Onions

Updated on April 18, 2012
M.B. asks from Occoquan, VA
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Okay, I got myself a big bag of regular yellow onions. I've had the bag for a couple weeks and used most of the onions, I have 3 left. I've noticed that two have started growing... like, sprouted about 5 or 6 inches high (I keep them out of refrigerator). Can I still use the sprouted ones? Can I plant the sprouted ones (JFF)? If I can't use the sprouted ones (does it effect the flavor or something?), should I use the one that hasn't?

Thanks in Advance:)

BTW, I have a recipe that calls for onions tonight

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J.B.

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Yes you can eat the sprouted ones. I've never found it to affect the flavor. You can also plant them - they'll grow into a plant. Sometimes they will grow a new bulb directly, which you can harvest and eat, and sometimes they'll grow flowers, which you can harvest the seeds from and plant those seeds later.

Here's a tutorial:
http://www.anktangle.com/2011/03/growing-sprouted-onions....

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C.O.

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I use 'em!! You can use the "sprout" - green portion - like you would chives...YUMMY!!!! over baked potatoes!!!

If you don't want to do that - just cut it off and use!!

ENJOY!!!

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N.W.

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Sometimes when that happens, I cut off the sprouted end, chop the onions all up and put them in a ziploc bag in the freezer. When I need chopped onions, it's ready to saute or throw into the soup.

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B.F.

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I always use them anyways. I cut off the sprout and use the rest of the onion. I never noticed a difference in taste or anything.

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S.B.

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Yes you can eat or plant them. We have a whole section of our garden that comes from veggies we didn't use...our garlic, sweet onion, green onions and romaine lettuce all came to be this way.

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Use what you need and toss the rest!

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T.V.

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If you weren't using them tonight, you could chop them up and freeze them for later use.

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B.C.

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I use the green part as I would any green onion. I use the bulb as you would any bulb onion.

I enjoyed JB's web site information.

Good luck to you and yours.

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G.B.

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I always cut off the part that isn't going to be used and throw that away so I would use as much of the onions as possible. Next time consider keeping them in the fridge if you didn't this time.

Also if you notice they have been around a while and you think you need to do something with them you can always slice them and then chop them and freeze them. You could slice them too, just make sure the freezer bag you put them in has as much of the air smooshed out as possible to prevent them from aging too much.

Then just use them as you normally would, I would use these faster than store bought frozen ones since the package is not air tight.

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