Do you have to be a professional chef to say scallions instead of green onions?!


Question: Do you have to be a professional chef to say scallions instead of green onions!?
I know, I've been watching The Food Network too much, lolWww@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Of course not!. Even us lowly cooks can say scallions-lol!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

"Scallion" is actually the group name for many members of the onion family, including green onions, young leeks, and scallions themselves!. A green onion is a new onion harvested while its top is still green and its bulb small!. A scallion is younger than a green onion, and its white base (the part that would develop into a bulb) has straighter sides!. A baby onion is considered a scallion until its base (bulb) matures to about three-quarters of an inch, and then it's called a green onion!. "Spring onions" is another term for green onions and scallions, referring to immature plants that would grow to full size if left in the ground!. Although true scallions are a bit milder than green onions, the two can be used interchangeably in recipes!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

of course not!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.
Scallion is just one of the many names for an immature onion picked before the bulb has formed!. It has a long, bright-green edible stalk with a distinctive sweet onion-flavour!. You might find it called anything from green onion to spring onion to shallot!.!.!.!.!.!.!. :)Www@FoodAQ@Com

the name "Scallion" is applied to several members of the onion family including a distinct variety called scallion, immature onions (commonly green onion), young leeks and somtimes the tops of young shallotsWww@FoodAQ@Com

No --- go ahead and use it when your friends or family can hear you and be impressed with all your knowledge!. Just make sure your food is as good!Www@FoodAQ@Com

nope!. i've never said green onions!. i've always called them scallions!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

not at all!
scallions anyone!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

no!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

uh i dunno, i normaly call them chives!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

no but you have to be a darnn good cook to actually use them!Www@FoodAQ@Com





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