Good ole pot roast

[Shada]

I have not made a pot roast in years!!!Love it, one of my favorites.. so tonight is the night. I make it the way my mom does. Put my roast in my new (to me, bought a old large aluminuim roaster at last antique show) roaster, sprinkled it with Lipton's Onion Soup Mix, cleaned carrots, placed to next to meat, added water, sprinkled carrots with sugar.
Cook for 2 hours at 350, add tators, salt and pepper, cook another hour till done.
Simple and tasty.

How does everyone else do theirs? Years ago a friend raved about my carrots, had never liked carrots, but loved mine. I told him I sprinkled with sugar and he had a fit. Would never eat them again!

What can I say? I cook'em like mom... and I love them!

So a question.
Anybody else sugar their carrots in a roast?