ISSUE 52, ONIONS-SHALLOTS-GARLIC, Part 6: When Onions Breathed Fire
When Onions Breathed Fire
I last saw one around 1967, a medium brownish red onion sold at the produce stands on the eastern shore of Maryland. There were never very many of them in a basket, leading me to think that they were intended as a novelty--a joke. It was “the fireball” --as pungent an onion as you ever put in your mouth. If there was a Scovil…