"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 7/3/2014 11:13 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "dsi1" > wrote in message
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>>> On 7/3/2014 8:02 PM, Cheri wrote:
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>>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>>>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
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>>>>>> I know about carmelizing onions, I've done it many times in a
>>>>>> skillet, but never in a crockpot. The last time was when I made
>>>>>> German Zwiebelkuchen last year.
>>>>>
>>>>> Keep using your skillet!
>>>>
>>>> I think the Walla Walla sweets might not be the best for the crock pot.
>>>> I'm curious, so one of these days I'll try it with yellow onions.
>>>>
>>>> Cheri
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>>> You're right that it's kind of a waste to treat sweet onions this way.
>>> The magic of the process is that you can turn ordinary sulfur-laden
>>> onions with a nasty bite into something sweet and savory. It's quite
>>> amazing.
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>> That is the kind of onions I am working with. I haven't seen Walla
>> Walla onions.
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> We're into sweet onions in the states. The variety that's popular over
> here is the Maui or Kula onion. We drove through the Kula district
> recently which is on the side of a volcano. I never saw a single onion
> field. That was a little disappointing. I don't know how that works.
>
> Anyway, it's an important holiday over here today - I guess you guys are
> partly responsible for that. Thanks. :-)

I use different onions for different things. I used to always use yellow
for everything because they were cheaper. And I still do use them a lot for
cooking. But I find that white are best in Mexican foods and sometimes for
eating raw. I also use green for raw or some cooked dishes like Chinese. I
sometimes use red for cooking but mainly raw and often when I just want that
color.

I like the sweet for things like layering with potatoes for roasting or in
faux pierogies or when I used to make them with Spaeztel. Oh how I wish I
could eat that again! I would make caramelized onions in butter then toss
them with cooked Spaetzel and Swish cheese and bake it. Heck, that was even
good without the Spaetzel! Want, want, want!