Category: Vegetables

chef knife. Selecting the best knife for cutting an onion depends on its size, but generally a sharp chef knife or santoku knife work best for dicing medium to large onions. Their hollow ground blade design allows the knife to move smoothly through the onion when using a forward and down motion. Should you use […]

Scallions or Green Onions (香葱) Scallions or 香葱 and pronounced in Mandarin as xiāng cōng is the most common and identifiable onion in Chinese cooking. In fact, just about all Chinese refer to it simply as 葱 “cong”. We say “scallion,” others say “green onion”… What kind of onion is used in stir fry? White […]

Can you substitute a sweet onion, such as a Vidalia, for a regular yellow onion in a recipe? You can, but you’ll probably need to cookto cookA cuisine is a style of cooking characterized by distinctive ingredients, techniques and dishes, and usually associated with a specific culture or geographic region. Regional food preparation techniques, customs […]

Onions- Onion nectar is high in potassium, which means onions are not at the top of bees “favorite” plants to visit, but honey bees are important in helping fertilize onion plants through pollination. What is bees favorite food? Pollen is one of the purest and richest natural foods, containing all of the nutritional requirements of […]

Alliums have perfect flowers but, can not self-pollinate because the male anthers shed pollen before the female stigma is receptive. Therefore they cross-pollinate via insects (flies and bees) or by manually pollinating (hand-pollinating) the flowers in a controlled environment. Do onions need pollinating? Onions are insect pollinated and need 1-3 miles of isolation from other […]

The National Onion Association also reports that the organosulfur compounds responsible for the taste and smell of onions can reduce symptoms from diabetes and prevent inflammation from asthma. Is onion good for lungs? Onion contains chemicals that seem to reduce swelling (inflammation), reduce lung tightness in people with asthma, and reduce levels of cholesterol and […]

Here is how thick you should cut the pieces based on different cooking terms: “Minced”: cut it into ⅛-inch (0.32-centimeter) thick slices. “Finely-chopped or diced”: cut it into ¼-inch (0.64-centimeter) thick slices. “Medium-cut”: cut it into ½-inch (1.27-centimeter) thick slices. What are onion slices called? Some say “thinly-sliced” or “thin-cut,” some say “julienned,” while still […]

So No. But they are all Allium family. Can I plant onions and garlic together? Onions frequently suffer from onion maggots, which can travel easily from plant to plant when they’re spaced close together. Other onion-like plants, such as garlic, leeks, and shallots, are common targets of onion maggots as well. Avoid planting them near […]

Carefully clip the stalks a few inches (8 cm.) below the head and place them in a paper bag. Set the bag in a cool, dry place for several weeks. When the heads are completely dry, shake them vigorously within the bag to release the seeds. Do onion seeds come from onions? Onions, like other […]

Flies have been used for pollination of onions in breeding trials but for commercial production of onions, honey bees are usually the only option. What type of pollination occurs in onion? Alliums have perfect flowers but, can not self-pollinate because the male anthers shed pollen before the female stigma is receptive. Therefore they cross-pollinate via […]