Have you ever… washed your onions?

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I was today years old when I caught a glimpse of the tag on a 3 pack of onions that said ‘wash before use’. This has never ever occurred to me in my entire lifetime and honestly, what on earth! You peel ‘em, you chop ‘em! Am I the only one? 😂

gritty leeks <not envy>

If they are dirty, the red ones in particular often have a grey mildew like dusty coating on parts of them after you take the outer layers off. Don’t tend to need to for brown onions.

I rinsed an onion the other day because it was covered in little bits of skin after I peeled it.
I would never normally wash an onion.

If there's visible dirt then I'd give them a quick rinse. Not otherwise. Nothing from a supermarket tends to have any actual soil on it though.

No.

always washed them

Never.

Ask someone who really knows their onions.Ol fashioned saying.

Sorry not very relevant to the thread but I have to ask why? Is it the Netherlands? Produce from abroad generally?

I vaguely remember my mother only eating English strawberries, which I thought was equally strange, when the ones from abroad are the same.

Wow. Maybe Asda know something Sainsbury’s doesn’t 😂

My guess was that the poster prefers to support British produce 🤷🏼‍♀️

Is that a common thing for people to feel strongly about? I don’t get it personally.

I peel and then rinse the peeled surface, but only because it makes my eyes sting less.

I expect so.

utter utter madness. Like others have said, they be telling you to wash bananas next!

My chef (ex) BIL told me to put a teaspoon in your mouth. It works!

And a quick rinse under the tap does precisely nothing.

very few people want to use a proper vegetable wash.

I wash the dishes.

You will when we no longer grow anything here. Which is what will happen if British farmers aren't supported.

I always rinse after peeling :)

absolutely
support our own farmers/economy

It ought to be. If you don't support your own farmers and local economy they will wither. I almost never buy produce from abroad that can be grown in my country even if I have to pay more for it. Also tastes better when it hasn't been picked while still very unripe and shipped over. In season I try to buy produce from local farms (and prison - the prison in the next town sometimes sells tomatoes the inmates have grown) as much as possible as they are the freshest and taste the best plus supports my very local economy.

I'm surprised the label doesn't also say 'May contain nuts'! Can't think why one would wash an onion since it has to be peeled anyway.

As for other veg, I do wash most of them, not mushrooms though. Makes them soggy.

A knife blade will track contamination from the outside through the cut. I wash any vegetable (including onions), and the knife, after peeling. Then chop. Cooking does not destroy certain spores. Peeling a banana does not involve such contamination.

I don’t either 🤷🏼‍♀️ especially with seasonal produce

Not just the Netherlands - anywhere, if UK grown is available. And as far as possible I like to buy and eat in season, so I agree entirely with your mother re strawberries.