Carrot and sugar?
That's going to be excessively sugary 🤣.
Over here, adding sugar to beans is not common but a few people do it and they feel very comfortable.

For food wastage;
I'm my house, we were used to wasting of food and that's because we have a farm. But that home I lived and tasted that beans, they frown at food wastage

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