Food That Time Forgot: Roasted Onions

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  • Опубликовано: 25 янв 2025

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  • @ryancoody7069
    @ryancoody7069 14 дней назад +1654

    Your roasted onions got me through college. I’m not kidding.

    • @devinmcgroot7560
      @devinmcgroot7560 13 дней назад +261

      now i know who was farting in my class

    • @theshuman100
      @theshuman100 13 дней назад +3

      peasant behaviour

    • @DanBlabbers
      @DanBlabbers 13 дней назад +77

      Potatoes are cheaper and more filling wtf are you eating just onions for?

    • @ryancoody7069
      @ryancoody7069 13 дней назад +182

      @@DanBlabbers haha I ate lots of potato’s and ramen noodles too. Thank you for your concern.

    • @Iceman259
      @Iceman259 13 дней назад +30

      Typical Yelnats behaviour

  • @chipcook5346
    @chipcook5346 13 дней назад +1312

    Let's just be clear, here, sir. No episode of Townsends has ever been a throwaway. I am confident I am not alone here..

    • @An_Onion
      @An_Onion 13 дней назад +14

      I dunno, that nasty crab soup one is pretty skippable.

    • @chipcook5346
      @chipcook5346 13 дней назад +5

      @@An_Onion

    • @Fridelain
      @Fridelain 12 дней назад +8

      I remember once they forgot they'd made an episode about a certain recipe (I think it was cheese and bread soup), so they made it anew.

    • @adedow1333
      @adedow1333 12 дней назад +2

      ​@@Fridelain ooh! I may have missed that one! Now I have to go find it! Thanks!

    • @TheKrispyfort
      @TheKrispyfort 12 дней назад +3

      Agreed

  • @reekz1568
    @reekz1568 14 дней назад +2117

    I remember the onion video. I baked one right after.

    • @Ayavaron
      @Ayavaron 14 дней назад +73

      I baked like eight onions since then

    • @Ed_H.
      @Ed_H. 14 дней назад +34

      So did I! Pretty good, wasn't it?

    • @daughterofpatriots3165
      @daughterofpatriots3165 14 дней назад +22

      Me too, delicious.❤

    • @Havyng25
      @Havyng25 14 дней назад +7

      So do i. It's good

    • @patrickwalt6903
      @patrickwalt6903 14 дней назад +18

      I remember it too. So much fun. So when I saw this one, I immediately clicked.

  • @SamClemens-id3cl
    @SamClemens-id3cl 13 дней назад +415

    Yes! I did the baked onion recipe. I introduced it to a friend, also.
    It standd in stark comparison to TikTok recipes which are trying to do "quick & easy" recipes which are actually a combination of comparatively expensive, already cooked, over-processed junk foods.
    Then there is baked onion. A real food. They are good.

    • @cathys949
      @cathys949 13 дней назад +20

      You are so right!! There are entire aisles in the grocery store that do not contain any actual food (and I don't mean the cleaning and paper aisles).

    • @fractalgem
      @fractalgem 13 дней назад +21

      So many "quick and easy" recipes that either aren't actually easy or require ridiculously expensive stuff.
      Some of the recipes are even outright faked :(

    • @godlovesyou1995
      @godlovesyou1995 9 дней назад +2

      ​@@cathys949bro eats paper and cleaning supplies 💀

    • @turpasauna
      @turpasauna 8 дней назад +1

      Yessss. Onions are so nutrition-dense!

  • @keeperofgunsandfish
    @keeperofgunsandfish 14 дней назад +455

    "Comfort food can be both be psychologically comforting and good for you" is a very true statement.

  • @macedonianproductions4497
    @macedonianproductions4497 10 дней назад +126

    Jon, may I suggest/request that you do a short series on the simplest, least expensive, and least-skill-required dishes that have been your favorites over the years? I'm not a cook, but am fascinated by so many of your cooking videos. I'd love to be able to try and reproduce the recipes and use them for personal eating, as well as living history events. Perhaps you could group them as "Kitchen Recipes" and "Campfire Recipes" based upon the level of equipment needed. I'd love to see this kind of grouping.

  • @raideurng2508
    @raideurng2508 14 дней назад +820

    As the old sayings go:
    A kitchen without onions is an empty kitchen.
    What does every recipe start with? Prepare an onion.
    Onions and butter is the most delightful smell in existence.

    • @petersanders5321
      @petersanders5321 14 дней назад

      ​@@Toxicpoolofreekingmascul-lj4yd Ain't that the truth. When it comes down to it.. it's that onion edge that gives it some 'oompah'. Can't help it. Ha, ha. Really. Good, and fine. Can hardly get a decent sub- sandwich without them. They're a standard. Hey! Even back then, it was routine; natch.. Any culture, anytime.

    • @sweettthings
      @sweettthings 13 дней назад +8

      The only time I ever got upset about shortages during lockdowns was on the couple of occasions when I couldn't find onions anywhere. They are essential!

    • @BlastinRope
      @BlastinRope 13 дней назад +2

      onions and cilantro

    • @morrismonet3554
      @morrismonet3554 13 дней назад +9

      Onions, butter, and garlic.

    • @AngelofKaos
      @AngelofKaos 13 дней назад +5

      The smell of home is always soup, sautéed garlic, and basil for me.

  • @cathys949
    @cathys949 13 дней назад +36

    We used to visit some friends who had a fire pit. We would go there for a cookout, and we would wrap onions and potatoes in foil and put them into the coals of the fire pit, then cook burgers or whatever to go along with it. Often I would just eat the roasted onion with the roasted potato! So delicious together, with a little butter, salt & pepper. I had forgotten about that until this video! I'll have to do it again. Thanks for your informative videos!! Oh, and try a little fresh thyme with your onions! That's a match made in onion heaven!

    • @shmodzilla
      @shmodzilla 13 дней назад

      I just wrote similar, i use a old car rim next to the fire! Works great.

