Cooking Article

Onions are absolutely one of the most delicious and flexible commodities you use in the kitchen. From savory steaming soups to satisfying homemade salsa
onions play an important part in our daily cooking.

Flavorful appetizers from onion dips to salad dressing
main course casseroles
even the onion focaccia bread accompaniment for dinner.

Buying onions is a simple task. Look for dry
papery skins with no soft spots. You should also notice the absence of any strong odor. A good dry onion will have very little to no smell to it at all. If it has a strong onion odor the onion has already began to turn bad.

Varieties of onion include
Vidalia
Texas 1015
Red
Green
the Walla Walla from Washington and Maui from Hawaii. Sweet onions such as Vidalia and Walla Walla are mellow enough to eat raw
but they are excellent "baked" on the grill and served with grilled steaks or burgers. Try them in the oven too.

Caramelizing onions during cooking will give a rich sweetness to recipes
enhancing kitchen aromas and have everyone asking
“What’s for dinner?” Followed shortly by “fabulous
superb and perfection.”

Capt’n Salsa has an almost comical way of storing onions
but it really works.

Grab an old pair of your wife’s panty hose
cut off the legs. Now you simply drop an onion down into the leg of the hose and tie a knot directly above the onion. Repeat this process until each onion is secured and hang the hose in a cool dry
well ventilated space
out of direct sun light.

To remove the onion
simply cut the hose with a pair of scissors right below the knot and the onion easily falls out. You should be able to keep your onions for about three months.

Kosher salt is one of the best things to use to remove the smell of the onion from your hands. Wash your hands using a little dish washing soap
water and about a teaspoon full of salt. Any salt will do
I just like the course texture of the kosher salt. Rinse your hands and repeat if necessary.

Tears when you chop those onions?

How do you get rid of the tears? Here are a few simple suggestions to “ease your pain.”

You can place the onion in the refrigerator for about thirty minutes prior to chopping or if you are in a hurry toss them in the freezer for about four to five minutes. The cold will tone down the sulfur compound in the juice of the onion. In addition be sure to use the sharpest knife possible to expedite your chopping chores.