Anon Opin
Onion in recipes should be by weight not number, as they vary by size considerably. Tonight's dish requires "6 onions" which is anything from 300g to nearly 2.5kg. Based on what we had in our fridge, that is.
Mar 17 at 6:55pmanon_opin
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEMar 17
@anon_opin You keep onions in the fridge?
Show threadsmegMar 17
@TimWardCam @anon_opin asking the real question
Show threadMans RMar 17
@TimWardCam @anon_opin Where do you keep them?
Show threadEugen RochkoMar 17
@mansr @TimWardCam @anon_opin In a canvas bag for onions.
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEMar 17
@mansr @anon_opin Just in cupboards, with other things that don't need to be in the fridge, like potatoes, swedes, ginger, garlic. (Though for some reason we keep carrots in the fridge - if I can remember that far back, I don't think I did when I lived on my own.)
Show threadMans RMar 17
@TimWardCam @anon_opin Most of those things keep much better in the fridge.
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEMar 17
@mansr @anon_opin Better than what? From buying them to eating them they last fine, so no "better" is relevant; if we were going to store them for months we'd check how they were traditionally kept in peasant cottages (which wouldn't have been in a fridge).
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEMar 17
@mansr @anon_opin Oh, and the other thing we keep in the fridge these days but my mother never did is eggs.
Show threadMans RMar 17
@TimWardCam @anon_opin Potatoes and such would have been stored in a cold (or at least somewhat cool) cellar. At room temperature, they will start sprouting.
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEMar 17
@mansr @anon_opin Sure. The cupboard we use is cool enough for most of the year (it's not in a heated room).
Show threadMans RMar 17
@TimWardCam @anon_opin That makes more sense. If the alternatives are room temperature (20 °C) or a fridge, the fridge is the better choice.
Show threadEdinburgh ManMar 17
@anon_opin
1) Onions in the fridge?
2) > 2.5kg of Onions in the fridge?!
3) Six onions in a dish?!!
Show threadvksxypantsMar 17
@edinburgh_man @anon_opin 6 onions with that sort of variance is at least a couple dozen onions
Show threadMark WhybirdMar 18
@vksxypants @edinburgh_man @anon_opin OP could theoretically have had as few as two onions in the fridge; they are just saying that the smallest was 50g and the largest about 416g. Multiply by 6 to get the numbers in the post. Their point seems to be just that onions vary greatly in size, so “(number of) onions” is not a useful measure.
Show threadvksxypantsMar 18
@whybird @edinburgh_man @anon_opin fair point!
Show threadEnola KnezevicMar 17

@anon_opin

It is 2 kilos. 2 kilos of onions for 4 portions. Don't worry, they lose a lot of water when you caramelise them properly.

Also, 10 cloves of garlic, not one.