Carrots
And when his juicy salads fail’d,
Slic’d carrots pleased him well.
Cowper.
Let them be well washed and brushed, not scraped. If young spring carrots, an hour is enough. When done, rub off the peels with a clean coarse cloth, and slice them in two or four, according to their size. The best way to try if they are boiled enough, is to pierce them with a fork.