T/S: Onions vs. Shallots

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Yes of course shallots are awesome. But are they four to eight times as awesome as onions, as reflected in their price?

― teeny (teeny), Sunday, 27 July 2003 18:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Fried and slighty burnt onions are great!

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 27 July 2003 18:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Onions, in the main. Depends on what for. By and large, shallots aren't worth the extra money. On the other hand, they keep well if your place isn't too humid, so I try to keep some on hand. They're much better for turtle soup (okay, like I ever make turtle soup -- once, and then I realized I was better off getting it at restaurants) and mock turtle soup, but they don't caramelize as well as onions.

They're good for things where you want multiple lily tastes together -- onion, leek, garlic, shallot, chive.

They're used in French cooking a lot, granted, but French cooking is incredibly overrated.

― Tep (ktepi), Sunday, 27 July 2003 18:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Gosh, I love them both but there is a time for shallots and one for onions. The time for onions recurs about six times as frequently as that for shallots so I suppose the pricing is reflective of that.

― Lara (Lara), Sunday, 27 July 2003 19:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Shallots are ace when roasted with balsamic vinegar and honey. My local supermarket always sells them for 29p a bag at the end of the week because no-one who uses our local supermarket apparently buys them, so they always have loads left over just as their best-before date is approaching.

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 27 July 2003 19:13 (twenty-two years ago)

At the end of the day, I loiter round the fruit salads at our local fruit shop and always make with several bargains.

― Lara (Lara), Sunday, 27 July 2003 19:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Shallots. That is why my food tastes better than yours.

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 27 July 2003 19:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh and I do the same in Aya (Japanese food store).

― Lara (Lara), Sunday, 27 July 2003 19:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I should credit that quote above:
"That's why my food tastes better than yours" - Tony Bourdain.

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 27 July 2003 19:17 (twenty-two years ago)

"That is why my food tastes better than yours" says Nigella Lawson as she dips her ripe, plump breasts into the salad dressing and wiggles them about.

― Lara (Lara), Sunday, 27 July 2003 19:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Damnm where did *that* come from~

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 27 July 2003 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Orbit and Lara's historic first encounter!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 27 July 2003 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Before I can answer this, what sort of onions? Spring, red, spanish, the ones in my garden? This is crucial.

My league table would go:

spring
red
shallots
Spanish
the ones in my garden

Sorry, ones in my garden, but a prophet is never believed in his own country.

― thoth (Jake Proudlock), Sunday, 27 July 2003 21:04 (twenty-two years ago)

...honoured in his own country, I meant.

― thoth (Jake Proudlock), Sunday, 27 July 2003 21:04 (twenty-two years ago)

If there are any Thai or Vietnamese people where you live, find out where they shop and go there. Shallots will be very, very cheap.

― Marcel Post (Marcel Post), Sunday, 27 July 2003 22:28 (twenty-two years ago)

But ripe, plump breasts will come at a premium.

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 27 July 2003 22:55 (twenty-two years ago)

T/S: Shallots vs. Ripe, Plump Breasts

― Marcel Post (Marcel Post), Monday, 28 July 2003 13:22 (twenty-two years ago)

also: is expensive beer really *that* much better?

(look in your wallet before you answer)

― teeny (teeny), Monday, 28 July 2003 16:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Only if lambic counts as beer (which it does, but people sometimes argue otherwise).

― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 28 July 2003 17:17 (twenty-two years ago)

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