SC - RE: Onions

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  The onions we know today as "Egyptian" are a cross breed of a similar type 
of "branching" onion found in Whales in the middle ages. The "Egyptian" 
onions were brought back from the third crusade, by monks, because they 
resembled "native onions"  However the crossing of these plans took much 
from the Welsh parent and the "offspring didn't much resemble the Egyptian 
onion.  Then in the 19 century the true "Egyptian" onion was re introduced 
into Europe.  If you saw the two side by side you could see the difference.  
The egyptian one  does resemble garlic chives, while the Welsh onion  
produces more shallot like "fruit" and is a considerably bigger and stronger 
plant.  The "fruit being sometimes almost purple in color, with a very 
strong flavor.
   The only places that onions described in one post as being long leaves 
with unformed bulbs growing in the ground, is parts of England and New 
England in the US.  This name has come to mean the onion that the rest of us 
here call green or spring onions.

Lady Katherine McGuire


>From: LrdRas at aol.com
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
>To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
>Subject: Re: SC - RE: Onions
>Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:20:13 EDT
>
>In a message dated 9/11/99 12:24:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>lcatherinemc at hotmail.com writes:
>
><< Welsh onions are sometimes known as "Egyptian" onions or sprouting 
>onions.
> >>
>
>Are you sure about this? And, if so, would it be possible to share the
>reasons why you think so? I have been growing a patch of Egyptian Walking
>onions for several years now (11 to be exact) and although I had initially
>thought that they were medieval seem top recall seeing a reference 
>somewhere
>that they were not introduced into the US until the 19th century CE. I know
>that the US is not Europe but I would love to be able to use these onions 
>in
>early spring and late fall feasts when they are at their sweetest.
>
>Ras
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