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| LOOK FOR > Good quality green onions should be crisp with fresh, tender green tops, and showing 2-3 inches of white above a slightly bulb. CARE & HANDLING > Ideal Storage Temperature: 34° -36°F. 90-95% relative humidity. Refrigerate immediately after receiving. Ice bulb end of onions only during storage and to help maintain freshness. NUTRITIONAL INFO > Serving size 5.3 oz., Calories 60, Protein 1 g, Carbohydrate 14 g, Dietary Fiber 2.8 g, Fat 0 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Sodium 10 mg, Potassium 200 mg DO YOU KNOW... • Chinese Scientist have developed a green onion variety that can grow up to five feet in height and produce about 43.5 tons per acre. • Use the stem end of a green onion as a "brush" to apply marinade to food on the grill. • Onions and garlic have been cultivated for 6,000 years and have been credited with everything from making hair grow on bald heads to giving valor to the troops of Alexander the Great. • Onions are the vegetable which gave Chicago its name since the Chippewa Indians found these "she-gau-ga-winshe" growing at the site of the modern day city. • The name onion comes from the Latin, "unio" via the French "oignon" and the English "unyun." The onion plant belongs to the same family as the narcissus. • Leeks are associated with Wales. It began in 640 AD when Welsh soldiers wore pieces of leek in their helmets to distinguish themselves from their Saxon foes in battle. Even today, the leek is worn as the national flower of Wales on St. David's day. • This vegetable has a much longer history. Leeks date back to the early Bronze Age, around 4000 BC. It is said they were part of the diet of those who built the Egyptian pyramids. And Hippocrates, the father of medicine, prescribed the leek as a cure for nosebleeds. • The name leek is a corruption of a Roman word ‘loch’ meaning any medicine that could be licked to cure a sore throat. • The Roman Emperor Nero used to eat lots of leeks to improve his singing voice for all you karaoke fans out there. |
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