FACTS ABOUT ONION

18 FACTS ON ONION 1. An onion is a vegetable with a strong flavour, made up of several layers surrounding each other tightly in a round shape, usually brown or red on the outside and white inside. 2. Onion is a vegetable and also a spice. 3. The longer you cook onions, the more their taste will change and get more sweeter. 4. Keep onion in a cool, dry, dark and ventilated place and also away from potatoes. 5. The difference from these green onions is that, Scallions has little bulb, Spring onion has big bulb and green onion is harvested without any bulb. 6. We have bulb Onions such as red onion, white onion and leaf onions such as spring onions, leek. 7. Garlic is part of the onion family. Shallot onions are very similar to garlic. 8. Spring onion has a large bulb and is usually harvested at the season of spring, which is where it derives its named as spring onion. 9. Some onions are named according to their colour, for example, red onions, yellow onions, white onions, green onions. 10. Sweet onion derives its named because it is sweet. Sweet onions are sweet because of the less sulfur content in them, which allows the sugar to stand out. 11. Pearl onion can be white, yellow or red in colour and they are very small in size. 12. Onion is a biannual bulb, but it is usually grown as annual. 13. Both the onion bulb and shoots are edible. 14. Slicing onions release a sulfur based vapour that irritates the eyes. 15. China produces the most onions of any country on earth. 16. The world top onion exporter is Netherlands. 17. Red onion is the most healthiest onion and also It is easy to find. 18. Onions makes you cry because of the sulfur content. It is what give them their flavour. #babateefoodcateringservice #Temitopeoluwa #Temitopejohn