{"id":42234,"date":"2020-12-21T12:52:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T01:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/?p=42234"},"modified":"2020-12-21T12:52:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T01:52:41","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-red-white-and-brown-onions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/what-is-the-difference-between-red-white-and-brown-onions\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is The Difference Between Red, White And Brown Onions?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are some things in life we know to be true and just never question: under ripe bananas are weird and bendy, flowers need sunlight to grow, and there are three different types of onions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chalky bananas are hardly groundbreaking and we know why flowers need sun, but why are there three different types of onions? And what is the difference between red, white and brown onions anyway?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The answer: taste. Brown onions are good all rounders, red onions are a bit sweeter, while white ones are the milder little sibling of the brown. The below infographic from <a href=\"https:\/\/myfoodblog.com.au\/\">MyFood Blog<\/a> puts things into perspective pretty nicely;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifehacker.com.au\/content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/09\/Onion-infographic.jpg\" alt=\"difference onions\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While there isn\u2019t a huge difference between red, white and brown onions, taste is important, especially when cooking. There\u2019s a reason a red onion is the best choice in a Spring salad, ya know?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, fun fact, if you refrigerate your onion friends about an hour before you plan on <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/lifestyle\/7-ways-to-chop-up-an-onion-its-not-what-you-think\/\">slicing them<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.novafm.com.au\/entertainment\/internet\/7-ways-chop-onion-its-not-what-you-think\/\">,<\/a> it will help keep the tears away. As will rinsing them under water and breathing through your mouth when you slice &#8211; you\u2019re welcome.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Images: Getty \/ Lynne Daley.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are some things in life we know to be true and just never question: under ripe bananas are weird and bendy, flowers need sunlight to grow, and there are three different types of onions.&nbsp; Chalky bananas are hardly groundbreaking and we know why flowers need sun, but why are there three different types of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":42236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[438,201],"tags":[230],"geo_market":[254,253],"class_list":["post-42234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-drink","category-lifestyle","tag-food-drink","geo_market-melbourne","geo_market-sydney"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Is The Difference Between Red, White And Brown Onions?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Why are there three different types of onions? 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