    • @schwuzi
      @schwuzi 9 дней назад

      ​​@@shmodzillado you bake it in the rim or what is that for? i bet it's a good source of iron 😂

  • @loreshdw
    @loreshdw 14 дней назад +514

    When I was about 12 I found a recipie for "onion roasted in cinders". I convinced my parents to let me use our wood burning fireplace in the living room. It was delicious

    • @lamoinette23
      @lamoinette23 12 дней назад +29

      my uncle used to roast various things in our fireplace.. eggplant, potatoes sometimes we made popcorn on the fire. we never tried onions, sadly.. i will have to in his memory

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 11 дней назад +11

      That sort of thing is just the best thing that can happen as a 12-year-old.

    • @wysoft
      @wysoft 11 дней назад +4

      man that's one of the things I miss about having a fireplace in my last house. I had a nice cast iron frame I could use to cook, and it was just fun to do. homemade fireplace pizza was awesome!

    • @lloyd9500
      @lloyd9500 10 дней назад +3

      @@wysoft Don't mean to be a party pooper, but isn't cooking food in a fireplace/wood burner terrible for the flue? As in, it gets coated in oils, fats, sugars, etc.?

    • @schwuzi
      @schwuzi 9 дней назад +4

      ​@@lloyd9500it's not a big deal. where i'm from the chimney sweeper shows up 4 times a year if you have an active fireplace. they will tell you when something is wrong.
      if you only burn dry wood and occasionally use it to cook something you have nothing to worry about.

  • @benjamincarper2518
    @benjamincarper2518 12 дней назад +2

    I loved your baked onion video. There was something about the winter, and hardiness, and simplicity that stirred me. That nostalgic comfort of an American land and the joy of even the quaintest of meals.

  • @steakwilliams4448
    @steakwilliams4448 14 дней назад +792

    I remember that old onion video. I used to take onions camping and I’d cook them pretty similar to this, except the onion went right into the coals. When I was in my youth and very poor I used to eat so many onions, because they were so cheap. I literally threw the onion on a cookie sheet or wrapped in foil for an hour in the oven and slap a little butter on it when it came out. Crazy how that’s basically what our ancestors did hundreds of years ago. Onions are like a best friend to me. More onion videos please! 🧅

    • @lindamaemullins-wr1jg
      @lindamaemullins-wr1jg 14 дней назад +12

    • @JustANobody1983
      @JustANobody1983 14 дней назад +32

      When I was a child in the 50’s I loved raw onions. Sometimes I would ask my mom to slice it or I would take one she had sliced for a meal and slather yellow mustard on it, add salt and pepper and just eat it plain.

    • @balsyprick6764
      @balsyprick6764 14 дней назад +19

      @@JustANobody1983 Still done in the balkans. My friend from Slovenia usually serve raw onionslices that you dip in water and salt when he is having a party. Its good!

    • @Maria_Erias
      @Maria_Erias 14 дней назад +14

      One of Julia Child's recipes from her Art of French Cookery is just an onion that's been steamed (to soften it a bit), then roasted in the oven. Not only is it great to eat on its own, but it's then perfect for stuffing, even with something as simple as bread crumbs. They've become one of my favorites for holiday dinners, because they're cheap, simple, and incredibly delicious.

    • @MEDavis-kn3ph
      @MEDavis-kn3ph 13 дней назад +22

      My Granddad was bedridden with pneumonia in the early 1950s. He had Mom make a poultice for him from strong onions lightly sautéed in lard with mustard flour added at the end. She wrapped the mixture hot in double layer of cotton flannel, put it on his chest. He slept that night and the next day he was up and about. Coughed up a bucket of nasty crap. Fully recovered in 2 days.

  • @meredithlyon3142
    @meredithlyon3142 13 дней назад +26

    I had a fantastic onion dish in Bamberg, Germany. Onion stuffed with ground pork and topped with bacon.

  • @Kay-bh3jz
    @Kay-bh3jz 14 дней назад +947

    I'll be honest, I tried this recipe originally because I'm poor. 4 pounds of onions is 5 dollars and they don't go bad easily. A small amount of butter or oil, wrap it in foil and bake, and you have a cheap and filling side dish.

    • @helenamcginty4920
      @helenamcginty4920 13 дней назад +73

      Onions most definitely can and do go off.
      I make coleslaw regularly. Just onion, carrot and cabbage with mayonaise.
      The other day I was eating my cheese and coleslaw sandwich when I got a really bitter mouthful. I spat most of it out. Scraped the coleslaw off the cheese so I could eat that. I had swallowed bit of whatever it was. But survived as you csn tell. Next day went to use the rest of the onion.......
      Now I know what rotten onion tastes like. It is a taste that says RED FLAG this food is poison. Yo often have to throw all or part of an onion out. Esp supermarket ones in bags. Sometimes a part rotten onion looks ok in the middle. But always sniff it to make sure. It can smell rancid before it looks or feels dodgy.
      Take care.

    • @Kay-bh3jz
      @Kay-bh3jz 13 дней назад +121

      @@helenamcginty4920 Oh yeah it's possible. But they last much longer as a general rule than most bulk buys do. A bag of onions has a shelf life measured in weeks or months rather in days like many vegetables.

    • @SuperXzm
      @SuperXzm 13 дней назад +21

      @@helenamcginty4920 I hate when markets do that, they know they have a batch of frozen/bad onions and put at least one soft one in the bag

    • @SuperXzm
      @SuperXzm 13 дней назад +11

      @@Kay-bh3jz Yeah, my granma used to buy her onions from friends and it was just a big open basket on the kitchen and it never went bad, at least through the winter

    • @pineappleparty1624
      @pineappleparty1624 13 дней назад +16

      I don't think onions have many calories at all. Better support them with beets, or potatoes like the cookbook suggests. sausage, onion and cabbage, (and potato chunks) makes a fine meal for very cheap. Make it a soup with beef broth. pan fry some cornbread and live like a king lol.

