if if still TASTES fine its actually GOOD for cooking. BETTER than a normal carrot for cooking. especially soup. because the whole point of COOKING carrots is to make them soft. and the worst thing about carrots is how LONG it takes for the carrot to get nice and tender. so the carrot is ALREADY halfway there!! it still needs to be cooked but not NEARLY as long!! so its like u got a head start hell yes. old floppy carrots