re: Scallions, Shallots, Green Onions, Green Shallots

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It's a different species, sure. But I think that's missing the point - the reason folks called green onions shallots was that they were growing and using green shallots just like anyone might use green onions (scallions).

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I can see the confusion back then. It's safe to say, nowadays, there should be no confusion between a green onion and a shallot. Green onions and green shallots i can see the confusion becuase they look similar. Green onions and scallions was something that confused me before i started cooking. I never really confused chives with green onions, however.

I will say, early on when i cooked i used green onions a lot. Now, not so much. I rarely use shallots when i cook either. Usually it's white onions or vidalia onions for sautee'ing. Occasionally, i'll use some shallots on more french style cooking, but that's about it.

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I can see the confusion back then. It's safe to say, nowadays, there should be no confusion between a green onion and a shallot. Green onions and green shallots i can see the confusion becuase they look similar.

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The point of my original post was about the possible muddling of green onion's name and green shallot's name in the past. As you know, if your daddy called it that, and your mama called it that, dat's what you're gonna call it.

Even if it's botanically, culinarily and technically wrong.

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Green Onions

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Onion Tops

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"

I also posed the question regarding what each person calls these things.

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All culinary relevant lilies in the alium family have three distinct usable parts, the bulb (subterranean), the green (above ground), and the blossom.

These include onions, shallots, leeks, garlic, and ramps.

I can understand why someone growing shallots would also call the green shoots shallots. I think modern nomenclature removed this label to simply classification.

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if you pull them up, the bulb is like a shallot.

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The old people called them, “shah-lots.”