"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 5 May 2014 11:34:10 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>>> On Sun, 04 May 2014 22:41:52 -0400, Doris Night
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 4 May 2014 16:27:46 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I remember seeing on some cooking show that you are always supposed to
>>>>>cut
>>>>>off one end of the onion if you were not going to use all of it. If
>>>>>you
>>>>>didn't, it would continue to grow. I can't remember if they said the
>>>>>root
>>>>>or top end. I think they said root. But... I almost always cut off
>>>>>both
>>>>>ends and put the rest in the fridge. I would only leave the peel on if
>>>>>I
>>>>>were in a super hurry to get a piece of onion. I have done this when
>>>>>making
>>>>>a sandwich in a hurry. Wash, cut a slice, just removing the peel from
>>>>>the
>>>>>slice then putting the onion in a plastic bag in the fridge to deal
>>>>>with
>>>>>later.
>>>>>
>>>>>But lately, I cut off both ends, peel and put the rest of the onion in
>>>>>a
>>>>>plastic bag but... The onion continues to seem to grow from the top
>>>>>end.
>>>>>It doesn't form a green sprout but pushes up from the middle until the
>>>>>middle is sticking up. Makes it a tad hard to get good slices but is
>>>>>not
>>>>>a
>>>>>problem for chunks or dices.
>>>>
>>>>I don't cut off either end of the onion. I'd never heard about doing
>>>>that until you brought it up. And my onions keep just fine. Maybe
>>>>someone on some cooking show was repulsed by a bit of the center of
>>>>the onion protuding from the center (like an onion penis). Probably a
>>>>god-botherer.
>>>>
>>>>Doris
>>>
>>> An onion penis... whouldn't that be a leek? Or is that a leak?
>>>
>>> I never cut an onion unless I will use it all. Onions are available
>>> in all different sizes, I buy a bag that has a variety of sizes, and
>>> some times I buy loose onions and choose mostly small ones. Once an
>>> onion is cut it begins to stink, and no matter how well wrapped it
>>> stinks up your fridge... I once tried storing half an onion in a
>>> tightly sealed glass jar, still stunk up my fridge, and when I opened
>>> the jar a few days later the stink would knock you out. If I need
>>> only a small amount of onion I use dehy, I always have a jar of minced
>>> dehy onion, only needs ten minutes to rehydrate. I keep dehy toasted
>>> onions too, a very nice seasoning for meat loaf, soups, and stews,
>>> without all the salt of soup mix.
>>
>>I'm glad you can get all sizes there. I can't here. I can sometimes get
>>smaller red or yellow ones. But the while ones are just large and larger.
>>When I first cut it, I needed only one slice for a sandwich.
>
> I suppose you can only buy ostrich eggs.

Nope. And that should have said "white" and not while. I did once use a
Cippolini onion for a sandwich because it was the right size. Somebody here
told me that I shouldn't have done that. But I can't think of any other
onion that would have been the right size for a sandwich. Even if I could
get a small white onion, it would still be too much.

I have seen duck eggs here and quail eggs. No others.