  • @jazasaguma
    @jazasaguma 7 дней назад +2

    Your old onion video gave me and my friends a memory that will live forever. We play D&D and it was one friends weekend to provide dinner. We would either cook, order something, etc. He had the grand idea to serve us your baked onions. It was simultaneously the worst dinner & best laughs and memories of that year. Thank you Onion Master 🙏

  • @adamcurtin3410
    @adamcurtin3410 14 дней назад +456

    “Why bother with smaller onions “: some small or odd shaped onions show up for free in food bank or surplus situations. Instead of peeling and chopping the little things, just bake them!

    • @b_uppy
      @b_uppy 14 дней назад +20

      And the smaller ones cook faster.

    • @dandyman7819
      @dandyman7819 13 дней назад +18

      Or plant them! Get some bigger onions eventually, haha.

    • @pineappleparty1624
      @pineappleparty1624 13 дней назад +4

      He means because its more work, and less yum to use small ones when you have the choice of big ones. They can be sharper tasting.

    • @b_uppy
      @b_uppy 13 дней назад +4

      @pineappleparty1624
      They can be much much milder too.

    • @MangaGamified
      @MangaGamified 13 дней назад +7

      Tell that to my aunt who is die hard fan to the established dogmatic ways of cooking, and would just call you lazy like a script lol. The only thing they adapted to is rice cooker, electric kettle and microwave for reheating.
      Lastly, no one wants to cook here. Not dont want per se but like "Oh this has too much salt, I'm gonna have a heart attack" other people "this taste bland, add more salt" repeat indefinitely.

  • @pineappleparty1624
    @pineappleparty1624 13 дней назад +5

    I believe that video was the first I watched, along with building an outdoor oven. I made the baked onions for my grandma and we had a great time eating them and watching townsends videos. Her favorite was the Washer Woman series.

  • @brianartillery
    @brianartillery 14 дней назад +82

    I watched it, felt hungry, and went and baked a couple. Probably one of the most meltingly delicious things I have ever eaten. It shouldn't, by rights, be as good as it is - but it is. The flavours released by the cooking are both subtle and complex.
    It's a go-to snack now.
    Thank you for showing it to me. 👍👍👍

  • @lindaannelineharwood4891
    @lindaannelineharwood4891 13 дней назад +3

    Jon , loved chatting with you and the others during the Patreon event on Saturday. It was as warm, savory and homey as baked onions and white pot. Have learned so much from you over the years. Thank you!!!!

    • @pineappleparty1624
      @pineappleparty1624 13 дней назад +1

      I make a version of white pot, but I use cherry preserves rather than raisins. Always a hit to any home I bring it lol.

  • @commodusleitdorf2726
    @commodusleitdorf2726 13 дней назад +95

    6 Years ago we watched this man roast and Onion.
    Now we watch him roast them again....what a mad lad.

    • @FooglerDoodgler
      @FooglerDoodgler 13 дней назад +3

      Yeah I don't get why he made this video lol. This reminds me of when he has to remake another pemmican video again every few months or so

    • @gavinjenkins899
      @gavinjenkins899 7 дней назад

      Baking is not the same thing as roasting over a flame. By that reasoning, what was the point of the first video, since we've all fried onions before?

  • @mikegasmier1009
    @mikegasmier1009 5 дней назад +1

    They go well beside the rest of the vegetables in the same dish with a roast meat. That way they can absorb some of the stock. Also, if you are roasting them by themselves, scrunch a little alfoil so they can stand upright on their base, this avoids the dents on the side, and allows them to cook more evenly. That browning you see is the best flavour.

  • @Lorriann63
    @Lorriann63 14 дней назад +26

    I remember this onion video. I recently bought one of your new mugs at Christmas and in the box along with the mug was a card for roasting onions. What a great gift. Thank you, Jon and all the Townsends team for all you do!

  • @BBRWild
    @BBRWild 7 дней назад

    I really love roasted onions. For me it’s one of the favorite food on my camping trips. Any trip is with roasted onions, cooked on campfire. It’s so tasty and healthy food, everyone must try it. Good video

  • @anyaoberkirsch7015
    @anyaoberkirsch7015 14 дней назад +61

    Thanks to your throw away episode, my family found a great meal that we enjoy a couple times a month.

  • @SanguivorousRevenant
    @SanguivorousRevenant 13 дней назад +1

    Thank you for another fantastic video and a return to an old favourite!

  • @OuiOui-hu1ko
    @OuiOui-hu1ko 14 дней назад +51

    Has it been 6 years since the baked onion video? I've been baking onions ever since. It's the one dish I make over and over again. Roasting other vegetables? Throw a couple onions in the oven too.

  • @MlleAdler
    @MlleAdler 13 дней назад +5

    Mom would put whole onions in the crockpot along with the beef and carrots for stew (toothpicked to maintain structural integrity during the long stew process.)
    Would boil the potatoes separately, then take the separated beef fat and beef broth from the crock pot, make VAST amounts of gravy, then add it all (barely!) back into the pot, for the final stewing.
    We would each get an onion, remove the toothpick holding it together, then slice in half or quarters, top with salt and butter and/or gravy.
    I still dream of this!

  • @DENNISPS78
    @DENNISPS78 14 дней назад +58

    My dad used to cook whole onions peeled in the pressure cooker. Served with butter and salt. Was always my favorite. I’ve done the baked onions several times now. Brings back memories

  • @sashby6719
    @sashby6719 13 дней назад +2

    Baked onions...the BEST! The PERFECT comfort food for a cold, grotty rain/snow/sleet/generally miserable day! Thank You for the reminder!

  • @bradybern6458
    @bradybern6458 14 дней назад +195

    I make "melted onions" during the summer I just throw a couple wallawalla's on the coals until they're soft, peel off the burnt layer and salt them. Everyone loves them. I've actually had people i barely know ask me about it when I go to town.

    • @dcsblessedbees
      @dcsblessedbees 14 дней назад +4

      Yep Wallawallas are good on the grill.

    • @pineappleparty1624
      @pineappleparty1624 13 дней назад +1

      @@dcsblessedbees what? is that a term for onions?

