[Sca-cooks] Caramelizing onions

[Harris Mark.S-rsve60]

Akim said:
> That is just plain useless to use sweeter onions in caramelization.
> You should use the cheapest storage onions for this.  The reason for this
> is that "sweet" onions do not have a higher sugar content than common
> everyday ones; they have a lower level of the chemicals that cause an
> onion to taste hot and strong.  In fact, you should not waste sweet onions
> like vidalias by cooking them at all.  <and much more>

Oh! Thank you, Akim. I wasn't aware of this. I'll keep this in mind when buying my onions. This also makes some of the suggestions on how to cut onions and minimize the tears understandable.

Stefan
Who may start using shallots more, as he just noticed that the store at his new location has them for sale in bulk instead of small net bags.