I heard it has something to do with the pH of the soil? They were named red onions before advances in plant nutrition, so nowadays, with optimized agricultural practices, they come out purple instead of red.
drearymoment
And those other onions, are they yellow or brown? 🤔
At least we can all agree that white onions are white.
ChunkyHank
My question is: why do a lot of stores only sell tea purple onions individually and with the outer skin removed?
ZestycloseLet4347
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LordBaritoss
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Conscious-Permit-466
That’s right Mr. Lennon.
Phantom120198
Fun fact this is actually because red onions predate the concept of purple. People just straight up didn’t have the word for purple yet so it was considered a kind of red and the name has just stuck with us ever since.
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I’m stubborn. I call them purple onions.
My grandma is the only one that argued with me
I heard it has something to do with the pH of the soil? They were named red onions before advances in plant nutrition, so nowadays, with optimized agricultural practices, they come out purple instead of red.
And those other onions, are they yellow or brown? 🤔
At least we can all agree that white onions are white.
My question is: why do a lot of stores only sell tea purple onions individually and with the outer skin removed?
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Posted several times
That’s right Mr. Lennon.
Fun fact this is actually because red onions predate the concept of purple. People just straight up didn’t have the word for purple yet so it was considered a kind of red and the name has just stuck with us ever since.