    • @ViolentRainbow
      @ViolentRainbow 13 дней назад +1

      @@pineappleparty1624 It's a kind of onion

    • @pineappleparty1624
      @pineappleparty1624 13 дней назад +6

      @@ViolentRainbow Must be the kind you throw at people to make the "wala wala bing bang" sound lol

    • @teebob21
      @teebob21 13 дней назад +15

      @@pineappleparty1624 Walla Walla onions, botanically classified as Allium cepa, are one of the only non-hybrid, sweet onions that are members of the Amaryllidaceae family. Known as a long-day variety, Walla Walla onions are named for their specific growing region in the Walla Walla Valley of Washington in the pacific northwest. These onions are only allowed to be labeled as Walla Walla if they meet specific quality regulations and are grown in the designated region.

  • @markbrown2296
    @markbrown2296 13 дней назад +4

    I just found the baked onion video just before Christmas. It was such a simple and pure video.

  • @fb4509
    @fb4509 14 дней назад +47

    Really enjoyed the previous roasted onion video. Its really interesting how these staple foods have evolved in their uses and preparation over time.

  • @malusignatius
    @malusignatius 13 дней назад +5

    Watching this from Australia blows my mind a little, as roast onion is a staple in Sunday Roasts here.

    • @mannbat
      @mannbat 13 дней назад +1

      I came to say exactly the same thing. I'm surprised roast onion isn't popular elsewhere in the world

  • @pietroleone1595
    @pietroleone1595 14 дней назад +215

    I'm in Italy, in Piedmont, roasted onion are sold by local discount daily.

    • @Heidegaff
      @Heidegaff 14 дней назад +16

      Ennesima prova dello stato primitivo della regione del Piemonte.

    • @Cavolfipriecapperi
      @Cavolfipriecapperi 14 дней назад +3

      Quanto ti invidio

    • @M.M.83-U
      @M.M.83-U 14 дней назад +1

      Stavo per scrivere la stessa cosa.

    • @PanTrimtab
      @PanTrimtab 13 дней назад +7

      @@Heidegaff ...what?

    • @Stefano--
      @Stefano-- 13 дней назад +3

      @@Heidegaff 🤣 cosi de botto

  • @aaronberg221
    @aaronberg221 13 дней назад

    I made a baked onion the day that video came out. I ate a bag of onions that week prepared in many ways. Onion jam, roasted onions, onion soup, onion chips, etc. I prefer the acid in cooking provided by onion more than tomato. Thank you so much for everything you do.

  • @LeprechaunFireman
    @LeprechaunFireman 14 дней назад +115

    Sometimes, when I grill steaks, I will wrap onions in foil and roast them. My kids LOVE them!!!! 8:44

    • @jasonbeard2161
      @jasonbeard2161 13 дней назад +7

      We do the same, put a little butter and a dash of your favorite seasoning

    • @pineappleparty1624
      @pineappleparty1624 13 дней назад +5

      If I do that, I end up with corn on the cob, sweet peppers, and even shrimp if on sale lol.

    • @caroleezekiel6000
      @caroleezekiel6000 13 дней назад +3

      I do the same, but if I'm in a hurry, I just quarter them, season and cook in microwave. I could eat them all day, every day!

    • @PatrickCordaneReeves
      @PatrickCordaneReeves 13 дней назад +6

      Apparently, leaving the skins on will serve as aluminum foil. According to the video, at least.

    • @LeprechaunFireman
      @LeprechaunFireman 12 дней назад

      @PatrickCordaneReeves ... would probably add flavor, and possibly retain nutrients.

  • @Legally_its_a_joke
    @Legally_its_a_joke 11 дней назад

    Three new banger videos from three of my favorite artists, winning!

  • @Ater_Draco
    @Ater_Draco 14 дней назад +116

    Definitely not forgotten in Wales. Lots of people have them with their Sunday roasts. Thanks again for a great video

    • @robertwilson2007
      @robertwilson2007 14 дней назад +9

      We put onions in our pot roasts here in the US. MMMMMM

    • @nathanielovaughn2145
      @nathanielovaughn2145 13 дней назад +8

      Cymru am byth! ❤

    • @ardentdrops
      @ardentdrops 13 дней назад +7

      Onions are a common side-dish or dressing in the US. I think what he was referring to when he said "forgotten" was eating them straight with no other food besides.

  • @corey1845
    @corey1845 12 дней назад

    Discovered this channel 13 years ago. Still such a gem to watch your videos.

  • @tigrerojo9685
    @tigrerojo9685 14 дней назад +53

    A friend called the baked onions "pretentious" after I showed them the old video; I have never felt so *slighted* before in my life....

    • @AdaptiveApeHybrid
      @AdaptiveApeHybrid 13 дней назад +41

      What can be less pretentious than a baked onion lol

    • @aonghusofaolain8686
      @aonghusofaolain8686 13 дней назад +22

      Literally the opposite of pretentious 😂

    • @wiiildfire
      @wiiildfire 13 дней назад +20

      I’m not sure your friend knows the meaning of that word. 🧐

    • @tjzambonischwartz
      @tjzambonischwartz 13 дней назад +26

      "you use that word. I don't think it means what you think it means."

    • @lindaanthony7890
      @lindaanthony7890 13 дней назад +1

      Nothing “pretentious” about a poor man’s food.

  • @tiki-nator
    @tiki-nator 5 дней назад +1

    Such a wonderful channel. I'm sure there are far too many suggestions for topics already, but I am going to contribute to that list: Whaling Vessels.

  • @JmarieD
    @JmarieD 14 дней назад +16

    I haven't made roasted onions in so long. I definitely need to again on these cold winter days. They are delicious.

  • @kevintodd8195
    @kevintodd8195 13 дней назад

    I love the positivity on your channel, always pleasant.

  • @patriciamurphy6730
    @patriciamurphy6730 13 дней назад +7

    We have not forgotten my kids love roasted onions. I always make fried onions when we go camping. Best and easiest way to cook them. Thank you for showing everybody Love you show.

