Onions are so yummy! Do you like them?
onions are widely cultivated vegetables, i love them
Oh yes,I wonder where the came from
it has close relatives in the shallot, leek, and chives
I see, what would you use them in, mostly?
well with onions and bulb onions go great with meats
Oh, yes! What about stews, do people use onions in that often?
Onion
The onion ("Allium cepa" L., from Latin "cepa" "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus "Allium". Its close relatives include the garlic, shallot, leek, chive, and Chinese onion.
This genus also contains several other species variously referred to as onions and cultivated for food, such as the Japanese bunching onion ("Allium fistulosum"), the tree onion (
Scallion
Scallions (also known as green onions, spring onions, or salad onions) are vegetables of various "Allium" onion species. Scallions have a milder taste than most onions. Their close relatives include garlic, shallot, leek, chive, and Chinese onion.
Although the bulbs of many "Allium" species are used as food, the defining characteristic of scallion species is that they lack a fully developed bulb. "Allium" species referred to as scallions have hollow, tubular green leaves growing directly from the