songbird wrote:

> cshenk wrote:
> > Julie Bove wrote:
> ...
> >> What is a hot onion?
> >
> > You can see it from Doris but it's a term for the main 3 sorts.
> >
> > A sweet onion among other things has more sugar and browns to a
> > sweet softness. A hot onion makes you eyes tear up more and has a
> > stronger flavor over all. Medium is just what it sounds like, in
> > between both.
> >
> > My rule of thumb is you can generally tell by the shape of the
> > onion. If it's almost round, it's a medium. If it's taller and
> > thinner, it's a hot. If it's wider and shorter, it's apt to be
> > sweeter.
>
> yes, pretty good summary, but of course not a
> universal thing, i'm sure you could find counter-
> examples in all of those groupings for the others.
>
> and then there are green onions...
>
>
> songbird

Oh sure! It's a mere rule of thumb sort of thing. Smaller leeks are
less bitter falls in the same line.