On 8/28/2013 11:34 PM, Don Martinich wrote:
> In article >, casa contenta >
> wrote:
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>> On 8/28/2013 7:09 AM, wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:05:54 AM UTC-5, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 8/28/2013 9:00 AM, Ophelia wrote: > Please would someone define these
>>>> for me?
>>>
>>>> Do you know scallions? nancy
>>>
>>>
>>> Yep, I notice chefs call them scallions while most of us plain folk just
>>> call them green onions.
>>>
>>
>> Must be a Booker T thing...
>
> casa contenta beat me to it. If you don't know what we are talking about
> go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpS-cOBK6Q
>
I forgot all about that song! A classic right out of Memphis, TN.
Of course I didn't live there in the 1960's.

Jill

On 8/29/2013 5:17 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Don Martinich" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> In article >, casa contenta >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/28/2013 7:09 AM, wrote:
>>> > On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:05:54 AM UTC-5, Nancy Young wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> On 8/28/2013 9:00 AM, Ophelia wrote: > Please would someone define
>>> >> these
>>> >> for me?
>>> >
>>> >> Do you know scallions? nancy
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Yep, I notice chefs call them scallions while most of us plain folk
>>> > just
>>> > call them green onions.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Must be a Booker T thing...
>>
>> casa contenta beat me to it. If you don't know what we are talking about
>> go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpS-cOBK6Q
>
> I am a bit confuddled. What was the point of that vid?
>
The name of the song was "Green Onions".

Jill

"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:25:13 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> > wrote:
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>>On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:41:47 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:
>>snip
>>.. mostly
>>>green onions are used for their visual/presentation appeal.
>>
>>I strongly disagree. Green onions have a special fresh taste that
>>adds a lot more to a dish than just visual appeal. They have a taste
>>all their own just as chives do. The visual aspect is wonderful, but
>>not all there is.
>>Janet US
>
>
> There are plenty of ordinary onions that have their own flavor, some
> hot, some mild, and everything inbetween, but they all appear alike
> except or the red ones. Whereas green onions are mainly used as a
> garnish... typically added raw or only lightly stir fried.... I can't
> think of any dishes where green onions are caramelized and/or cooked
> in a dish for a relatively long time. There's a reason why ordinary
> onions are sold by several pounds whereas green onions are sold by the
> small bunch... green onions are used more to take advantage of their
> appearance than their flavor... green onions have no unique flavor,
> they all taste pretty much alike except occasionally a bunch will
> taste a bit hotter, but there is no way to know in advance. I don't
> buy green onions to keep on hand like I do regular onions, the few
> times I buy them they are for a specific dish like fried rice or I
> slice them into a salad, I like them sliced into a tuna salad... but I
> can get by just fine with ordinary onions.

I think that green have their own flavor. I sometimes add green and regular
to a dish. Angela prefers the green. She will eat them in salads, eggs,
sprinkled on stuff. She does eat regular onions cooked in stuff but doesn't
like them raw.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>>> casa contenta beat me to it. If you don't know what we are talking about
>>> go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpS-cOBK6Q
>>
>> I am a bit confuddled. What was the point of that vid?
>>
> The name of the song was "Green Onions".

lol I totally missed that! I was expecting someone making a recipe
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On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:09:53 AM UTC-5, wrote:

> Yep, I notice chefs call them scallions while most of us plain folk just call them green onions.

"Most folks call 'em green onions, but they're really scallions."
- Stan Freberg (as officer Monday), "Christmas Dragnet"

> wrote in message
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> On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:09:53 AM UTC-5,
> wrote:
>
>> Yep, I notice chefs call them scallions while most of us plain folk just
>> call them green onions.
>
> "Most folks call 'em green onions, but they're really scallions."
> - Stan Freberg (as officer Monday), "Christmas Dragnet"

I loved Dragnet! Lots of food talk on there.

On 8/28/2013 11:55 AM, JBurns wrote:

>> http://thethriftycouple.com/wp-conte...nion-bunch.jpg

> They look like the same species to me, just one is more mature than
> the other.
>
> I have never seen the one with the more bulbous root here.

The one in that link is what I see labeled green onion here.

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