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Default Uses for shallots

I put them in anything where you might use onions. Scrambld eggs, omeletts,
frittatasd, quiche, salads - especially bean salad. Also the things you have
already mentioned. Fried rice, chinese food..

Julie Bove wrote:
> I never used to buy them. Then some years ago I ordered some
> products from Omaha steaks and there was a recipe for Steak Dianne. It
> called for shallots, so I bought some to make it. My husband ate
> the steaks, but didn't rave about them so I never bought them or
> shallots again.
> But recently I have gotten shallots many times in my PCA box. Once, I
> chopped them and put them in a vegetable soup. It was nice. I have
> used them raw in salads. Also nice. Then the other night I made
> some nachos for myself because I didn't like the food I made for
> Angela and my husband. I would normally put green onions on nachos
> or some chopped white onion if I didn't have green. The only onion I
> had was a yellow one. It was huge and I didn't feel like cutting it
> up. So I chopped up a shallot. It was very good on the nachos. Very
> sweet.
> I've gotten to where I prefer white onions for most things. I put
> them in almost everything. Can I substitute the shallots to use them
> up?