spring onions

[mandy22]

Aceofclubs just asked about mushrooms, peel or no peel. (im a quick rinse and no peel)

What about spring onions?? i always wash them and chop off the root end, but im not too sure how much to chop off the other end and if i should peel off the top layer??

[tenrec]

I don't peel mushrooms. I usually do the same as you with spring onions, chop rooty bit off, peel one layer, but only chop off the smallest amount of "manky" (is that a word) tops.

[DaisyNonna]

Bring back Home Economics lessons! Not getting at you Mandy, why should you know if nobody has ever told or shown you?
Probably a matter of preference. I always, chop off root then chop again when I reach the green bit. Always remove the top layer also.

[seadogg]

Now I know how, wouldn't dare do it any other way for the pasta sauce tomorrow lol.

[Papa_Paul]

Thats the way to go, just a cleaning trim is all that I do. If they are fresh then I don't strip a layer off, however if they are looking a little limp, then I sometimes whip the first layer off, depending on whether I am using them for cooking or throwing into a salad

[vodkancoke]

I chop the root and the top 2" and peel the first layer then wash them.

[Papa_Paul]

@ tenrec.... Yes, manky is a word.

[mike11111]

Home Economics. That title used to make me laugh when I was a teacher. I thought it was a pretentious title for a mundane (though important) part of the curriculum. I stopped laughing when it was renamed Food and Textile technology and gave up. Even the term Domestic Science, which was prevalent when I was a schoolboy, seemed a tad too precious. Whatever happened to good old-fashioned Cookery and Needlework, not to mention Woodwork?

[DaisyNonna]

Gone the way of a great deal of useful teaching. The time used has been replaced withyh P.S.E and other non-subjects.