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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.
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> 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.
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I always soak my red onions in ice water for ten minutes before I put them
in a salad. We like all onions. I like red or the Vidalia on burgers and
hotdogs.
I put the green ones in my potato and pasta salads. I fry them with
mushrooms for topping on grilled steak. I put them in my ham and cheese
omelets.