{"id":9391,"date":"2016-12-25T14:14:24","date_gmt":"2016-12-25T13:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=9391"},"modified":"2017-05-20T10:18:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T08:18:01","slug":"persian-shallot-confusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=9391","title":{"rendered":"Persian shallot confusion!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve also harvested onions of Allium stipitatum \u201cAlbum\u201d<\/em>, one of the so-called Ornamental onions\u2026but for those in the know also a fantastic Edimental onion. I bought this one as Allium rosenbachianum \u201cAlbum\u201d<\/em> from Taylor\u2019s bulbs in 2009. My friend, THE onion man,Mark McDonough\u200b tentatively ID\u2019d it rather as Allium stipitatum \u201cAlbum\u201d<\/em> \u2013 a bit disappointed as I\u2019d just discovered a paper documenting the traditional use of the young leaves of rosenbachianum<\/em> in traditional soup dishes in Tajikistan (see http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=6578<\/a>). However, stipitatum is one of at least 3 species of onion of which the bulbs are harvested, sliced and dried and sold as Persian shallots around the world. I\u2019d earlier blogged about a second tall edimental onion I was growing; ID\u2019d by Dutch onion grower Wietse Mellema\u200b as probably Allium altissimum<\/em> (but bought as Allium hirtifolium \u201cAlbum\u201d<\/em>) (see my blog A Year in the life of the Persian Shallot – http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/jexyak7<\/a> and
\nhttp:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?page_id=893<\/a>). However, Wietse commented this summer that he didn\u2019t think it was altissimum\u2026.so still unsure what this is\u2026
\nAnyway, I harvested the largest onions, replanted the smaller ones and they are now drying along with apples above my wood stove\u2026must remember to mark them as onions when dried this year as the last time I did this somebody ate one thinking they were apples ;)<\/p>\n

I also discovered that the roots that the bulbs had already put down in preparation of spring were tasty and crunchy\u2026. to be used in tonight\u2019s salad!<\/p>\n