Tag: Onions

Keep storage onions in a cool, dark, and dry place. Moisture and light lead to mold (ew) and sprouting (annoying, though not a deal-breaker), so stow your storage onions (red, yellow, and white as well as shallots and the diminutive pearl and cippoline) in a dry, well-ventilated basket, bin, or large bowl. Do onions last […]

There are three ways to tell if your onions have gone bad: color, feel, and smell. Spoiled onions may develop dark spots, which will eventually begin to grow mold. You’ll also want to avoid onions that have started sprouting, as this indicates they’re beginning to go bad. How long does it take for onions to […]

One packed teaspoon of sugar is equal to 4 grams. Vegetables higher in sugar include sweet potatoes, beets, onions, green peas, sweet corn, peas, canned pumpkin, winter squash, rutabagas, carrots, and tomatoes. They range from providing 3.5g to 14g (1 to 3.5 teaspoons) of sugar per cup. Do onions raise blood sugar levels? Eating onions […]

Seems harmless, but you should never use your knife to scoop your chopped onions into your hand or your food scraps into the bin. This method, while seemingly convenient, dulls your knife—which is a problem (see above). Why do onions dull knives? Use a sharp knife to avoid the tears Later, when the onion is […]

Usually bees do not find onions very attractive and they can be easily drawn away from them to other surrounding crops. Do bees eat onions? 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 […]

Growers plant onion bulbs or seedling transplants in late summer with distinct male (male fertile) and female (male sterile) onion lines in the same field. Generally, the field ratio is one row of males for every three female rows and they’re tough to tell apart from a distance, but males produce pollen. What is the […]

Sulfuric acid has a strong smell and irritates your eyes, so they make tears to wash it away. There are some tricks to avoid this “emotional” onion experience. Do onions make you cry through your nose? Thats because when you breathe the gases in through your nose they effect your sinuses which in turn makes […]

This experiment used onions as a natural treatment for dry eye syndrome. The Results of this experiment are interesting in that 19/20 patients noted that onions made their eyes water(at least a little) and most patients noted that their eyes were less dry immediately and during the following 12 hours. Is cutting onions good for […]

Certainly sweeter onions tend to have less of the sulphur-containing compounds that eventually produce the propanthial s-oxide. But it’s also possible that no two onions from the same bag will have the same effect, so cutting into the vegetable may be the only way to know if it will make you cry. Why do I […]

Carl Linnaeus. The onion plant (Allium cepa), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. It was first officially described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1753 work Species Plantarum. Who first discovered onions? Onion is thought to have originated more than 5000 years ago […]

Sink Your Teeth In The onions were for sale June 22 to 24, 2022 at Publix stores in Florida and in the southern Georgia counties of Barrow, Clarke, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Oconee and Walton counties. Shoppers who may possess the recalled onions should not consume them. Are Walmart onions part of the […]

It comes down, mostly, to the fact that they are so easy to grow and do so in large quantities, they are easy to store, cheap and flavourful. Onions grow very easily, in all types of soil and can face many different temperatures, which makes them very accessible. Why do so many recipes have onion? […]

Based on a comparison of 146 countries in 2013, China ranked the highest in onion consumption with 19,163 kt followed by India and USA. On the other end of the scale was Bahamas with 0.826 kt, Belize with 0.858 kt and Swaziland with 1.37 kt. What nationality eats the most onions? World onion production is […]

About 5% of the US crop is white onions. White Onions are available all year around and are grown in Washington, Nevada, Oregon, California, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Where do white onions come from? The onion is likely native to southwestern Asia but is now grown throughout the world, chiefly in the temperate zones. […]

Onions are cultivated all over the world. The National Onion Association reported that there are over 500 commercial onion growers in the U.S. from coast to coast, producing almost 7 billion pounds of onions each year. Where do onions grow naturally? The onion is likely native to southwestern Asia but is now grown throughout the […]

However, onions pose no serious threat to your visual health. “Chopping onions can cause some burning and irritation and tears. Other than that, it’s pretty safe on your eyes. It’s a temporary sensation with no known long-term effects, nor will it worsen any other conditions, like pink eye,” Rosa said. Can onions damage your eyes? […]

Green onions and scallions are actually the same thing! They are either harvested very young from the regular bulb-forming onions we are familiar with, or they can come from other varieties that actually never form bulbs. Is green onion Baby onion? Sometimes, what we call a spring onions is an immature bulbing onion that has […]

Fresh pearl onions are the devil to peel unless you know a little trick—blanch them in boiling water first, and they practically peel themselves. Here’s how: Trim the root ends of the onions. Blanch the onions in boiling water for about 30 seconds and then transfer them to a bowl of ice water to stop […]

The pink onion has become an increasingly popular variety in the United States and Europe which is what lead Rivapak to introduce the new onion to Australia. They are ideal for both hot and cold dishes and perform well when barbecued, roasted and when added to stews and curries. What is the difference between white […]

scallions. Various other names are used throughout the world to describe scallions including spring onion, green onion, table onion, salad onion, onion stick, long onion, baby onion, precious onion, wild onion, yard onion, gibbon, syboe and shallot. What are the 4 types of onions? Here’s what you need to know about the different types of […]