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But beyond the flavor profile, onions also have impressive nutrition facts. They are high in vitamin C, a good source of dietary fiber and folic acid, and they contain calcium, iron and some protein.
Allium vineale (wild garlic, onion grass, crow garlic or stag's garlic) is a perennial, bulb-forming species of wild onion, native to Europe, northwestern Africa and the Middle East. [2] The species was introduced in Australia and North America , where it has become an Invasive species .
The red onion from Tropea, Italy, (Italian: "Cipolla Rossa di Tropea") grows in a small area of Calabria in southern Italy, Capo Vaticano, near the city of Tropea. [6] This onion has a stronger and sweeter aroma and the inner part is juicier and whiter than other red onions and it is possible to make a jam with it.
An onion (Allium cepa L., from Latin cepa meaning "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onion which was classified as a separate species until 2011.
Red, yellow, white and sweet yellow onions are being recalled after a salmonella outbreak. Before you take a peek in your fridge (or wherever you stock up on onions), check out the full statement ...
Some species (such as Welsh onion A. fistulosum and leeks (A. ampeloprasum)) develop thickened leaf-bases rather than forming bulbs as such. Carl Linnaeus first described the genus Allium in 1753. The generic name Allium is the Latin word for garlic, [ 9 ] [ 10 ] and the type species for the genus is Allium sativum which means "cultivated ...
Congdon's onion Allium sanbornii Alph. Wood var. congdonii Jeps. Crinkled onion Allium crispum Greene Cuddy Mountain onion Allium fibrillum M.E. Jones Cultivated garlic Allium sativum L. Darkred onion Allium atrorubens S. Watson and vars. atrorubens, cristatum Dotted onion Allium punctum L.F. Hend. Douglas' onion Allium douglasii Hook. Drummond ...
It is usually cooked with sardines, onions, garlic, and parsley. In Mangalorean Tuluva cuisine, a coconut based gravy called gassi is paired with Basella alba, making a delicacy called Basale gassi to be eaten with rice dumplings called pundi soaked overnight in the gravy, or with red rice. Some variations have tiny prawns, clams, horsegram or ...