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4019187 No.4019187 [Reply] [Original]

Okay /ck/, what the hell has been up with these lately? Way sharper than usual and more of a bitter taste, I've been cutting their usual amounts in half in recipes and it's sometimes not enough.

Is this a Tucson/Arizona/seasonal thing or what?

>> No.4019196

You realize you're asking the whole world about that?

>> No.4019225

Welcome to the winter months! Onions are gettig scarce.. ... and the onions still growing become more acrid during this time. It's due to cold snaps and other things changing the plants in the ground.

In addition, because the onions are older (rotated less by the grocery), they become more and more acrid over time. Older onions are stronger.

Now ya know!

>> No.4019226

>>4019187
My gf an I noticed the same thing last week OP.

>> No.4019230

>>4019225
>In addition, because the onions are older (rotated less by the grocery)
Why would they be rotated less?

>> No.4019234

>>4019225
Thanks!

>> No.4019235

>>4019230
They are rotated less because there are fewer and they have to be shipped from further away.

>> No.4019240

>>4019235
But if there are fewer and people are buying the same amount in the winter months... wouldn't they be rotated more?

>> No.4019243

>>4019240
Generally, grocers actually throw out a LARGE amount of produce. It goes bad before people buy it, so it gets pitched.

This amount gets smaller and smaller in the winter as most of the crop is actually bought and used.