{"id":708,"date":"2007-05-22T18:10:51","date_gmt":"2007-05-22T17:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/archives\/2007\/05\/carrot-festival-creances-normandy.html"},"modified":"2021-12-31T17:03:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T16:03:10","slug":"carrot-festival-creances-normandy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/carrot-festival-creances-normandy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cr\u00e9ances &#8211; Carrot Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"carrots.jpg\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/carrots.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/carrots.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"carrots.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>I should not be surprised, but the French do seem to have a propensity to celebrate almost anything that is food-related, and claim that it is only their village that can claim to produce the best examples in France, if not the world.<br \/>\nHence, the humble carrot gets its day of glory at <strong>Cr\u00e9ances<\/strong> on the Cherbourg peninsula (50 Manche, <em>Normandie<\/em>) when every 2nd Saturday in August &#8211; <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>10 August 2019 <\/strong><\/span>there is a Carrot festival with a large market, tastings, music and fireworks.<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the persistence of its members, the quality &#8220;Label Rouge&#8221; mark was awarded in 1962 to carrots grown in <strong>Cr\u00e9ance\u2019s<\/strong> sandy soil and since 1990 the town has organised a special festival dedicated to its &#8220;queen of vegetables&#8221;, held every second Saturday in August.<br \/>\nThe programme includes a parade of carrot growers, the &#8220;Mougeous d\u2019Carottes&#8221;, a cooking competition, a fair open to everyone and musical entertainment. 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