I got to finally use my potato slicer to prep carrot sticks for pickled carrots. We washed, sliced and peeled about 20lb of large carrots and cut them into 3 1/8 inch chunks. I ran them through the slicer in minutes, sorted out the narrow waste cutoffs, and filled a three gallon pail two thirds full with nothing but nice 3/8” carrot “fries” that I can stuff into pint jars. The most surprising thing was just how little waste I ended up with running them through the potato slicer. I thought there would be a lot more. Just a small bag that I could run through a juicer or give to the dog as treats.  hopefully the brine recipe I am using is good, since I’m committing so many carrots. But I can’t imagine anything pickled will last long in this household. #gardenstr #prepstr