  • @JamesShow
    @JamesShow 12 дней назад

    Wow, thanks so much for posting this. I just tried it now and wish I'd known how good it was so I didn't allow so many bags of onions go bad just because I ran out of ingredients to make chili, etc. I could have had, basically, unbreaded onion rings all this time! Doesn't need butter, salt, or anything. Am enjoying with rice and curry sauce right now.

  • @KnightsofGaming2016
    @KnightsofGaming2016 14 дней назад +22

    It's always a treat whenever Townsend uploads. Every video is very therapeutic to watch 😊

  • @Gremalkin1979
    @Gremalkin1979 13 дней назад +3

    The use of onion is quite common in my family. Brown onion sauce, raw diced on top of hotdogs, soups, casseroles, etc. Onions is a wonderful vegetable.

  • @crackerbarrel6965
    @crackerbarrel6965 14 дней назад +71

    Because of your onion video we now make baked/roasted onions at least once a week now.

  • @OPsK1LLs
    @OPsK1LLs 10 дней назад

    been enjoying this for years thanks to your original video. it was so obvious but had never done it. bake an onion and potato together. salt, pepper, light butter. so good. thanks again.

  • @TheSuluhope
    @TheSuluhope 14 дней назад +85

    I'm surprised to hear that roasted onions isn't a common dish. My parents often made roasted onions when I grew up. I also make it myself once in awhile. It's delicious.

    • @akumagouki8668
      @akumagouki8668 11 дней назад +2

      I think fried onions became more popular than them as the main onion side in the 1900s

    • @Jack93885
      @Jack93885 11 дней назад

      My grandmother would often do them at Christmas. I like to include them in my roasts because they're so low effort.

  • @estebanmiguel6019
    @estebanmiguel6019 8 дней назад

    There is something absurdly soothing about watching these videos. This is coming from someone who sort of homesteads and gathers/grows/raises/catches/hunts a good part of what I eat. I shall try roasting an onion this week.

  • @jesseelves959
    @jesseelves959 13 дней назад +56

    For Thanksgiving my grandmother would make a dish called "Creamed Onions" it was always my favorite. She would peel the small pearl onions place them in a deep baking dish and add heavy cream to cover with pinch of salt and pepper. She would bake them at 350 uncovered for about 50 min. Man they were good. Great memories...

    • @lelandwhitehead56
      @lelandwhitehead56 13 дней назад +11

      THANK YOU for this! I made this tonight with sweet onions, and it was seriously one of the best things I’ve eaten in years. It took a bit more salt than I’d have imagined, and I put butter in it as well. Baked in a Dutch oven at 375 for about an hour, then I brought it to a boil on the stovetop to try and thicken it a bit more. Ended up adding a small amount of corn starch to help thicken it a tad. Dipping a good piece of bread in it and getting it thoroughly soaked with a bit of onion wedge was the best bite. I’m going to make this at least once a month now

    • @pineappleparty1624
      @pineappleparty1624 13 дней назад +2

      @@lelandwhitehead56 You can add plain flour instead of corn starch, since you are cooking it. Just make sure the flour is cooked so that it doesn't taste, like flour lol. cheers

    • @wiiildfire
      @wiiildfire 13 дней назад +2

      @@lelandwhitehead56The Dutch oven probably kept it from thickening because it prevents evaporation. But I’d definitely add corn starch or flour as well.

    • @PrimeTX
      @PrimeTX 13 дней назад +3

      Thank you for this! It sounds delicious and I’m going to try it soon. Of course I won’t be able to include one key ingredient: Grandma Love. That flavor enhancer is sadly unavailable for me, but I’ll add a dash of happy memories. Thanks again. ❤😊

    • @jordanbelknap9168
      @jordanbelknap9168 7 дней назад

      This sounds so good! I will have to try it!

  • @PoohBearAdventures
    @PoohBearAdventures 2 дня назад +1

    We tried the onion recipe too. It was a sweet onion and I think we should have done it a bit longer, but add a little butter and some salt and it was so good! Plus my kids were excited to tell people that they had ‘an entire onion for dinner.’ Lol

  • @1cosmicdebris
    @1cosmicdebris 14 дней назад +10

    I am so happy about this episode!! The original baked onion video changed my perception of "just an onion". Delicious!!!

  • @citadel9611
    @citadel9611 День назад

    Such a great channel.
    Loves love!!!

  • @buckonono7996
    @buckonono7996 14 дней назад +14

    I grew up with eating onion sandwiches made with a thinly sliced onion on either buttered bread or with mayonnaise along with salt and pepper. They are delicious. Never thought of using a baked onion, but am looking forward to trying it!

    • @dbmail545
      @dbmail545 13 дней назад +2

      When I make a garden salad for myself it is dominated by raw sliced onion. Iceberg lettuce is some weak stuff compared to them.

    • @pineappleparty1624
      @pineappleparty1624 13 дней назад +1

      My mom grew up with the same but it was green onions.

    • @ThePobin1
      @ThePobin1 12 дней назад

      Good especially with quite sweet buns, I used to take those to school. Teacher called me unhealthy and said no wonder I'm so fat in front of the whole class for eating it at snack time instead of crisps and chocolate like everyone else lol

  • @MagicaLucem
    @MagicaLucem 10 дней назад +1

    I really enjoy your programme.
    Sometimes the things you cook which you speak of as ancient foods, make me smile.
    I'm a child of the middle 20th Century and my grandparents were certainly ancient ( ! ) when I was a boy.
    My grandpa fought at the battle of Omdurman in 1898 so yes he was old.
    He regularly ate raw onions with great delicacy with his pen knife, and similarly horseradish so his taste may have been somewhat overcome.
    However my grandma regularly served baked onions in a meal in the 1970's...
    Not the 1870's, or the 1770's...as far as I can tell (?) ..
    So yes baked onions is part of my growing up food in poorer folks homes in England whilst the Vietnam war was going on.
    Love the shows.
    But some old things ...from an American perspective...aren't quite so ancient on this side of the pond.
    And who doesn't enjoy baked onions?
    The wealthier folk would have onions in the house.
    So they are definitely poor folks fare
    In England in the 60's french itinerant salesmen on bicycles sold onions in the street..as long ropes...wrapped around their shoulders.
    I remember these guys ..and onion roasters outside football ( soccer ) stadiums ..a man with a brazier of coke with onions roasting on top
    Men especially the heavy drinkers would buy a hot roast onion wrapped in newspaper to consume with their beer.
    Very much in my experience in the late 20th century.
    I lived in London and home matches of football attracted hot potato sellers and hot onion sellers and only sometimes hot chestnut sellers.
    Is this just too British ?
    As I say, love the shows.
    This side of the pond we are a little behind...it looks like 200 years 😂
    Cheers
    ML
    As far as garlic goes I don't know, but I'm told it keeps

