On Sat, 29 May 2004 15:32:43 +1200, Miche >
wrote:

>In article >, Arri London >
>wrote:
>
>> Doug Freyburger wrote:
>
>> >Maybe the
>> > same breed of plant as an onion, maybe the same breed of plant
>> > as the garlicy flavored one. At a guess AU, NZ and other
>> > places that prefer UK terminology over US terminology likely
>> > use shallot this way (young shoot).
>>
>> Don't know why green onions are called shallots in AU or NZ, but it
>> isn't because that's what they are called in the UK.
>
>They're not. What we call shallots are what you call shallots.
>
>What you call green onions is what we call spring onions.
>

You mean scallions?

Boron