Schlagwort: onion

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The onion – Allium cepa, also known as the bulb onion, common onion and garden onion, is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium.
The genus Allium also contains a number of other species variously referred to as onions and cultivated for food, such as the Japanese bunching onion A. fistulosum, Egyptian onion A. ×proliferum, and Canada onion A. canadense.
The name „wild onion“ is applied to a number of Allium species.
Onions are often chopped and used an ingredient in various hearty warm dishes, although onions can also be a more prominent ingredient, for example in French onion soup, or be used raw in cold salads. Onions pickled in vinegar are eaten as a snack. These are often served as a side serving in fish and chip shops throughout the United Kingdom and Australia, often served with cheese in the United Kingdom, and are referred to simply as „pickled onions“ in Eastern Europe.