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Scallions (also known as green onions and spring onions) are edible vegetables of various species in the genus Allium. Scallions generally have a milder taste than most onions . Their close relatives include garlic , shallots , leeks , chives , [ 1 ] and Chinese onions . [ 2 ]
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Calçots are milder and less bulbous than onions and have a length of between 15 and 25 cm (white part) and a diameter of 1.7 to 2.5 cm at the root. Planted in trenches, like an onion, as a single bulb, and successively increasing the depth of the soil around the stems throughout autumn and winter (see earthing up ), they sprout into 4–10 ...
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Allium fistulosum, the Welsh onion, also commonly called bunching onion, long green onion, Japanese bunching onion, and spring onion, is a species of perennial plant, often considered to be a kind of scallion. The species is very similar in taste and odor to the related common onion, Allium cepa, and hybrids between the two (tree onions) exist.
It can contain other ingredients such as scallions (spring onions), leeks, laverbread, onions and chives. Some recipes substitute cabbage with kale. [4] There are many regional variations of this staple dish. [5] It was a cheap, year-round food. [6] [7] It is often eaten with boiled ham, salt pork or Irish bacon.
The genus Allium also contains the onion, garlic, shallot, scallion, chives, [3] and Chinese onion. Three closely related vegetables, elephant garlic, kurrat and Persian leek or tareh, are also cultivars of A. ampeloprasum, although different in their culinary uses. [4]
Allium chinense (also known as Chinese onion, [3] [4] Chinese scallion, [3] glittering chive, [5] Japanese scallion, [3] Kiangsi scallion, [4] and Oriental onion [3]) is an edible species of Allium, native to China, [3] and cultivated in many other countries. [6] Its close relatives include the onion, scallion, leek, chive, and garlic. [7]