Everything about Welsh Onion totally explained
Allium fistulosum L., widely known as the
Welsh onion, is a member of the
onion family,
Alliaceae. The species is very similar in taste and odor to the related garden
onion,
Allium cepa, and hybrids between the two (
tree onions) exist. The Welsh onion, however, doesn't develop
bulbs, and possesses hollow
leaves and
scapes (
fistulosum means "hollow"). Large varieties of the Welsh onion resemble the
leek, such as the Japanese 'negi', whilst smaller varieties resemble
chives.
Besides
Welsh onion,
Allium fistulosum is known as
'scallion', 'green onion', 'spring onion' and 'Japanese bunching onion'. It is known in French as 'ciboule', and in Portuguese as cebolinha or cozida. Historically, the Welsh onion was known as the 'cibol'.
The name 'Welsh onion' is a
misnomer in modern English, as
Allium fistulosum isn't indigenous to
Wales. "Welsh" preserves the original meaning of the
Old English word
welisc, or old German 'welsche', meaning "foreign". The species originated in Asia, possibly
Siberia or
China. Welsh onions are known as 蔥 (
simplified:葱) (
pinyin: cōng) in
Chinese, 葱 or ネギ in
Japanese (the Japanese
transliteration, 'negi', is another term for Welsh onions), 파 ('pa') in
Korean and
hành lá or
hành ta in
Vietnamese.
Uses
The Welsh onion is widely used in cooking. It is a particularly important ingredient in
Asian cuisine, especially in
East and
Southeast Asia. It is used in
Russia in the spring for adding green leaves to salads. In Japan it's used in
miso soup,
negimaki (beef and scallion rolls) and in the
takoyaki dumpling dish, among others.
In
Vietnam, Welsh onion is one of important ingredients to cook
dưa hành (a kind of
kimchi) served for
Tết festival. A kind of sauce-
mỡ hành (Welsh onion fried in oil) is used in some dished such as
cơm tấm,
bánh ít,
cà tím nướng and others. Welsh onion is also the only ingredient in the dish
cháo hành (a dish for treat the
common cold) which became a symbol of awaking the human honest in the famous literature work: "Chí Phèo" written by
Nam Cao.
It is often grown in a bunch as an
ornamental plant.
It is also the object of spinning in the
leekspin internet phenomenon.
Further Information
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