Thomas Bridgeland wrote: >Just today I pulled carrots, and saved the tops to eat as greens. Taste >nice fresh or cooked. I'd not heard of eating carrot greens until I read your post, so I went on a web-hunt to find out more. They seem full of all kinds of good nutritional things, but I found an unexpected medicinal side effect. Apparently: 'Carrot leaves contain significant amounts of porphyrins, which stimulate the pituitary gland and lead to the release of increased levels of sex hormones.' Just thought you ought to know ;-) Can't say I can vouch for the scientific accuracy of that statement, but it came from a wonderful website that I've just found and bookmarked; it's called 'The World Carrot Museum' <g> http://website.lineone.net/~stolarczyk/index.html It's well worth a look if you feel in need of entertainment. Cheers, Persephone