How To Turn Your Carrot Into A Wind Instrument

You need to really want to do this.

Even if you despise carrots, you no longer have an excuse to avoid them.

Because now you’re going to become a carrot musician. BuzzFeed Nifty posted a video this week on how to turn a carrot into a recorder.

A slice here, a gouge there and ―voila ― you’re making music with a vegetable that might have been better off in stew.

It sounds pretty good ― for a carrot.

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