What do you call this type of onion?

[Gamdwelf]

"Scallions" seems to be mostly an american thing. To the rest of the world they're Spring Onions or Green Onions.

I don't think so lived all over america; never knew what a scallion was until this thread. Green onions forever.

[Dsonsion]

Long onion.

[Zelk]

Those are Scallions. Spring Onions have a larger bulb.

[Afrospinach]

They are onions.

The white part would have grown into a proper onion if it wasn't harvested early.

Harvesting them early turns them into "Green Onions" because the big green edible stalk.

What? No. A spring onion will never become an onion, they are spring onions. Some do produce bulbs but that is because of the variety and I am not aware of any that get even close to onion like that are still called spring onions.

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Spring onion

Leeks look similar but are bigger

If you leave spring onions in the ground for a long time they will start to look like leeks, they can get that big, but in most places they will bolt and become "woody" and inedible. Where I live they never bolt, just got done with some that were 2 years old, still amazing tasting but hard to prepare in the normal fashion lol.

[Gamdwelf]

What? No. A spring onion will never become an onion, they are spring onions. Some do produce bulbs but that is because of the variety and I am not aware of any that get even close to onion like that are still called spring onions.

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If you leave spring onions in the ground for a long time they will start to look like leeks, they can get that big, but in most places they will bolt and become "woody" and inedible. Where I live they never bolt, just got done with some that were 2 years old, still amazing tasting but hard to prepare in the normal fashion lol.

If you leave them in the ground all summer they are normal onions.

[Forgettable]

I call them disgusting.

[Time Sage]

The don patch sword. Or possibly the Don patch hammer.

[ParanoiD84]

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[Afrospinach]

If you leave them in the ground all summer they are normal onions.

I just looked this up and apparently we are in fact talking about 2 different things, "green onions" etc will never form a bulb. I have never seen a "spring onion".

I call them disgusting.

Heathen

[Gamdwelf]

I just looked this up and apparently we are in fact talking about 2 different things, "green onions" etc will never form a bulb. I have never seen a "spring onion".



Heathen

Actually looks like some varieties do and some don't form onion bulbs.

[Felicia]

Scallions...

Weeds, too. We had wild ones growing in our yard when I lived in VA when I was a kid :P My dad couldn't get rid of them at all.

[Saft]

That's spring onion, it's almost identical to leek however smaller. Looks rather small on the image so I'd go with spring onion. You don't want leek in salad

[Kaganfindel]

Chimbonkwa conche, or as it is colloquially known, smelly flutegrass.

[Forgettable]

Heathen

I also sometimes refer to them as "A pestilence upon the land."

[Sengiratolom]

When abroad

Scallions/Spring onions/Green onions

in the Netherlands they are also sold under the name "bosuien" which translates into forest/bundle onions (bos can used for forest and for a bundle or bouquet, although the later is generally used that way for flowers)

[Absintheminded]

It's not a leak, those are large and fibrous.

[Gamdwelf]

It's not a leak, those are large and fibrous. It's not a scallion, those are thin. This is a green onion. They're all different for the purposes of cooking. If you say otherwise, you don't know much about cooking.

You say that and don't know that scallions and green onions are the same thing lol.

[Tryuk]

I've heard both scallion and green onion about equally where I live. Never heard anyone say spring onion

I think "skullion" might just be a different pronunciation of scallion

[Absintheminded]

You say that and don't know that scallions and green onions are the same thing lol.

Actually on taking another look, I was getting chives and scallions mixed up. I stand corrected.

[Ryme]

Spring onion, southern England yo.