"Joseph Littleshoes" > wrote in message
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> Steve B wrote:
>> Let me ask a basic question.
>>
>> You have a recipe that calls for you to cook some onion, celery, and
>> possibly other ingredients right at the start. Until "clear" is stated
>> in some recipes. Then garlic.
>
> I will only cook onions "clear' if i am using a very small dice that i
> intend to be part of a pan sauce. I also enjoy simmering a dice of onion
> in milk to then be used in a sauce.
>

That sounds nice.