Giusi wrote:
> "Dave" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> ...
>> Hi ! First time posting... got a question:
>> Just curious if I'm the only person who chops up onions and stores
>> them in olive oil...
>> I have a small cafe and I wanted to find an alternative to frying the
>> onions to speed up service, so I tried leaving them in seasoned olive
>> oil in a tupperware container overnight...
>> the result is that it softens the onions, then when I toast the
>> sandwich the olive oil adds seasoning to the bread and a nice
>> aftertaste.
>>
>> Dave
>
> Don't let the health inspectors catch you. That is an invitation to
> botulism and is illegal in the US and in Italy.
>
>


Should be OK if you store it in the *freezer*. Otherwise I wouldn't
trust it even refrigerated.

Bob