Platelets, also called thrombocytes (thromb- + -cyte, blood clot cell), are a component of blood whose function (along with the coagulation factors) is to stop bleeding by clumping and clotting blood vessel injuries.
Milk of the poppy is essentially the Westeros version of morphine. Maesters make it from crushed poppy flowers, and morphine and other opiate-based drugs are made from poppy plants. Indeed, the books' descriptions strongly suggest that the poppy is intended to be the real-world opium poppy (Papaver somniferum).
A true baby carrot is a carrot grown to the baby stage, which is to say long before the root reaches its mature size. The test is can you see a proper shoulder on each carrot. These immature roots are preferred by some people out of the belief that they are superior either in texture, nutrition or taste.aby cut carrots are made from longer carrots. The skin is taken off and then longer carrots are cut into smaller baby carrots. The skin (as in humans!) is there for a reason, a protective layer. These baby carrots are then washed in a chlorine solution before a final wash in potable water.