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when i was younger i hated onions...hated them in potato salad..used to pick around them...hated them on burgers..hated them in ANYTHING or ON anything...i could every now and then eat an onion ring...but it usually grossed me out.


i'm 32 and now i love onions. especially raw green onions and vidalia (sp?) onions.i'll eat green onions with dinner other onions in salads..or just putting them on different foods raw.


any of you guys/gals have a special place in your heart for onions? any onions that're less known about for different recipes?


ONIONS.

Moby Dick wrote:when i was younger i hated onions...hated them in potato salad..used to pick around them...hated them on burgers..hated them in ANYTHING or ON anything...i could every now and then eat an onion ring...but it usually grossed me out.

i'm 32 and now i love onions. especially raw green onions and vidalia (sp?) onions.i'll eat green onions with dinner other onions in salads..or just putting them on different foods raw.

How are you with semen?

It's all about Walla Walla Sweets.

But us U&Lers tend to hoard those delicacies, and they rarely make it too far east.

I have a small onion garden, which I've yet to harvest (I'll plant Walla Walla Sweets next time, even though I'm not in the legendary Walla Walla Valley-- best wine region in the entire U&L, best onions, too).

Oregon and Washington supply 100% of the country's onions-BTW.

Dinsdale wrote:
Oregon and Washington supply 100% of the country's onions-BTW.

Sure they do.

Mikey wrote:

Dinsdale wrote:
Oregon and Washington supply 100% of the country's onions-BTW.

Sure they do.

Absolutely misstated by me.

I'm told that 100% of the frozen (thawed for retail) onions that are sold in winter come from OR/WA.

Of course, that's not what I said, but when does that matter?

Hate onions.

The only onion I will eat is a grilled onion, but I have to consume a 12-pack before considering it.

Dinsdale wrote:

Mikey wrote:

Dinsdale wrote:
Oregon and Washington supply 100% of the country's onions-BTW.

Sure they do.

Absolutely misstated by me.

I'm told that 100% of the frozen (thawed for retail) onions that are sold in winter come from OR/WA.

Of course, that's not what I said, but when does that matter?

Yeah, I had a nice long diatribe in preparation, including state by state onion production data, etc., exposing once and for all what an ignorant putz you are for making that statement. But...I figured what the hell, it's either a typo or Dins is trolling, because even an ignorant putz like you wouldn't make that statement on purpose.

And this isn't the smack forum anyway, is it?

Some interesting onion facts shamelessly copied from various sources:

- Roman gladiators were rubbed down with onion to firm up their muscles

- In the Middle Ages onions were such an important food that people would exchange their rent with onions

- Doctors were known to prescribe onions to relieve headaches, coughs, snakebite and hair loss.

- The onion was introduced to North America by Christopher Columbus in 1492 .

- World onion production is estimated at approximately 105 billion pounds each year. The average annual onion consumption calculates to approximately 13.67 pounds of onions per person across the world. Libya has the highest consumption of onions with an astounding average per capita consumption of 66.8 pounds.
source: National Onion Association

Mikey wrote: Yeah, I had a nice long diatribe in preparation, including state by state onion production data

Although... without even looking up stats, I can already tell you which region dominates those stats.

And this isn't the smack forum anyway, is it?

On an occasion.

Moby Dick wrote:any of you guys/gals have a special place in your heart for onions? any onions that're less known about for different recipes?


ONIONS.

Some, like the Texas A&M 1015 onion, me loves very much.



Some, not so much.



I pretty much try to put onions into most everything I eat. Breakfast sammy? Gotta have grilled onions. Same for the hot lunch sandwich. Most entrees are better with onions.

The only thing I've gotten away from is raw onions. I still like raw onions, but only in like a potato salad or guacomole. If I eat them raw on a sammy, I prefer a red thinly sliced and very little. But if it was grilled onions, pile them on.

Dinsdale wrote:

Mikey wrote: Yeah, I had a nice long diatribe in preparation, including state by state onion production data

Although... without even looking up stats, I can already tell you which region dominates those stats.

California and Texas produce a few, as do Georgia (heard of Vidalia?), Colorado and New York among others.

Nothing like a caramelized onion sweet potato & goats cheese fritatta

Can't imagine cooking anything without onyuns.

PSUFAN wrote:Can't imagine cooking anything without onyuns.

Remind me to politely decline any offers of chocolate chip cookies you may tender.

When's the last time you "cooked" chocolate chip cookies?

Anyway - recently had some goat cheese brownies...awesome.

PSUFAN wrote:When's the last time you "cooked" chocolate chip cookies?

OK, you got me there... I usually just eat them raw.

onions and peppers, 2 things that i used to pick out of my salad as a kid. today, the thought of a salad without them is disturbing. not sure when the onion appreciation thing kicks in in most folks. i think it's about 22 or 23.

one exception is onion rings.

onion rings are pretty much awesome right from infancy as are most things rolled in flour and deep fried.