Sweeter onions

Andy Hamilton · Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:36 am

Did you know that the closer to the equator an Onion is grown the sweeter it is?

I heard Antony Warral Thompson saying it once on Ready Steady Cook he did not say why though. Perhaps more sunlight?

Cheezy · Post: # 26362Post **Cheezy** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:35 am

He was probably only trying to justify flying em in at great expense and pollution.

I was in the local supermarket earlier this year and there were two sorts of red onions.

Unless you looked closely you would not have noticed that one lot was from Australia, the others from Cambridge.

I mean bloody Australia!. should have done a taste test to see which was sweeter

Boots · Post: # 26376Post **Boots** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:13 pm

We still feeding you lot?

You'd think you'd have those space and snow issues sorted by now...

Andy Hamilton · Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:31 am

Boots wrote:We still feeding you lot?

You'd think you'd have those space and snow issues sorted by now...

Actually when Nev came to visit he (and stew) fed me and Dave as we were pretty skint (for a change) so yep still feeding us

Shame we can't send food over there I have am pickling some beetroot this weekend.

Wombat · Post: # 26432Post **Wombat** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:32 pm

Wow! Aussie onions all the way over there! Yeah...........that's pretty bad!

Nev

Stonehead · Post: # 26544Post **Stonehead** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 8:54 am

Wombat wrote:Wow! Aussie onions all the way over there! Yeah...........that's pretty bad!

Nev

Well, us ex-pat Aussie have to have Aussie onions to go with our Aussie steaks on our sandwiches (made with Aussie flour). Of course, the downside is the Kiwi butter we have to use...

hedgewizard · Sun Jul 16, 2006 4:34 pm

Balls. A W-T should seriously think about using shallots instead, if he wants sweet. Or maybe throw a dried apricot in there too.

Boots · Post: # 26600Post **Boots** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 5:17 pm

Now you come to mention it, I have never ever heard ANYONE describe an onion as sweet. Who chomps into an onion and says, "Mmm, sweet!"

...They put the word on pickled onions, but their not sweet either...

Weird.

hedgewizard · Mon Jul 17, 2006 12:05 am

Actually one of the Evil Supermarkets here did a trial with an onion that IS sweet enough to eat like an apple - don't know if it's still going, but apparently they weren't sufficiently oniony for people to fork out the dosh for!

Stonehead · Post: # 26737Post **Stonehead** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:51 am

Boots wrote:Who chomps into an onion and says, "Mmm, sweet!"

My youngest son!

He also likes to suck lemons...

Hmm, I also remember a Greek kid when I was at school back in Oz, He used to eat raw onions, but the downside was that the rest of the kids changed his name from Nicholas Theodore to "Nickel Arse the Odour"!!!