Spring Onion vs. Green Onions - What's the Difference?
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Scallions, green onions, spring onions...oh my?! These names are used interchangeably and often wrong. So what is what? I explain it all in this video.
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It is legitimately surprising how few videos there are on RUclips that refer to spring onions in this way. Thanks for the video.
Thx!
Thank you so much!! I'm in Australia and a newbie gardener. I just planted spring onions that you would call scallions. I was reading all this info about spring onions being young onions and became really concerned because I have direct sowed my seed in a large pot based on them only being scallion sized when full grown!! I am so grateful to you for this very clear explaination!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Oh my god! Only now i know I've been planting scallion/green onions not spring onion 😅😅
LOL
Just bought spring onions by mistake thinking they were scallions with a bulb.
oh no
In Spain they call scallions/green onions, 'ajos tiernos' which I think means something like 'spring garlic', and what you call 'spring onions', are a direct translation, 'cebolla tierna', so I've been so confused! Thank you for clearing this up!
Thanks for sharing!
Oh my gosh I recently moved to Spain and I've been going crazy trying to figure this out!
Thanks very helpful. I bought a spring onion from my local farmer in town and I thought it was a scallion. Now I know how and what to eat it.
yay!
Hi! I use your videos in order to learn English about herbs. So I would say you are a nice english teacher :)
wow glad to help
I definitely was starting to get frustrated with the names of the scallions and wondered about the difference, so thanks so much for posting!
Welcome!
Thanks. Confusion happens when getting recipes from youtubers in the UK. This helped! RUclips encyclopedia saves the day again.
YAY!
Very helpful, I was looking at a British recipe that called for spring onions, based on the picture of the recipe (they used the greens), seems like they intended scallions. Thank you! Very informative!
Glad it was helpful!
I'm from Spain and I was so confused about this. Thank you so much for your video!!
You're so welcome!
Thank You so much for the explanation. I was so confused
Welcome!
Me too
I literally search for "can you eat the leaves of onions", then I saw your vlog. 😀 Good to know the difference of these two. Thank you for making this vlog.
Sure!
This addressed every single question I have about spring onions and scallions
yay!
Thanks a ton!! I was banging my head against the wall trying to explain to the vegetable vendor what I wanted, but was using the wrong terms!
Happy to help
The greens on home grown spring onions are wonderful. It is what we grow them for. Regular onions which we eat the green tops from while young, then leave the bulb to grow and develop for use later.
I love eating the green part as well it's delicious!
Awesome!
Thanks so much! Grew up abroad and grew up calling them spring onions. Moved to the States and was immediately confused
You are so welcome!
Thanks for clearing the confusion.
Now I'm totally understand!
yay!
You might as well have done a Spring Onion v. Green Onion v. Chive v. Leeks video. They all are pretty similar
I got this, thanks
Thanks for your explanation! My friend initially was confused green onions with leeks. When google it, she said that was spring onions in Finland. Haha what a hilarious situation! In Vietnam, we just call it onion leaves. 😅
happy to help
I am planting both from seeds and the seeds look exactly the same and their sprouts look the same too...
Glad you made a video explaining the sifference! Thank you! 😉🙏
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for this! I always felt so guilty for throwing away the green part of the spring onions because I thought they were green onions and were edible. Now I can throw them away guilt-free now that I know we're not supposed to eat them.
woo hoo
Also eat the green part. Very nice and good stir fry add carrot, cut beans , peas later add noodles or rice.
This is absolutely different in Australia (and i'm guessing therefore in the UK also). Interesting to know, i'll adjust my usage from recipes from the US accordingly. Thanks!
Sure!!
Perfectly explained, thank you!! Also, love your shirt !
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Hahaha thanks for clearing the confusion ...I've always called scallions as spring onions .
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Glad to help!
Thanks for that info bro & I love the way you style your beard
Thank you!
Super helpful ! The explanation is very clear : )
Glad to hear that!
Didn't know anything about this, thanks!
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I want to see how Spring onion (Green Onion) compares to Leek, because it looks like a mini and macro version of each other
Thanks for the idea!
Thank you for this. You just made me a little smarter.
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Thank you so much for such an informative video!!
You're welcome!
Tq for clarifying. But which is healthy and tasty in both of those onions? And I used to watch many Korean dishes where they use more green onions in every cooking.
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Thanks for explaining I used to get confused before
You’re welcome 😊
thank you for clarifying this.. i had to explain this when i was in Philippines
No worries!
Thanks for the education. After 60 years of life, I finally learn what the difference is.
of course!
