On Sun, 13 Mar 2016 12:02:55 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:

>They had a good sale at American Asian (local place) and I got a whole
>lb of them for 2.69.
>
>I am not normally a shallot user because they were expensive and the
>few (very few) trials didnt show anything really special about them.
>
>I could use some ideas where the use of a shallot actually *makes a
>difference* and if the greens grown from a bulb (assume used like a
>green onion) have any special taste to them?
>
>BTW, I can google with the best of us so please, no links to anything
>unless you have actually cooked it and found the shallot made a
>difference.

Potato salad and deviled ham come to mind.