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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Digger Tom on May 05, 2010, 11:18

Title: Please Identify.
Post by: Digger Tom on May 05, 2010, 11:18

 I share my allotment with a load of chinese folks who obviosly grow a lot of oriental type veg. One of the ladies was kind enough to give me about 20 bulbs to plant but becuase she spoke no english coudnt tell me what they where, all the chinese folk seem to grow them so they are obviosly popular.

 Any ideas what it is & how I cook/eat it?
 Bulb, not an onion or garlic but I imagine very similer.

 Here is a photo

 (http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/tomfgd/Image032.jpg)


 All help appreciated.

Title: Re: Please Identify.
Post by: JayG on May 05, 2010, 11:29

Well I've googled chinese onions (seemed the obvious thing to do!) and they seem to be used either like spring onions or grown into bulbs. In other words, not much like what you have in your picture.

If you hadn't mentioned the Chinese connection I would have said they are shallots.

Title: Re: Please Identify.
Post by: Digger Tom on May 05, 2010, 11:37

Quote from: JayG on May 05, 2010, 11:29

Well I've googled chinese onions (seemed the obvious thing to do!) and they seem to be used either like spring onions or grown into bulbs. In other words, not much like what you have in your picture.

If you hadn't mentioned the Chinese connection I would have said they are shallots.

 They may well be, just because its grown by a person of oriental origin doesnt mean the plant cant be european I suppose.

Title: Re: Please Identify.
Post by: mumofstig on May 05, 2010, 12:33

well they are deffo oniony things of some sort  :lol:

I'd say shallots as well....................

Title: Re: Please Identify.
Post by: harry on May 05, 2010, 12:49

They look like my red onions :D

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Post by: Stevens706 on May 05, 2010, 12:51

Shallots would be my guess as well

Title: Re: Please Identify.
Post by: Aunt Sally on May 05, 2010, 12:54

They look just like my red shallots  :D

Title: Re: Please Identify.
Post by: Allotment Jon on May 05, 2010, 13:07

I work next to a Chinese supermarket and I would say also shallots as it is used a lot in Chinese cookery.

Title: Re: Please Identify.
Post by: Trillium on May 05, 2010, 15:15

Digger Tom, it might be worth a trip to a Chinese market to ask exactly what it is (I'm sure you'd recognize the bulb in the shop) and how to use it. The green tops are very popular here chopped for soup toppings, and if indeed it is shallots, it's the preference in oriental cuisine over regular onions.

Title: Re: Please Identify.
Post by: dougsta on May 05, 2010, 15:39

Look just like my red shallots

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Post by: PennyS on May 05, 2010, 15:41

I vote shallots too!

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Post by: peterjf on May 05, 2010, 17:29

shallot onions deffo

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Post by: jimmytheshed on May 05, 2010, 17:38

Look just like my shallots :D

Title: Re: Please Identify.
Post by: skywalker on May 06, 2010, 19:48

Shallots - Mine are looking identical at the moment!

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Post by: DavidT on May 06, 2010, 20:25

That`s shallot. :D :D

Title: Re: Please Identify.
Post by: STIG1963 on May 06, 2010, 23:28

AS ABOVE SHALLOTS..oops caps  :wacko:

Title: Re: Please Identify.
Post by: Digger Tom on May 07, 2010, 14:14

 Ok, the common concensus is shallots then. Yummy!

 Thanks for the help.