Where to get edible raw, red onions?

[atikovi]

I've had them at the Roy Rogers Fixin's bar and there is Peruvian place here that makes an onion salad with them, but when I get one from the supermarket, they are much too strong to eat raw. What am I missing?

 

[slacktide_bitog]

maybe it has something to do with them sitting out after they've been sliced

 

[RDMgr]

If the red onions that you like are crisp they may have been soaked in ice water to 20-30 minutes. If they are soft they may have been soaked in vinegar and rinsed with water to remove the vinegar taste.

 

[BMW Dom]

I like pickled red onions. But you could soak them in water.

 

[atikovi]

So you're saying to slice them and put them in water? Overnight or for days ok?

 

[BMW Dom]

So you're saying to slice them and put them in water? Overnight or for days ok?

Probably only for 15-20 mins.

 

[Quattro Pete]

https://food-hacks.wonderhowto.com/...t-secrets-reduce-pungency-raw-onions-0161344/

 

[atikovi]

I like pickled red onions. But you could soak them in water.

These are real good on the side.

 

[totegoat]

https://www.splendidtable.org/story/2010/11/18/how-to-make-store-bought-red-onions-sweeter

You can get rid of the strong taste by soaking sliced onions in ice water for 20 to 30 minutes or by sprinkling them with an acid such as vinegar. Onions soaked in ice water will get very crisp while those sprinkled with vinegar will soften a bit, but they will lose the strong taste and become sweeter.

 

[atikovi]

OK have some going right now.

 

[Duffyjr]

Good stuff here with onions and cucumbers.

https://www.food.com/recipe/vinegar-and-sugar-cucumber-240515

 

[vavavroom]

OK have some going right now.

Did the onions turn out to your liking?

 

[atikovi]

Soaking in water did help make them milder. And the inside of the refrigerator smells nice too.

 

[Malo83]

Here in the valley they grow big and small red onions, the small ones are very strong almost like eating a chili pepper, the big ones are nice and crisp with a mild flavor, I have eaten them like eating an apple, really good in a tomato and onion salad.

 

[vavavroom]

Soaking in water did help make them milder. And the inside of the refrigerator smells nice too.

You know what to do next time.

 

[y_p_w]

Yeah - usually they'll be soaked, pickled, or caramelized. Some of the best red onions I had were kind of soft and tasted of vinegar. There are also sweet red onions that are have very little bitterness.

A lot of sweet onions are also selectively bred to be flatter, which make for better slicing.

https://www.melissas.com/products/italian-sweet-red-onions

 

[BlueOvalFitter]

Red onions taste the best to me of all the onions out there.

 

[Malo83]

The bigger the red onion the sweeter.

 

[Owen Lucas]

I've had them at the Roy Rogers Fixin's bar and there is Peruvian place here that makes an onion salad with them, but when I get one from the supermarket, they are much too strong to eat raw. What am I missing?

Wait, there's still a Roy Rogers around somewhere or are you a time traveler posting this from 1987?

 

[atikovi]

There are four of them within 20 minutes of me. https://www.royrogersrestaurants.com/