged for recently, should be nice with some carrot sticks. Supermarket chutney is made with more sugar than fruit, I know it needs some to preserve it along with vinegar but they use way more than necessary. Any recipe I find the main ingredients are fruit/veg, any I find in the shop then the largest ingredient is sugar.

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