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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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How big is the worlds biggest onion?
468g
http://xo.typepad.com/blog/2005/09/the_worlds_bigg_1.html 468g is not much at all for a large onion. The site quoted above wrongly converts pounds and ounces to kilograms. 16lb, 8.5oz equals 7498.575g, close enough to 7.5Kg.
How did the iodine solution affect the image of the onion cells?
there will be change in the color for iodine into blue,black because of the presence of starch in it.
What is the function of these epidermis onion cells?
The root cell's job is to gather minerals and and take it up the roots to the onion.
Where can one buy shallot onions?
One can buy shallot onions in the produce section of most grocery stores, specialty food stores or farmers markets. Shallot onions are a commonly used ingredient in savoury recipes and are enjoyed by many.
Where was garlic bread first made?
I don't know. I think Someone put too much garlic on spaghetti and they used buttered bread to get it off. :-D
What is the yield of onion per acre?
It can vary widely depending on location, field conditions, and many other factors, but the US average is about 50,000 lbs. per acre.
What would happen to an onion cell in distilled water?
When salt is added to onion cell, the cytoplasm shrink due to plasmolysis.
When water is added to onion cell, the cytoplasm expands back to its initial shape due to deplasmolysis.
Do red onions make you cry most?
no they dont make you cry the purple onion is sweet so you dont have to chill them
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Is it all right to eat onions that were cut the day before?
Certainly is. We usually have a small jar of diced onion leftovers sitting on our leftover shelf in the fridge, sometimes for a week or more. With a lid on the jar, very little drying takes place.
How long does it take to harvest garlic?
To grow your own garlic, buy organic garlic from a nursery usually in late fall. Depending on where you live you need to buy Hardneck or Softneck garlic. Hardneck is for people who are roughly zone 7 or less (higher north), Softneck is generally for people who are warmer than 7 (California makes a lot of softneck garlic like what most people buy at the stores). In either case, late in the fall you prepare of place to plant the garlic. Break the bulbs into separate cloves and plant them so the pointy tip of the clove points up, and is about 1.5 - 2cm below the ground. Pop garlic into any sunny, well-drained spot in the garden or in a pot. If you are a serious garlic eater, grow a crop by planting rows, spacing each clove about 15cm - 20cm (6-8in) apart.
Keep plants free from weed, water them regularly and fertilize through their growing season using a complete fertilizer. A layer of mulch around each plant keep weeds down and moisture in your soil.
Crops take many months to grow. The bulbs are harvested as the foliage dies down in late spring or early summer. Bulbs can be stored and used over many months. Don't worry if they don't start growing in the winter, in the spring they'll wake up and start growing. Planting in the winter is extremely important for garlic, because that's what causes the bulb to break into multiple cloves and allows it to grow to its full potential.
Once you pick the garlic (after the bottom 3 or 4 leaves turn brown and die) you need to let it dry out in a shady dry place (like a garage so long as it has some air flow). Let it dry for 6-8 weeks and your garlic is ready to store. I usually just cut off the roots with snips, and trim the tops (not too close or u might cut into a clove) so that the bulbs can be stored in a hanging basket in the kitchen.
The first step is to stabilize the onion. Sharp knives and rolling onions can be a potentially dangerous situation. Slice a tiny bit off the fattest part of the onion. Now balance the onion on the small flat area you have created with this slice. This will stop the onion from rolling around on you. Holding the onion firmly, start making slices from the top end to the root end. You can make the slices as thin or as thick as you choose!
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Onions are known as a medicine. They not only block cancer dramatically, lower cholesterol, thin the blood and warn off blood clots but they also fight chronic bronchitis, infections, hay fever and Asthma. It is also known that onions calms animals down. An owner of a large group of old world primates said that she relies on onions to keep her primates healthy during the winter. Especially when primates have been exposed to viruses or when your monkey is in a lot of stress, onions can be the solutions.
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Besides the fact that they may promote gas, onions raw or cooked can cause Heinz body anemia when overeaten. While eating onions (but also turnip, cabbage, garlic, ...), red blood cells get destroyed and this causes anemia. However, red blood cells get regenerated all the time and a number of red blood cells have to be destroyed before this happens.
How can you grow a onion without planting a seed?
Onions can tend to bolt if they have inherited it genetically, so seed should not be saved from early bolters. Shortage of water and planting at the wrong time can also be a cause. If your plants are bolting they should be harvested.
Why do you cry when you cut onions?
When You Cut Onions The Invisible Oil You Can't See Goes In Your Eyes And It Burns Your Eyes Alot And That's Why It Makes You Cry But You Don't Really Crie Like Sobbing,Your Eyes Are Just Burned And It Waters.
Who first discovered the onion?
the person who discovered onions was a farmer from Naples called PHILLIP ONIONDO, he discovered the vegetable in 1463 and it was first thought to be a poison and used to kill any unwanted vermin. its now thought as one of the most used vegetables in the world
How far in advance can you dice onions?
As long as they are refrigerated, they can last several days. I often chop mine and freeze them in small jars. They last a few months like that.
Take a garlic clove in your hand, just knock with the clove on hard surface. It will split, you can peel easily. You can also use a large chef's knife: place the garlic glove under the knife blade held with the broad side of the blade of the knife over the garlic clove, and then quickly press down. The goal is to mash the clove to make it easy to peel.
How do you make pickled onions?
The answer to your question is too complex to enter within this website. The National Center for Home Food Processing and Preservation (NCHFP) has a website that provides an excellent forum for information on curing, smoking, fermenting, freezing, canning, and dehydration. They were established with funding from the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES-USDA) in 2000 as a multi-institutional effort with The University of Georgia and Alabama A&M University as the primary institutions. Expert scientists in home food preservation from industry and eight other U.S. universities comprised an advisory committee for the Center. Refer to this website for the answer to your question.
