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Experts break down the difference between scallions, green onions, and spring onions—and how to buy them and use them in your cooking.
We explain the difference between scallions vs. green onions and spring onions, breaking down these different types of alliums and how to tell them apart.
Scallions (also known as green onions and spring onions) are edible vegetables of various species in the genus Allium. Scallions generally have a milder taste than most onions . Their close relatives include garlic , shallots , leeks , chives , [ 1 ] and Chinese onions . [ 2 ]
Many of the species are edible, and some have a long history of cultivation and human consumption as a vegetable including the onion, garlic, scallions, shallots, leeks, and chives, with onions being the second most grown vegetable globally after tomatoes as of 2023. [7] [8]
Allium fistulosum, the Welsh onion, also commonly called bunching onion, long green onion, Japanese bunching onion, and spring onion, is a species of perennial plant, often considered to be a kind of scallion. The species is very similar in taste and odor to the related common onion, Allium cepa, and hybrids between the two (tree onions) exist.
Experts break down what are chives, what are chives used for, where to get chives, and how chives differ from spring onions, green onions, and scallions.
Chives, green onions, scallions—are they all the same? There's a lot of confusion around these little green alliums you often see sprinkled atop stir-frys or cooked into soups.Alike in shape and ...
An onion (Allium cepa L., from Latin cepa meaning "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onion which was classified as a separate species until 2011.