On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:32:58 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>Corey Richardson wrote:
>> I see that quite a few American recipes have "green onions" in them.
>> Does anyone know what the British equivalent is? Are they what we call
>> spring onions?
>>
>
>When I was a kid what we now call green onions used to be called spring
>onions.

It's probably more accurate to call them green onions - it's not as if
they're not available year round now.