"Dave Smith" > wrote

> 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.

Exactly right. Growing up they were called scallions in my house,
but I'm okay with green onion. Picture when a recipe calls for green
onion, often it's cut into little green/white rounds, nothing at all like a
shallot.

nancy