koko wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> 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.
> >
> > Carol
>
> I do Vietnamese cooking, and some recipes call for pickled shallots so
> I try and keep them on hand.
>
> http://www.kokoscornerblog.com/mycor...-shallots.html
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/np2krv9
>
> koko

I can work with that easy! Thanks

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