Onions are notoriously difficult vegetables to cook with, mostly because they end up blurring your vision and leaving a strong smell even a couple of days later. To make things more difficult, onions have a whole set of layers you have to cut through. When you look at it, it’s rather strange. Why do onions …
Onions rings are delicious, crispy, and probably one of the best fast food snacks out there. In fact they’re so great you often wish you got more with your burger and fries, right ? Well, what happens when you get a serving so large you can’t eat all of it in one sitting ? You …
Have you ever wondered why there are so many onion varieties to choose from ? After all, they’re all just onions and they end up tasting mostly the same. Do the different colors bring subtle notes in each onion type ? As it turns out, differently colored onions do have different flavors, though it’s not …
Have you ever wondered what makes onions so pungent ? There’s got to be something that makes them stand out form the veggie crows. And we have a sneaking suspicion that whatever makes them so strong-smelling is also making them so flavorful. So why are onions so strong ? Why do they make us cry …
Did your onions turn blue ? As weird as that might sound, there’s really a very good explanation for it. No, really. This happens very often with red onions or shallots, but also with red cabbage and sometimes even cherries. And thankfully there’s a way to reverse it ! Yep, if your onions are blue …
If you’ve ever sauteed an onion in your life, you know that the longer you cook it, the sweeter it gets. And when you’re cooking something that calls for a lot of onions, like the Hungarian goulash, it turns the entire dish definitely sweet. The more onions you ad, the sweeter they get. But why …
Have you ever noticed how garlic and onions are so similar ? They’re both pungent, they go well together, and they’re in pretty much any cuisine you’ve ever tried. Granted, some rely on them more heavily than others but they’re still everyone’s favorite. So if they taste similar, are they related ? Are garlic and …
Whether you’re a beginner cook or a seasoned chef, you’ve got it in your head that onions are love, onions are life. There is basically no recipe without onions. But why ? Why are onions so popular, when so many complain of that ‘oniony smell’ ? Has anyone stopped to think why we use onions …
Looking to make that amazing summer salad but you’re fresh out of green onions ? It happens to the best of us, but don’t worry. There are a few substitutes you can use in place of green onions. Some of them might even be in your fridge or pantry right now ! To be fair, …