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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 do you prevent your eyes from tearing when you slice onions?
* Have a fan blow gently in your direction to disperse the onion-juice gases you're creating from cutting the onions. * You can rinse the onion with cool water after removing the outer layers. Alternatively, you can put the crust of a loaf of bread in your mouth while cutting the onion. * I have no idea why the following works... but it does: Stick your tongue out and bite gently on it while you slice the onions.
* Keep onions in the fridge for an hour before preparing.
* Light a candle while cutting the onion; this burns the gases that cause your eyes to tear.
Where did spring onions get there name from?
they got half there name from onions and the other half was cause they was made in spring
Will cooking onions reduce their acid content?
Heating acids degrades them which reduces the amount of acid content when it breaks the acids down. So by cooking onions you are in essence reducing the acidic content, but you are also concentrating other flavors.
On a side note, if you are referring to reducing the eye irritation when cutting or bruising onions then that is a little different.
Onions contain sulfuric compounds that produce sulfuric acid when they waft in the air and make contact with the water in your eye. The sulfuric acid burns your eye and your tear ducts release tears to try and wash it out or dilute it enough to stop the burning sensation.
If you mean the heat from peppers, no it doesn't. It also won't effect temperature heat.
Are the plastids of onion cellcolored?
In plants and algeas, there are organelles located in the cells called Pastids. Due to photosynthesis that gathers food for the cells, plastids cans change colors.
What in the onion makes it have a strong taste?
Onions have a high acid content and this makes them strong in flavor and makes you cry when cutting them.
What are the traditional ingredients for Albanian leek musaka?
you might want to add anything from the vegetables patatoes are very important in this recipe,.
Are raw onions good for scars?
There is no definitive evidence that onions help with scars on the human body, although I have read that they do help with scars on rabbits.
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Unfortunately, there isn't any, however they do have a putrid waft of smells and also, they have an invisible chemical that makes you cry or tear up ... also if you eat them dail, your internal organs will implode and before you know it you'll be famous for killing your self - pig
Is garlic used in corned beef prep?
It depends on the recipe that you find. For example Betty Cocker's St. Paddies Day Corned Beef Dinner uses a head of garlic, however it's slow cooker version does not.
Yes , it does. It helps in strnthening the roots and regrows hair.
How long can you store ginger and scallion sauce?
You can safely store soups and sauces in the refrigerator for 3 - 4 days. A good alternative is to freeze them if you want to save them for later use.
The definition of onion skin peeling?
you peel away the skin of an onion. to do this you get a knife and peel away the skin just like you peel an apple. but if you mean in a scientific way, i got no idea
Is an onion an example of a tuber?
Yes as a matter of fact, the definition of a tuber is a bulbous whatever you want to call it that grows off of roots, such as potatoes,garlic,and yams
Technically is is a member of the Allium family.
