onionology
why do red onions sometimes have lobes like shallots or garlic, but yellow and white onions never do?
i will ask you, instead of actually looking for the answer, because that way i can post something without having to blather on about sightseeing or the job front.
:)
i’ll move on to those topics soonlike.
January 22nd, 2007 at 1:04 am
They’re all from the same genus, I think – shallots, garlic, onions. So they all function the same. The shape is determined by the seeding. The deeper it’s planted or whatever, the more it peeks.
January 22nd, 2007 at 1:12 am
As usual, after the fact, I realize little of what I just typed makes sense. I’m perpetually distracted in this world.
1. Obviously they’re from the same genus. Duh.
2. It makes sense to assume that different practices in seeding will reap different and preferred results among the various types of onions… but I have no idea what that would be.
3. You were probably just being funny and I could’ve avoided exposing myself as a FFA dork.
January 23rd, 2007 at 7:53 am
i wasn’t being funny, but the question is more about the difference between red onions and non-red onions, because the lobing trait suggests that red onions might be closer relations to garlic and shallots than other onions are.
actually, when i think about it, red onions are in many ways just gigantor shallots, because shallots are often purple, and that could account for the red onion’s renowned mildness.
ok fine, i’ll go look it up.
worry not about dorkdom or perpetual distraction, but until you say something REALLY ridiculous, i will leave the comments as is. for the sake of history. that’s what blogs are for. ;)
January 23rd, 2007 at 10:40 pm
I also misspelled peak. I type with my eyes closed.
I have a serious problem with making pointless, often incoherent comments, but this time I genuinely misread ‘lobe’.
February 11th, 2007 at 1:43 am
Actually, I’m quite sure I’ve seen lobes like that on yellow onions (which I use most often (because they are typically cheapest (at least around here))). I agree that they are more common on red though.