  • @benv9788
    @benv9788 14 дней назад +17

    I baked an onion with some butter and a little bullion. So much flavor in so simple a concept 😋

  • @datadunright
    @datadunright 12 дней назад

    I don't know how I lived without them so long! They are the stars of every holiday dinner, and we are so grateful that their ease of preparing lets us enjoy them on the daily. We like to throw in a bulb of garlic split in half with some tomatoes - easy marinara. Onions and apples go with pork. Or just onions to put over potatoes instead of gravy. Thank you!

  • @maralimarali
    @maralimarali 14 дней назад +21

    I love your videos. Thank you. 🙏🏻
    Iranians and a few other countries, eat raw onions with certain fishes. You’d never catch a cold.
    The shepherds used to make onion sandwiches. Raw onion topped with a pinch of salt, and wrapped in bread.

    • @dr.froghopper6711
      @dr.froghopper6711 14 дней назад +2

      I’m Irish and we do the same. We’re not so different after all, are we? My favorite question to ask someone that I meet that is from a different region of the planet is what their favorite foods are and how they are prepared.

    • @aloysiusdevanderabercrombi470
      @aloysiusdevanderabercrombi470 14 дней назад +4

      ​@@dr.froghopper6711American Southerner here-- I've always had onion sandwiches. Sliced bread, Duke's Mayonnaise, sliced onions, and salt/ pepper to taste.

    • @JohnDoe-mz7ud
      @JohnDoe-mz7ud 14 дней назад +1

      ​@@dr.froghopper6711Fun fact: Iran and Ireland mean the same thing. Bless you all.... and onions 😊

    • @BlackMasterRoshi
      @BlackMasterRoshi 14 дней назад +4

      German descendant here, we put liverwurst on our onion sandwiches

    • @MsLeenite
      @MsLeenite 14 дней назад +1

      @@BlackMasterRoshi Oh, yum! Liverwurst and onions... on pumpernickel with mustard...

  • @queuebranch
    @queuebranch 13 дней назад

    Thank you for this episode, the roasted onion video is still one of my favorites!

  • @katea6885
    @katea6885 14 дней назад +15

    Forgotten? Not here, mate! Mum always used to chuck some onions in the roasting pan with the spuds, carrot, parsnip and so forth when she was cooking roast beef, and I still do too sometimes.

    • @BrickNewton
      @BrickNewton 13 дней назад +2

      Yip, every roast we have at Grandma's we have roast onions with it. Love them

    • @THE-X-Force
      @THE-X-Force 13 дней назад +1

      Where is "here"?

    • @BrickNewton
      @BrickNewton 13 дней назад +3

      @@THE-X-Force I'm in New Zealand

    • @katea6885
      @katea6885 13 дней назад +2

      @THE-X-Force and I'm in Australia

  • @mynamesnotdan
    @mynamesnotdan 4 дня назад

    love your channel! keep up the good work

  • @TheRachelabomb
    @TheRachelabomb 14 дней назад +5

    I appreciate your wonderful shows. As you reach back in history and share these healthful recipes from the past, these meals can be remembered and prepared easily. God bless

  • @Jfen108
    @Jfen108 12 дней назад

    Love this channel. Really interesting stuff

  • @stormycat0905
    @stormycat0905 14 дней назад +22

    Onions have a high level of vitamin C which would be important to prevent dietary malnutritions in poor people.

    • @HereComesWheely
      @HereComesWheely 14 дней назад +10

      And it also boosts the immune system which makes sense why onions were offered to those unwell!

    • @DebatingWombat
      @DebatingWombat 13 дней назад +6

      ​@@HereComesWheely I wouldn’t make too much of that.
      The main reason onions were recommended was probably due to their strong smell and flavour, which tended to be associated with a lot of “medicinal” foods (unless they went to the other extreme and tried to be as bland as possible to “soothe” the ailment).
      Ancient/traditional medicine is/was, at best, a mixed bag. Some placebo, some effective and some outright harmful.
      Still, it is an interesting topic and I remember seeing a Swedish historical cooking show (Historieätarna, or The History Eaters) in which the two presenters lived for a week on the diet of a particular era while also wearing appropriate clothes and doing some of the typical tasks of the era. They also switched between societal classes during the week.
      In one episode, set during the Swedish Empire (i.e. the 17th and early 18th century), they were eating some dishes that were made based on the four humours idea (or humourism) that goes back to Galen and Hippocrates. Hence, the ingredients were combined based on their supposed effects on the balance of the four humours. It made for some rather odd combinations as both they and the chef remarked.

    • @seankane8628
      @seankane8628 13 дней назад +1

      Why Spanish and Portuguese ships had less scurvy

    • @evolutionaryfield4091
      @evolutionaryfield4091 13 дней назад

      @@DebatingWombatnice

    • @wiiildfire
      @wiiildfire 13 дней назад

      Onions are a prebiotic and promote good gut bacteria. Look it up.

  • @pumpkin91ful
    @pumpkin91ful 4 дня назад +1

    Roasted onions are a traditional street food in Sicily, my father is from Catania and i still remember the strange sweet, pungent, rich smell around the streets near the market, here were i live in Rome and central Italy they aren't part of the specialities.

