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Onions and Garlic
Garlic and onions are both from the same bulb genus Allium. Garlic can be traced back some 7,000 years to the ancient Egyptians. Both are used in a variety of food dishes and such as lasagne, bolonagise and French Onion Soup. The onion is found in three different colours; Yellow, red and white, whilst garlic is a white creamy colour. Both are said to have health benefits to humans. Garlic having antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal properties whilst onions are thought to help with the common cold to heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and other diseases.
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Do you let the garlic dry before you use it?
The fresher the garlic you cook with the better. Using the original fresh cloves of garlic will hugely improve the quality and potency of the taste compared to a dried powder. You should add it late to the dish (finely chopped or grated) while cooking though as the taste will cook away. If you want to experiment with the flavour I would recommend roasting a whole garlic for 20 mins or so. Lovely with lamb, you only need to eat a little at a time.
What size is a clove of garlic?
A clove of garlic is a single "wedge-shaped" section of the entire white "bulb" of the garlic.
How tall do green onions grow?
wait until the part that sticks out of the ground gets from 10 to 13 inches
How deep should garlic be planted?
When planting garlic cloves in the fall (the proper time to do it), they should be planted 2 to 2 1/2 inches deep, base down. Cover and tamp down. When planted in the spring (which will result in smaller bulbs at harvest) they should be planted just below the surface. Keep well weeded - garlic hates competing with weeds. And plant only large cloves, if you want good-sized heads. Small cloves make small heads.
Does cooking onion effect quercetin ability?
The flavonol quercetin that is found in red onions is not broken down or lost during cooking; it just gets transferred to the liquid part of the dish. However, to ensure maximum benefits from the flavanol, opt for lower-heat cooking methods. According to one study, when baking or sauteing, the quercetin
(http://www.guidechem.com/cas-117/117-39-5.html) level of onions actually increases by up to 25% (this might be due just to the loss of water). However, when boiling onions, the concentration of quercetin goes down by 18%.
What does being onion eyed mean?
Having the eyes filled with tears, as if by the effect of an onion applied to them.
Another possibility is onion eyed is a shakesperean term meaning whimpy.
Dehydrated garlic can be dissolved in any liquid to increase flavor. Fresh garlic is fibrous and takes a lot longer to break down. If anything will break it down, boiling in an equal volume of water for a long time might.
What is a recipe for French onion soup?
l'oignon. it's masculine
This word has a strange pronunciation in that you basically ignore the letter i. So it sounds like "oh-nyoh[n]".
This is a very good question. In fact, onions do not have a harvesting period. Onions do not have a specific season, becasue it is a vegetable. Usually, onions are picked when the onion bulb starts to peel off of the onion itself.
What is the chromosomes number of an onion root cell during anaphase?
The chromosomes number is 8 in an onion root cell during interphase.
Why do the onion cells look like boxes?
Probably because the cells are dead, and all that remain are the cell walls.
The perimeter of the box is the cell wall, dead or alive.
What part of a onion makes you cry?
All onions make you cry, because when you cut them, the enzymes inside combine to make a gas that wafts up from the onion. When the gas touches the water in your eyes, it forms sulfuric acid, which is what makes your eyes cry in order to wash the irritant away. You can avoid this by cutting the onion under water, or chilling it.
Can freezing a onion before cutting it prevent you from crying?
yes if you put the oniion in the freezer 10-15 miutes before you use it ,it prevents you from crying
How long after you eat garlic will the garlic smell stop coming out of your pores?
Yes it can and there is nothing worse than smelling garlic off a person. If you take garlic pills for good health (garlic is good for you) then take the odorless ones at your local health food store. We all have garlic in our pasta sauces, etc., so buy those melting mouth strips, chew mint gum, or use a spritz in your mouth if you know you are going to be close to others after eating the garlic. YES! When a Garlic cell is broken by chopping, chewing, or crushing, enzymes stored in the cell trigger the breakdown of several compounds containing sulfur (such as Diallyl Sulfide and Allicin) which are responsible for the sharp taste and strong smell of garlic. It's kind of crazy that we love to eat Garlic cloves considering the compounds found in this plant are believed to have evolved as a defense mechanism deterring animals from ingesting the plant. When eaten in large quantities, garlic may be strongly evident in your sweat and breath the following day. This is because garlic's strong smelling sulfur compounds are metabolized forming allyl methyl sulfide. AMS cannot be digested and is passed into the blood. It is carried to the lungs and the skin where it is excreted. Since digestion takes several hours, and release of AMS several hours more, the effect of eating garlic may be present for a long time. Remedies- Garlic breath/smell is allegedly alleviated by eating fresh parsley. The herb is therefore included in many garlic recipes. However, eating parsley provides only a temporary masking. One way of accelerating the release of AMS from the body is the use of a sauna. If none of this works I would avoid contact with members of the human species for 48 hours, In fact I wouldn't want to put my dog or pet parrot through that pain either.
They are all root vegetables, and are generally served as savoury foods.
Can you grow spring onions in winter?
Yellow/white/green onions grown from sets:
10-15 days to sprout.
If you gently cut the top after 7+ days it will sprout that day.
Growth rate is typically 1.5 CM/day for the green part of the plant.