Imagine what you will learn in the next 60 years ;)
Very helpful, Thank you!!
Glad it was helpful!
Just what I needed to know. Thank you for the info! Now where do I find a spring onion? And I may have missed this, but is it only around in the spring?
Any time
Great explanation! Thank you! 😊
Thanks for watching!
Hey there, nice vid. Great when they get straight to the point! Any Keto recipe tips?
Thank you! Not yet.
Love the video! Did you manage big time rush?
Not really
That’s strange I’ve used the greens off spring onions in cooking before I cooked them into stews and soups and they’ve turned out always pretty good.
they are typically way too woody
I've done the same thing, but only because I didn't know the difference lol. I was wondering why the greens tasted so weak and hard. NOW I know!
This was very informative for those who don't know. Thank you.
Happy to help
Hey I didn't know there was a difference once I bought an onion Greener spring and it had garlic in it from an A Oriental store
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I put a piece of spring onion in soil and it sprouted...THANK YOU, I didn't know that later I wouldn't be able to eat the greens, you probably just saved my life.
Aww.. you're welcome!
Thank you. I am always wanted to know the diffrent s. I am planting a Japanese Varity what we call Scallions and what they call Bunching Onions that are Red on the bottom and Green on the top. 🙃✊🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾
Nice!
Thank you, I was researching green onion and chives but came across this
Glad to help!
Thank you, Jerry James! :)) Great video!
Thanks!
In Australia the "scallions" you speak of are spring onions...
ahhhh
And in the uk we call them spring onions
Totally random question... what is your paint color?? I love it!! I’ve been looking for a color like that for my bathroom!
I have no idea. It is an apartment sorry
In Germany we have both...and both called Spring Onion (Frühlingszwiebel...sometimes Lauchzwiebel (leek-onion)) 😀
You said that the green part of the springonions can´t be eaten
But our Spring Onions have the same texture as the Scallions and can definitly be eaten.
Maybe depends on how old they are when they are harvested...I never had any problems with them. :-)
Thanks for the info!
LOVE your shirt btw! Thank you for the informative video :)
Thanks!
In New Zealand we use Spring Onion to refer to scallions and it makes a lot of sense now
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Same in Australia
Wow, that's very informative. Thanks😊
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you very informative and helpful;
Of course
I cannot wait to correct my friends and family
Ha
Thanks dude...really informative.
Keep it up
Thanks!
Czech here, i was confused with the terms of scallions, now i know, thanks. :)
(i thought scallions was some sort of see food. Lmao.)
oh yah, scallops are. i still have to think about that some times
EXCELLENT CONTENT, FUNNY AS A FRIEND’S GAVE US SOME
SPRING- ONIONS THINKING THEY WERE SCALLIONS AND BELIEVE THEY-DON’T EAT THE BULBS AT ALL BUT ONLY GROWS IT TO EAT THE GREEN PARTS FUNNY BUT SEEM TO ENJOY IT LOL
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Hi Jerry! Have you ever grown your own radish sprouts? They are delicious in salads and on sandwiches.
those do sound good. i have not.
They tend to be a bit spicier than a full sized sliced radish, but they are very tasty.
Thanks for this. Be making a video about scallions soon and I found you! Now, I know the difference. Thanks to you! New subscriber here!♡
Awesome! Thank you!
Good explanation.
Thanks
You are welcome
Good explanation, thank you!
Welcome!
I believe their even called spring onions because their taken up early in the spring?!? Thank you for the information.
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Jerusalem artichokes- where can we find these? I have a soup recipe that call for them and the outside reminds me of ginger so if you can do a you tube tutorial on these that would be cool! Haven’t used them before but determined to find them.
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Thank you for sharing 👍
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You can't eat the greens but you can tie a bunch in a knot and throw them in a pot of something if you need onion flavour
nice
Thank you!
Welcome!
Good information
Thanks
Big help! Thanks!
Awesome!
Yeah... The reason why my fried rice garnishing was sooo chewy and tough..... Man, these spring onion greens are tough....unlike tender green onions
Oh no!
mum called me to buy green onions
but i was picturing a whole onion and got that by mistake
SO HERE I AM LOL
LOL!
We call spring onions shallots and French onions eshallots and the one with the bulb spring onions it's so confusing even talking to other people within australia
oh cool
I want to plant spring onions and prefer to plant the 6 inch long plant sprout for a quicker harvest. However I only see sprouts of sweet onions for sale, which resemble spring onions. Are they the same thing?
i would ask the garden center, no way for me to know based on where you are
Thank s bro well explained
Thanks!
