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Posted on 6/19/21 at 4:48 pm
Posted by BigDropper
Member since Jul 2009
7636 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 4:48 pm
These?



Green Onion
Scallion
Spring Onion

What's your preferred nomenclature?
Posted by sjmabry
Texas
Member since Aug 2013
18500 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 4:51 pm to
Green Onion
Posted by Btrtigerfan
Disgruntled employee
Member since Dec 2007
21476 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 5:17 pm to
They green onions, them. The green part is tops. The white part is bottoms.
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
18771 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 5:38 pm to
Green Onion

Wikipedia says there are lots of names for them.

quote:

Various names are used throughout the world. These include spring onion, green onion, table onion, salad onion, onion stick, long onion, baby onion, precious onion, wild onion, yard onion, gibbon, syboe and shallot.
Posted by Darla Hood
Near that place by that other place
Member since Aug 2012
13949 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 5:41 pm to
Generally green onions, occasionally scallions.
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
50131 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 5:44 pm to
They will always be green onions to me. That’s how I grew up.
Posted by t00f
Not where you think I am
Member since Jul 2016
89998 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 5:52 pm to
GO
Posted by TigerGrl73
Nola
Member since Jan 2004
21278 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 5:56 pm to
Green onions
Posted by btrcj
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2019
625 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 6:49 pm to
Green onions.
Posted by Stadium Rat
Metairie
Member since Jul 2004
9561 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:05 pm to
scallops.


Just kidding - green onions or scallions.

Spring onions are onions harvested between green onion stage and completely grown onions. They have a green top and a mall bulb at the bottom.

Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
15153 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:31 pm to
Green onions here.

I've heard them called shallots many times, but that is not close to what a shallot is.
Posted by alajones
Huntsvegas
Member since Oct 2005
34487 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 8:41 pm to
Those are definitely not shallots.

I call them green onions most of the time.
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
21932 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 9:07 pm to
Green Onions but everyone around where I live calls them shallots.
Posted by Yat27
Austin
Member since Nov 2010
8108 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 9:44 pm to
Green onions
Posted by BigDropper
Member since Jul 2009
7636 posts
Posted on 6/19/21 at 10:02 pm to
Those look like cebollitas SR. I love grilling them when they are that size.
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
47388 posts
Posted on 6/20/21 at 12:09 pm to
Green onions.

When I see a recipe calling them shallots, I find it confusing unless there's a reference to using the green or white parts or both.
Posted by sml71
Run if you hear banjos.
Member since Dec 2005
4310 posts
Posted on 6/21/21 at 5:44 am to
Anyone who calls them shallots has never worked with shallots.
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
37760 posts
Posted on 6/21/21 at 6:07 am to
quote:

Green Onions but everyone around where I live calls them shallots.




That would be about as correct as calling them garlic.
Posted by thedrumdoctor
Gonzales,La
Member since Sep 2016
871 posts
Posted on 6/21/21 at 7:33 am to
They're called shallots in cajun French.
It doesn't make sense, as scallions have a real French word, but there's a lot of things that don't make sense in cajun French.
Posted by Bayou Tiger Fan Too
Southeast LA
Member since Jun 2012
2108 posts
Posted on 6/21/21 at 7:44 am to
Green onions but I don’t eat ‘em. :)
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