Onions Reviews

I have bough basics onions, for as long as I can remember, even before I used to buy basics, these would be amonsgt the few basics I tems I would have in my trolley. This is the best baiscs Item in my opinion,I dont think it maks any sence at all to buy the more expensive versions when it is same thing, its just onions, i dont see the ...  Read the complete review

A wonderful root vegetable, onions are steeped in history, bulbs have been found dating back to the Bronze age. They were considered special in ancient egyptian times with the onion rings being considered to symbolise eternal life. Onions were buried with Egyptians as it was believed that the strong smell would bring breath back to the ...  Read the complete review

I can't believe I'm actually writing a review about onions but there's a reason my friends... I ALWAYS have onions in store, so imagine my horror when I realised I'd none at all & my daughter wanted chicken fajeta, I fancied a curry tonight & hubby loves onions with rice. I was so cross for not checking & got ...  Read the complete review

There are very few Sainsbury's Basics products that I like, but the Basics cooking onions are well worth buying. I use quite a few onions in cooking every week, but when I was recently asked to make a large quantity of French Onion Soup I realised it would be expensive to buy all the onions I would need from the grocer and this is how I ...  Read the complete review

COST: 73p for 1.5kg (@ 1.10.08) NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION (per 100g): Calories: 164 Kj: 684 Protein: 2.3g Carbohydrate: 14.1g Sugars: 10.0g Fat: 11.2g Saturates: 1.4g Fibre: 3.1g Sodium: 0.09g Vitamin E: 1.9mg Folic acid: 38.µ0 ...  Read the complete review

We planted our own onions for the first time this year. We saw bulbs for sale and they were so cheap we could not resist. My husband had read that there was going to be a national onion shortage this year, which would drive the prices up and never ones to willing pay extra for something we thought we'd give it a go growing our own. we ...  Read the complete review

Take a couple of fresh onions and take your time to chop them up finely while those tears give your eyes a bit of a natural wash thus helping to remedy dry eyes or sore eyes. Even better, drink a glass or two of water about half an hour beforehand so your tears will be purer perhaps. Yesterday I was chopping onions for the tea and ...  Read the complete review

* Introduction: Writing reviews on onions seems to be "the" thing to do right now, so I decided to hop aboard the bandwagon and write me own. I quickly discovered that it is not as easy as one might think. There is so much you can write about onions that it's hard to know where to begin. I hope you enjoy ...  Read the complete review

I always grow onions as they are easy to grow and store really well, I have just finished eating the onions I grew last year and it's now time to get in the onion sets. Onion sets can be bought from the garden centre for around 3.99p or you can be brave and buy a packet of seeds, I prefer to buy and plant the onion sets, because they are ...  Read the complete review

Onions, spring onions shallots welsh onions, bulb onions, leeks are all members of the allium family. Cooking onions last night I thought perfect subject to write about. I love onions, all sorts of onions cooked eaten in every way. Onions are a cheap vegetable to buy, fairly easy to grow, but when they are so cheap is it worth it? I ...  Read the complete review

Another gem from my Home Economics teacher. One day she had the whole class chopping onions for a shepherds pie we had to make. Pretty soon about five or six girls were 'crying' with no way of escaping the classroom. The cure worked then and always works for me now - the moment your eyes start to water rinse your ...  Read the complete review

An opinion on Onions. I think I’ve gone mad but have I ? We all use onions almost everyday. Some more than others. But what do we really know about them. I did a bit of research and I hope that this opinion will enlighten everyone. Onions are low in calories yet add abundant flavor to a wide variety of foods. With only ...  Read the complete review

Spring onions in salad is a must is;nt it grow a succession of them with some clumps of chives.Iclude a `few plants of parsley and thyme and you wil enjoy a really flavory salad.Beetroot planted in a well drained soil in a sunny position with some mixed fertilizer before sowing.Use small beetroot tey are a lot tastier.Keep them well watered and ...  Read the complete review

Onions are easy to grow. plant the sets in a weed free well fed environment and wait. Keep it weed free. Make sure the sets are not pulled out and you should get a crop of onions ready to eat. when you have grown your onions you may find you have a rather large crop to store. This is also easy. You dry them out in the sun. then ...  Read the complete review

Onions are a fun to grow, but on strictly economic grounds you might as well not bother: like many other vegetables, just buy them when you need them! However, for a bit of self-fulfilment the can be very rewarding. The first thing to know is that they are sensitive to day-length. They begin to form bulbs soon after the longest day, so in the UK ...  Read the complete review

People often stop me in the street and say “ Senior Proudfoot why are your onions so lush and textured?” To which I reply “ That I cannot tell you for it is a secret carried down from father to son of the Proudfoot clan”. This was my stock answer for many years, but time has conspired against me and I am now the last male ...  Read the complete review