the center of a carrot can be considered a "core."
most hybrid carrots on the market these days have been bred to have less of a defined core, they are considered "coreless" carrots by seed companies, the core is still visible but less tough and woody, more like the outside.
Some varieties will let you separate out the core more than others, but it's generally not easy to remove a core from a modern carrot. I use some non-orange carrots where I take out the core, but generally I don't bother removing cores with the basic orange commercial carrots on the market today. |