  • @las10plagas
    @las10plagas 14 дней назад +8

    interesting to eat just onions to get over an illness.
    when i was sick as a kid, my grandma would always cut up half an onion, put it into a glass, pour a good amount of either white, but often only big chunks of brown sugar over the onion and cover the glass with cellophane wrap.
    after some time, the sugar will pull out the juice from the onion and become a sweet medicine, which you would eat a spoonfull of (how often and for how long, I don't remember anymore)...

    • @pineappleparty1624
      @pineappleparty1624 13 дней назад +4

      I remember a comment a long time ago. The lady said in the winter her family would on low heat roast sliced onions and add fresh raw honey, but not as to cook the honey too hot. It loses it's medicinal properties when you do. She said it worked magic for any sore throats or beginnings of a head cold. It's amazing what a bit of antioxidants can do for you.

  • @papamurrth1
    @papamurrth1 5 дней назад +1

    I was so curious I tried it right after the original video and was so pleasantly surprised

  • @mitchmatthews6713
    @mitchmatthews6713 14 дней назад +5

    When I came out, made it for my mother (RIP), who loved onions. Thank you for posting that, Mr. Townsend!

  • @ankoku37
    @ankoku37 10 дней назад +1

    Had no idea that this was a rare thing because I cook this all the time! I do it on a grill, whole onions like you did here just right on the grill along with sausages and large hunks of potatoes and zucchini, then cover and cook em "until they're done" and then just dump em all on a plate and eat. Delicious and easy grilled/roasted sausage and veggies

  • @robzinawarriorprincess1318
    @robzinawarriorprincess1318 14 дней назад +16

    I'm really proud of your success, Townsends!

  • @mattiemathis9549
    @mattiemathis9549 12 дней назад

    I adore baked onions and I’m so grateful for that first video you did on them. It reminded me of a wonderful, inexpensive but delicious meal. I’ve learned since then that when nobody is hungry, the smell of roasting onions gets their tummies rumbling. 😂😂

  • @ricebrown1
    @ricebrown1 14 дней назад +26

    I'm sending this video to Chef Jean Pierre. That dude taught me the versatility of the onion in modern cooking.

    • @lelandwhitehead56
      @lelandwhitehead56 13 дней назад +2

      Onyo always number first!

    • @ricebrown1
      @ricebrown1 13 дней назад +1

      @@lelandwhitehead56 This is the way...unless there is bacon. 😆

    • @pineappleparty1624
      @pineappleparty1624 13 дней назад +1

      I bought his flavored/ infused idk olive oils as a Christmas gift for my dad. He loved every bit of it.

    • @TheIntellectualApe
      @TheIntellectualApe 13 дней назад +2

      Onyo..😊

  • @JohnToddTheOriginal
    @JohnToddTheOriginal 11 дней назад +1

    Excellent episode! The crock pot (slow cooker) makes for great carmelized onions.

  • @dcsblessedbees
    @dcsblessedbees 14 дней назад +4

    I eat baked onion quite often.
    Cut the onion in 1/2 put them in a baking dish face up, add olive oil and garlic. Bake until softens, then if you like turn on broil for a few to caramelize the tops.😋Sweet onions work the best I think.

  • @ericromano7703
    @ericromano7703 11 дней назад

    There are so many online recipes that call for half a dozen hard to find and rarely used ingredients. This is so refreshing to see.

  • @debbralehrman5957
    @debbralehrman5957 14 дней назад +6

    Thanks Jon and Crew👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

  • @modernoverman
    @modernoverman 13 дней назад

    I love onions so much. When i discovered your older baked onions video a couple weeks ago I instantly subscribed!

  • @grben9959
    @grben9959 14 дней назад +17

    Roasted onions sounds delicious.

  • @sobolanul96
    @sobolanul96 13 дней назад +1

    I've been eating roasted onions since childhood. Not a single barbecue goes by without the classic onions wrapped in tinfoil and thrown on the coals. The same with potatoes. I do not like raw onions in my food, but that roasted onion tastes heavenly. Roasted onions are quite popular in my area especially with campfires and barbecues as I already mentioned.
    Other popular uses for onion include onion tea for sore throats, natural dye for easter eggs, natural dye, for fabric (needs to be redone every few washes as it wears off), and even as a mild disinfectant.

  • @theknifeman7097
    @theknifeman7097 14 дней назад +8

    After your first video I made them. Man they are delicious. Thanks

  • @kittenvibe7599
    @kittenvibe7599 13 дней назад +8

    2:18 “are just gonna sit there with your brushes or are you gonna help me?”

  • @eueut21
    @eueut21 14 дней назад +30

    In Winter i bake potato, onion and pumpkin and enjoy with salted cheese. Thank you for reminding this dish

    • @azilbean
      @azilbean 13 дней назад +5

      Please tell me more! Do you mix them together?Do you eat them separately?How did you do this??

    • @lelandwhitehead56
      @lelandwhitehead56 13 дней назад

      That sounds delightful, I might have to try that next week!

    • @abarn9541
      @abarn9541 13 дней назад

      I’ll have to try this soon!

  • @SuzNews
    @SuzNews 12 дней назад

    I remember the old onion video, but never tried it until now, on a little ceramic dish in my air fryer (mini convection oven) and you're right, it's a great side dish! Thanks!

  • @soknightsam
    @soknightsam 14 дней назад +4

    I do this regularly. I absolutely love onions I'll eat them like apples. Funny story when I was little a neighbor candied onions to look like candied apples as a joke on Halloween. I stole and ate everyone's candied onion and made myself sick but it was totally worth it

  • @joeyoung6987
    @joeyoung6987 13 дней назад

    Baked onions have become a staple in my home since that episode. I'm glad I'm not alone! We do ours with some butter and a little chicken stock. Hits the spot every time at a fraction of the starch compared to some other sides.

  • @cato451
    @cato451 13 дней назад +15

    I think what intrigues us the most about this is it is such a simple thing just baking -an onion a low cost, delicious thing.

