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Onions are one of the most popular vegetables to cook with. Onions add a zesty flavor to almost all savory foods. From adding delicate spring green onions to scrambled eggs, raw sweet red onions to a salad, or caramelizing onions for a burger, the versatile onion should be in every cook's pantry. With hundreds of varieties, onions can be sweet, pungent, or savory. Fully mature onions are normally round or oblong-shaped, with dry, papery skin surrounding the flesh of the bulb.

For centuries, onions have been a staple food around the world. Most cultures use some form of onion in their cooking, from the classic mirepoix of Cajun cuisine, the fiery stir-fries in Southeastern Asian cooking, to the zesty salsas in Mexican food. Onions are used as the base of many stocks, soups, and sauces, and served raw as toppings for tacos, chili, and Pad Thai.

While you can find hundreds of varieties of onions, the commonly found dried onions you see in stores and farmers' markets are yellow, white, and red. Fresh green onions and scallions are just immature onions generally eaten raw in salads or as toppings for select dishes. Variations of onions include cipolin, Bermuda, Maui, Walla Walla, and pearl onions.

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Onions are in the Amaryllidaceae family that also includes garlic, leeks, shallots, and chives. Onions are in a sub-class called Allium Cepa. Yellow onions originated in Asia and spread throughout the world through trade routes. Today, yellow onions are widely grown throughout North America and Europe, white onions come mainly from Mexico, and red onion varieties are grown in mild North American climates as well as temperate Mediterranean countries.

All onion varieties have similar flavor profiles but can change depending on the soil they were grown in and how they were cared for during their growing season. Onions are classified as winter/long-storage varieties such as yellow varieties, or spring/short-storage onions like red or white onions.

All dry varieties of onions have a dry, parchment type of outer skin that helps to protect the inner flesh. For dried onions, look for ones that have a little bit of hair-like root pieces still attached to the bottom of the onion bulb.

Choose ones that aren't brown or moldy-looking on the top and that are firm to the touch. Avoid dried onion bulbs that look withered, have a strong, pungent aroma, or have cuts and bruises. Fresh green onions should have vibrant green tops on a long, slender stalk that taper to a small bulb at the end of the stalk.

If you can, store dried onions in a cool dark place such as a root cellar, basement, garage, or pantry. If you don't have a place such as a root cellar, store them in a mesh bag in the refrigerator's crisper drawer. Once you slice an onion open, wrap it in plastic wrap or a plastic storage bag and keep it in the refrigerator for up to five days. Store fresh green onions in a plastic bag where they'll keep for up to a week in the refrigerator. You can also mince fresh onions and dry them to use as a seasoning.