thrawn@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 4 months agoOne of the heads of garlic I grew turned out to be just one solid clovelemmy.worldimagemessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageOne of the heads of garlic I grew turned out to be just one solid clovelemmy.worldthrawn@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square89fedilinkfile-text
[Image description: a perfectly round peeled bulb of garlic on a cutting board, with unpeeled normal cloves behind it.]
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months ago“vitlök” - garlic “vit lök” - “white onion” White onions does not exist.
minus-squaretacosplease@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoWe use white onions for Mexican food here in the US. I guess it’s obscure enough that they aren’t used in Europe. Not a huge taste difference between white and yellow onions.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoLooks at his red onion cheese Quesadilla… I thought it was Whateveronionyoualreadyhavecutinthefridge?
minus-squaretacosplease@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThere’s nothing wrong with using red onions. It’s just not usually what the recipe calls for in Mexican dishes. Many Mexican dishes are improved by adding pickled onions, and red onions are best for that. They make lovely pink brine with pink pickled onions.
“vitlök” - garlic
“vit lök” - “white onion”
White onions does not exist.
We use white onions for Mexican food here in the US. I guess it’s obscure enough that they aren’t used in Europe. Not a huge taste difference between white and yellow onions.
Huh, I did not know that, thank you!
They are called silverlök, i believe
Looks at his red onion cheese Quesadilla…
I thought it was Whateveronionyoualreadyhavecutinthefridge?
There’s nothing wrong with using red onions. It’s just not usually what the recipe calls for in Mexican dishes.
Many Mexican dishes are improved by adding pickled onions, and red onions are best for that. They make lovely pink brine with pink pickled onions.
Username really checks out.