  • @lightknightgames
    @lightknightgames 13 дней назад

    I like to half them across the hemisphere, and put veg oil on it so the oil seeps in and cooks more thoroughly.
    Good to cook with potatoes, carrots and pumpkin.
    And I peel them before cooking so a strange thing I get, is the water NEVER excapes past the outermost edge too, so it gives a nice crispy cage from the one layer that dries out, and gets super sweet, and a inside is just PURE NECTAR goodness

  • @birchlover3377
    @birchlover3377 14 дней назад +9

    I eat an onion a day in winter (in stir fries, omelettes or whatever) and believe it helps me stave off colds

    • @dbmail545
      @dbmail545 13 дней назад

      Onions and garlic contain natural compounds that act like antibiotics. Probably the source of their reputed theraputic nature.

    • @AdaptiveApeHybrid
      @AdaptiveApeHybrid 13 дней назад +3

      High in vitamin c

    • @Catwomen4512
      @Catwomen4512 7 дней назад

      ​@@AdaptiveApeHybrid vitamin C does nothing specific against colds or for the immune system, common misconception

  • @ThomasQuigley-p6i
    @ThomasQuigley-p6i 13 дней назад

    Cool Chef! I love these segments. Keep up the fantastic work... I watch them all.

  • @stephenbell5217
    @stephenbell5217 14 дней назад +40

    Speaking on medicinal onions, my gran used to heat a halved onion wrap it in cloth and make me put it over my ear when I had earache. I used to stink afterwards.

    • @maximiliangruber2796
      @maximiliangruber2796 14 дней назад +5

      That's cool but did it actually help?
      My mom used to make half a chopped onion with skin, boil it with water and add honey and a teaspoon of brown sugar.
      Cook it until it turns dark brown and then add lemon, after that i never needed any drugs for lung, stomach or colon problems.

    • @MrNU998
      @MrNU998 14 дней назад +3

      My mother did this for me with a potato in a sock! Got me through the pain of many very bad childhood ear infections.

    • @TheSuluhope
      @TheSuluhope 14 дней назад

      Scientists tested a medieval cure from Bald's Leechbook-made with onion, garlic, wine, and bile salts-and discovered it could treat infections that are resistant to modern antibiotics. Further research revealed that the mixture also breaks down biofilms, making it effective against other hard-to-treat infections.

    • @roberttalada5196
      @roberttalada5196 14 дней назад +2

      Onions are antiseptic. She’s just trying to help

    • @vladu__e
      @vladu__e 14 дней назад +2

      @@maximiliangruber2796 obviously not, why would you think it would do anything?

  • @VarietyHomestead
    @VarietyHomestead 13 дней назад

    My mother use to drop several medium sized onions in a roasting pan when she did a beef roast when I was a kid. I used to ask for one for myself and I would get it. So delicious! Keep 'em coming Jon!

  • @Steve_G88
    @Steve_G88 13 дней назад +5

    This is literally one of the best channels on youtube. educational and entertaining

  • @Oh-Joe-You-Didnt
    @Oh-Joe-You-Didnt 9 дней назад

    I make this when I go camping! I quarter the onion (not all the way through, leave the quarters connected at the root), put a couple of butter pads and some onion soup mix/seasoning in between the quarters. Wrap in foil and leave in the campfire embers until you’ve had enough beer, then pull out and enjoy! We call them onion balls and can be prepared at home before leaving for the camp trip!

  • @jasonpatterson8091
    @jasonpatterson8091 13 дней назад +5

    Is it Onion Day on RUclips? Ordinary Sausage deep fried an entire onion today. Hints of a Townsends/Ordinary Sausage crossover video? Salt pork sausage? Mushroom ketchup sausage? Only time will tell...

    • @solomonthefool9008
      @solomonthefool9008 12 дней назад

      i think ordinary sausage already made a mushroom ketchup sausage

  • @pbambient8910
    @pbambient8910 10 дней назад

    This is without a doubt one of the best channels on RUclips. Everyone from all walks of life love it.

  • @TheNewMediaoftheDawn
    @TheNewMediaoftheDawn 10 дней назад +4

    I eat like a peasant in 2025 to save cash/survive, and buy huge cheap bags of carrots, beets, potatoes, and onions in fall and eat them all winter. I’ve often had whole roasted or bbq onion, but mostly use them in soup/stew, cheers.🎉

    • @alphaomega5909
      @alphaomega5909 9 дней назад +1

      Do you eat squash? I grew up on a poor "Dirt" farm, Depression/WW2 era. My mother grew asst Hard Squash. We baked them , made breads, soups. Easy n hard squash keep easy in a cool space all winter.😊

    • @TheNewMediaoftheDawn
      @TheNewMediaoftheDawn 9 дней назад +1

      @ yeah it’s good, especially if you grow your own, but not the cheapest unless you get it from farms in the fall. Sweet potatoes are good storage too.

    • @alphaomega5909
      @alphaomega5909 9 дней назад +1

      @@TheNewMediaoftheDawn I n my Mrs retired in Grand Haven township Michigan. We buy most vegetables n dairy,meats from local farms.West Michigan is very full of farms. Large n small. NBut the Mrs n I grew up in Antrim County Michigan. Another big farming area.

  • @foxtailfcs
    @foxtailfcs 12 дней назад

    I actually tried it after watching the episode again a few weeks ago, and it's truly amazing! I think it's honestly the perfect winter snack! 😂 Just pop one in the oven for a bit, and leave the door cracked when you take it out for some extra heat. Cozy up with some wool blankets, and enjoy with an episode of Townsend's!

    • @foxtailfcs
      @foxtailfcs 12 дней назад

      Now my mouth is watering just thinking about it again, with a nice little cheese, a bit of cured meat? It sounds absolutely divine and now I'm pre-heating my oven 😂

  • @arthrodea
    @arthrodea 14 дней назад +15

    I think the reason is that “Onion boil” recipe which is actually a baked or roasted onion with butter and cajun seasoning went viral. So your roasted onion video got picked up by the algorithm for tons of people searching for that recipe.

  • @michaelarrowood4315
    @michaelarrowood4315 13 дней назад

    Wonderful update! A worthy expansion of the original video, which of course sent me off to the kitchen to roast some onions. :) So delicious and simple.