Onions

We can't bust heads like we used to. But we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for m'shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt. Which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Gimme five bees for a quarter, you'd say. Now where was I... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion tied to my belt, which was the style at the time. You couldn't get white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

zappaholic wrote: Possibly the only song ever written about onions: You're welcome.

 

Edited by someone_else - December 19 2010 at 09:34

someone_else wrote: Not the only one . Onions were apparently popular back in the 60's:   BTW: I like onions in general, no matter what variety. Even my current avatar has a piece of onion in the corner of its mouth.

Fine - only VOCAL song about onions.  (Can an instrumental actually be "about" anything?)



Edited by zappaholic - December 19 2010 at 10:29

A day without onions is like a day without prog. I vote yellow then green. I like the Vidalia but  sometimes they don't measure up for the extra price. Maybe something is lost in transport.

I used to get our sweet kind - actually more of a yellow variety, sometimes called a "Spanish onion" - but I think I prefer the mellower white or my personal favorite, red

Epignosis wrote: Can I vote for all of them? Onions are my favorite vegetable.  I eat them raw sometimes.  I used to eat a whole cooked onion for lunch. I'll vote for Vidalia onions...so sweet and tasty, especially caramelized.

clarke2001 wrote: ^...says man who dislike chocolate.

Chocolate is like a blow job compared to an onion.

Equality 7-2521 wrote: clarke2001 wrote: ^...says man who dislike chocolate. Chocolate is like a blow job compared to an onion.

"It tastes like an orgasm in the mouth!"

Man I love onions and garlic as well.  Great to cook with.  My favorite depends on what I am using it for i suppose.  I love reds on sandwiches and burgers but also in salad but I like scallions more for that. Scallions are also good sauteed with  with potatoes and maybe a red bell pepper.  White and Yellow onions are great in salsas. One you didn't list that I use in combination with garlic is the shallot.  Makes a great flavor enhancer to many dishes. 

Well thats okay Shallots not really talked about as onions.but they are part of the faimilyl  They are more like a garlic than an onion so you are right there. I love chives too.  Have both growing in the back yard along with a very flavorful red called a Red Zeppelin. 

Edited by Garion81 - December 21 2010 at 23:58