What is the difference between a scallion, onion and garlic?
December 20, 2009 by
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the same family, different variety
mainly taste
Taste and use.
Scallion is used with Yogurt.
Garlic is used to cook meat and chicken.
Onion can be eaten as a salad,or for cooking food.
Scallions are also sometimes known as green onions in the U.S. and spring onions in England and some Commonwealth countries. In parts of Australia they are known as either ‘eschallots’ (silent ‘e’, also spelt ’shallots’) or ’spring onions’ depending on the region. In Scotland, they are referred to as ‘Cibies’, and Northern Ireland adheres to ’scallion’. The Republic of Ireland and Jamaica use the term “scallions”. Confusingly, the term “green onion” can also be used for immature specimens of the ordinary onion Allium cepa.
Onion in the general sense can be used for any plant in the Genus Allium but used without qualifiers usually means Allium cepa, also called the garden onion. Onions (usually but not exclusively the bulbs) are edible with a distinctive strong flavour and pungent odour which is mellowed and sweetened by cooking. They generally have a papery outer skin over a fleshy, layered inner core. Used worldwide for culinary purposes, they come in a wide variety of forms and colours.
Garlic (Allium sativum) is a perennial plant in the family Alliaceae and genus Allium, closely related to the onion, shallot, and leek. It does not grow in the wild, and is thought to have arisen in cultivation, probably descended from the species Allium longicuspis, which grows wild in south-western Asia.[1] Garlic has been used throughout all of recorded history for both culinary and medicinal purposes.
all are a form of the onion family scallion is an immature onion
garlic The portion of the plant most often consumed is an underground storage structure called a head. A head of garlic is composed of a dozen or more discrete cloves,
The common name scallion is associated with various members of the genus Allium that lack a fully-developed bulb. They tend to be milder tasting than other onions and are typically used raw in salads in western cookery. Diced scallion are often used in soup, noodle, seafood, and sauce in eastern cookery
Onion in the general sense can be used for any plant in the Genus Allium but used without qualifiers usually means Allium cepa, also called the garden onion. Onions (usually but not exclusively the bulbs) are edible with a distinctive strong flavour and pungent odour which is mellowed and sweetened by cooking. They generally have a papery outer skin over a fleshy, layered inner core. Used worldwide for culinary purposes, they come in a wide variety of forms and colours.
Garlic (Allium sativum) is a perennial plant in the family Alliaceae and genus Allium, closely related to the onion, shallot, and leek. It does not grow in the wild, and is thought to have arisen in cultivation, probably descended from the species Allium longicuspis, which grows wild in south-western Asia.[1] Garlic has been used throughout all of recorded history for both culinary and medicinal purposes.
i think same family, but onion and garlic are much stronger.
There’s no diference. Ha ha.
scallion is used for the fresher recipies, like for apperance, onion used for flavouring meat and salads, garlic mostly used for italian things but also good for other recipes for its aroma and its hardy taste.