Time to get the onions out before the rains come. The ones at Kings Valley Gardens are especially fierce, I think they even got Justin (the resident onion dicer) crying the other day. I happened to notice that the French Republican Calendar, possibly the most vegetable-friendly time tracking system ever created, has no day named for onions (or garlic for that matter!) Talk about setting up your revolution for hard times. At least these people know what's up.
This site tells you (in science babble) why we cry , this one tells you how to avoid it (try sticking the onion in a freezer for a few minutes before chopping).And as usual for veggies without any particular recipe, I dug up some facts. Onions originated from the Middle East, and have been eaten, since, well, forever. Lots o' folks thought that they increased strength and courage: they were ordered up for the laborers who built the pyramids as well as the troops of Alexander the Great.
Today, the average Libyan eats almost 67 pounds of onions each year (Americans? 21 pounds). The largest onion recorded weighed almost 11 pounds1. Onions have even been used to predict who you'll marry 2. Oh, and the Onion Goddess looks a lot like Lore.
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