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unusual facts about onions



Augustus Fanno Farmhouse

Fanno descendants produced onions on the farm until onion maggots drove them out of business in the 1940s.

Catherine Helen Spence

She was an early advocate of the work of Australian artist Margaret Preston and purchased her 1905 still-life "Onions".

Charles Talbut Onions

Born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, the son of a designer and embosser of metal, Onions early came under the influence of A. J. Smith, the headmaster of the King Edward VI Camp Hill School, where Onions received his first contact with lexicography.

Fried onion

In the Middle East Mujaddara is a dish made of lentils and rice topped with fried onions.

Fried rice

Hawaiian fried rice: A common style of fried rice in Hawaii, it usually contains egg, green onions, peas, cubed carrots, and either Portuguese sausage or Spam or both, sometimes available with kimchi added.

George Onions

On 22 August 1918 south of Achiet-le-Petit, France, Lance-Corporal Onions, having been sent out with one man to get in touch with the battalion on the right flank, saw the enemy advancing in large numbers.

Graham Onions

In January 2009, Onions, returning from injury, played in the losing Stockton (Newcastle) side against the Tamworth side in the New South Wales country cup competition played at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Onions attended St Thomas More Catholic School in Blaydon, and at Gateshead leisure centre he took the opportunity to try a variety of sports.

Heinz body

Thiosulfate compounds in the flesh of onions have been identified as the cause.

Millionbøf

The dish may be seasoned as needed, and more ingredients can be added, such as onions, pearl onions, strips of pepper or paprika.

Mixed pickle

In British cuisine, mixed pickles typically include small whole onions, gherkins, and cauliflower.

O. O. McIntyre

The "Thingumbobs" section of his column featured such observations as, "Leopold Stokowski likes a midnight hamburger with onions, too."

Onions in the Stew

Onions in the Stew is the fourth in a series of humorous autobiographical books by Betty MacDonald about her life on Vashon Island with her second husband and daughters during the Second World War years.

Pickled herring

Pickled herring, especially brined herring, is common in Russia and Ukraine, where it is served cut into pieces and seasoned with sunflower oil and onions, or can be part of herring salads, such as dressed herring, which are usually prepared with vegetables and seasoned with mayonnaise dressing.

Pljeskavica

Leskovačka pljeskavica (pljeskavica from Leskovac) is one of the most famous types and is usually made of beef or pork, very spicy and served with onions.

Poovaipalayam

The villagers are primarily farmers who grow drumsticks, onions, chili peppers, peanuts, tomatoes, eggplants, beans and lentils.

Roland Kaiser

In the same year, he had his greatest success on the lists so far with the song "Santa Maria" (by Oliver Onions/Guido & Maurizio De Angelis), which maintained its first placement in West Germany for six weeks.

Saure Zipfel

To prepare the dish onions, vinegar, white wine and spices (bay leaves, pepper, clove and juniper berries) are cooked together.

Sompura Salat

The community is vegetarian in diet and also avoid eating onions, garlic, white cucumber and lentils.

Tlacotalpan

People dress in traditional clothing and traditional foods such as arroz a la tumbada (rice cooked in fish broth), pescado a la veracruzana (fish, with tomatoes, olives, chillies, and onions), white gorditas (a sweet bread, about the size and shape of an English muffin, longaniza (a type of sausage), enchiladas, naranjas rellenas (stuffed oranges), and dulce de leche (similar to caramel candy).

Willie Wilde

The club was famous for its grills, its brandy and its Pol Roger ‘74 at any time, though its tripe and onions on Saturdays were an especial draw. One member listed Willie among those who were ‘constant guests’ on Saturdays, along with Henry Irving, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, J. Comyns Carr, Edward Dicey, Carlo Pellegrini, Frederic Clay and Oscar Wilde himself.

XO sauce

Developed in the 1980s in Hong Kong for Cantonese cuisine, XO sauce is made of roughly chopped dried seafoods, including scallops, dried fish and shrimp, and subsequently cooked with chili peppers, onions, and garlic.


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