sf wrote:

> Spring onions & green onions are terms we can deal with What confuses
> us is the term shallots. Here, they are something that looks like a
> big red clove of garlic when whole.... but when cut, it looks more
> like a baby onion.
>
> http://i.timeinc.net/cooking/flavorp.../shallot_m.jpg
>
> what are they called in your part of the world?

That looks like a shallot to me. I think that a lot of people get some of
these onion types confused. I was under the impression that green onions were
sometimes called scallions, not shallots.