"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>> I love onions. I put them in nearly everything. My favorite are
>>> the white onions but currently I have yellow ones because they were
>>> cheap.
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>>> What do you like to do with onions?
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>> Red onions in salads for me. White or brown in cooked stuff. I use
>> onions pretty much every day. Lunch & dinner salads plus in every
>> savoury dish I make. Sometimes have them fried with steak especially
>> if bbq'ing. I also make onion gravy (brown gravy with lightly fried
>> onions). Nice with sausages. I roast them whole with roast meats.
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> Thanks! I try to put red onions in salads but they are often
> overwhelming. The best salads I ever had were in Half Moon Bay CA and
> thereabouts. Two restaurants there used very thinly sliced onions. I
> don't know if they soaked them in cold water or what but they came out
> tasting sweet and not hot.

My mother always soaked sliced onion in vinegar for an hour or so before
using them in salads, takes the heat out. I find if I refrigerate onions
it takes heat out too.