Best onions / shallots for pickling??

I usually grow shallots for pickling and this year I have Red Sun and Golden Gormet, both of which I've grown before and pickled.  Shallots stay crisper for longer in the vinegar.

The nice thing about doing your own is that you can choose the brine and vinegar to suit your taste and add whatever you fancy.  Chillies and bay leaves usually make into mine  

Paris Silverskin onions make nice picklers.

OOOohhhhh I've got some seeds of them.  50p seed sales again    Was going to grow them as giant spring onions like you see in the shops, but will pickle some as well now.

This is probably a really dumb question, but are they the same as the silverskin onions you see ready pickled in the shops or is the name a coincidence  

Thanks DD.  Will pickle some in white vinegar I think

The Golden Gourmet variety mentioned above are now in Poundland, 300g for a quid  :blink:

http://www.poundland.co.uk/product-range/a-z/shallots---golden-gourmet/

DD  -  are you growing the silverskins in small groups, can't quite tell from the photo.  Also do you sow direct or into modules first.

I've a pack of seeds that didn't get sown last year (seems strange saying last year, 1 day into the new year), and don't like them going to waste but have never grown this type before. 

The Golden Gourmet variety mentioned above are now in Poundland, 300g for a quid  :blink:

http://www.poundland.co.uk/product-range/a-z/shallots---golden-gourmet/

Had quick look on the net 300gram for a £1-00 bargain as pounland is quite close to a lot of people  no postage