Thank you
You're welcome
Hi I love your vid thanks for the info
but I need to ask some of my onions sprouted and I put them in the water and it produces some roots do I have to replant it? and can I put it in just a pot? am living in an urban area. thanks I hope for your feedback
I am not a seasoned gardner but i think so
What about chinese leek? Yup here mostly in asia spring onion used to be cook when the bulb is still small & can be eaten with the green leaves part, still soft. I'm confuse as how to plant them. Does the onion need to be big or replant when they are still at spring onion stage
I am not familiar
I have been growing all these things for 15 years or so and maybe a lot of this is down to different things being named differently in different parts of the world but almost everything you said is wrong from my perspective.
Scallions are spring onions, although the leaves of shallots can also be called scallions as can bunching onions (usually called welsh onions or Japanese bunching onions) or even tree/walking onions (which have the sweetest leaves of all). Some bunching onions do not produce bulbs, some do.
Spring onions are usually grown until they are the size of what you were calling a scallion and pulled to be eaten. They are bred to have milder, less tough leaves but if you leave them in the ground, they will grow a bulb like the two examples you had. Because these plants have been selected for more edible leaves, they do not store well and are eaten soon after being pulled. What you are calling spring onions are mature versions of what you are calling scallions. They produce smaller, milder bulbs. They can also be sown late in the summer and overwintered in the ground as seedlings to produce early bulbs next year hence "spring onions".
Bunching onions are perennials. Their leaves remain green in the winter and their main value is as a winter crop, the leaves of other onion/scallion type plants die back in late summer. They can be used year round but as other sources of "scallions" are available in the spring and summer, it is wasteful to use them then and leave none of them for the winter months.
The "scallion" you held up looks very much like a spring onion. Most bunching onions do not have a stem that thick and most swell, at least a little, at the end with the roots. Bunching onions also tend to be sharper in flavour, quite tough towards the roots and have tougher leaves than spring onions. Most people would prefer a spring onion to a bunching onion and I don't think shops would sell many bunching onions if the two were both offered.
TL:DR I think what you call a scallion is an immature version of what you call a spring onion. Bunching onions are quite different in character to spring onions (scallions) and are not widely cultivated.
Ya diff countries do it diff
Interesting
I'm the UK we called them both spring onions
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scallions and red onions alllll the way for sandwiches, salads, asian cuisine (red for sandwich/salad, scallion for asian dish)
white or yellow onions for caramelizing or raw for burgers
Thanks for the tips!
What’s the common use of the spring onion though?
often grilled
Thanks 👊🏾
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Saw t-shirt-> liked video
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The whole time I was wondering why the scallions in Singapore were purple
Glad to help!
what do you mean with you saying "early" when you refer to spring onion? early in the morning? early in the year? early in the development? early to harvest people might think?
development
Nice. Which one best taste and soft
its diff
here in PH we call it "sibuyas" interchangeably.
oh huh
Im making garlic bread and it says to use green onions, but I don't have then so do you think it's fine if I use spring onions?
no
Can I use the green part of the spring onion for garnishing dishes??
Yes
What are you talking about we use even the greens of spring onion and cooks well
usually too woody
Same here! I just bought some spring onions to use the tops thinking they were the same as green onions. They cooked just fine and were tasty. I would keep them, don't throw them away!
@@raquelocasio8588 👍it's also tasty to use as a toping in chicken soups and noodles
@@jerryjamesstone Depends on age. Those are some pretty mature spring onions in the video. Most of the time when they're harvested they're not quite as developed, and the greens are not too tough yet. Of course, at that point, they're almost indistinguishable from scallions, making distinguishing between the two even more difficult.
To add more confusion, just learned green onions = scallions, OK. So spring onions = shallots (what we call in Australia), correct?
spring onions are not shallots here in the US
They can get confused to each other when are babies as the leaves look very similar
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I'm not so sure, man. Are you sure, man?
yes, man
You need to email Tesco’s that they label green onions wrongly and all the British supermarkets
ha well it can be diff in diff countries
@@jerryjamesstone in the word colour the USA miss the u out, as a Scottish dyslexic I really wondered why
What about green part of a fully riped onion, can I use them in fried rice or noodles ?
You can, would not reccommend
I beg to diffe.r you can use spring onion greens in soups an stews.
ok
How about posting a link where one can purchase the SPRING ONION seeds since I have spent countless hours trying to find them.......
i dont garden
I'm trying to.make something called 'gat-kimchi' which is scallions and I be buying spring onions. Lol. Thanks for this. ☺️
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I'm searching for this answer almost 30 years🙂
Oh no! Happy to help