Favorite things to do with onions?
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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.
Thanks!
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