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how to describe the taste of onion?
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cunliffe
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Douglas and Bruce   Interesting question, though. Some onions are sweet. The taste of caramelised onions on puff pastry with goats � cheese is simply divine. I might have that tomorrow. Edit: I�ve just remembered - it�s my birthday tomorrow and I�m going out. I�ll be having a spicy prawn noodle dish, followed by banana fritter and ice cream. Diet Saturday!
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3 Mar 2016
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almaz
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�Oniony� was one of the tastes AB linked to earlier (number 66), and most of us would have little difficulty in identifying an onion by sight, feel or "taste". It�s a universal vegetable, after all. But onions not only come in different shapes, sizes and colours, they can also be distinguished by different smells and flavours as well as tastes - and the effect on your tear ducts. So it might be more productive to describe your onion in terms of its congeners. Here, for example, is a site dedicated to different types of onions:
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3 Mar 2016
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cunliffe
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Hi almaz! That web page is not available. Or can anyone else access it? |
3 Mar 2016
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cunliffe
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Cheers, AB. Just realised you included �sweet � in your list. I think I know my onions about onions by now!
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3 Mar 2016
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alien boy
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Thanks Lynne :) That was funny & interesting!
In my former career (& also while doing my assorted tertiary studies) I was a chef trained in classical French and Italian cuisines. 16 years in the kitchen. Sometimes I miss it, but then I realise I actually get more of a kick out of being a teacher and actually having a social life too! |
3 Mar 2016
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almaz
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Oops, I�ll try that link again:
�Oniony� was one of the tastes AB linked to earlier (number 66), and most of us would have little difficulty in identifying an onion by sight, feel or "taste". It�s a universal vegetable, after all. But onions not only come in different shapes, sizes and colours, they can also be distinguished by different smells and flavours as well as tastes - and the effect on your tear ducts. So it might be more productive to describe your onion in terms of its congeners. Here, for example, is a site dedicated to different types of onions:
Incidentally, here�s Michael Quinion on the "mildly juvenile wordplay" of the flapper period which includes phrases like "know one�s onions":
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3 Mar 2016
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cunliffe
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Wow AB! Trained in classical French and Italian cuisines. You are a man worth knowing! Incidentally, my degree is in French and Italian. I love those countries. I am such an Italophile.  I love the language, the people, the food, the culture... Hope to live there when I retire. Lynne |
4 Mar 2016
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