Recipe Update

OK- Chef Mike is out of town this week, so we apologize for the delay in recipes and answers to food questions. However, I'm going to take a crack at the question that came in to CSA Share recap: Week #4 , since it leans more toward the side of science.

From CSA member Jess E:
"Chef Mike, what type of onions are those green onions?..."
Are they spring onions, green onions, or scallions?

Answer:
Believe it or not...We are talking about the same veggie at different stages of maturity. These are all young shoots of bulb onions.

Scallions are the youngest or least mature of onions with very thin white bases no wider than their long, straight green stalks.

Green onions have long, green, delicate stalks and small, very slender, white bulbs. The bulb of a green onion is slightly defined.

Spring onions have slightly rounded bulbs that are more defined and just a bit larger than the more slender green onions. Spring onions are the most pungent tasting of young onions with a bit more bite than green onions.

I would say that this week we are eating spring onions. Chef Mike will give you some more eating tips soon, but in the meantime, THE ENTIRE ONION IS EDIBLE!!