OtterKnow Kids EncyclopediaOnions are round vegetables that grow underground and have many layers stacked inside each other, kind of like a ball made of rings! They can be white, yellow, red, or even purple. People have been eating onions for over five thousand years.
Even though raw onions taste strong and sharp, something magical happens when you cook them: they turn soft, sweet, and delicious! Onions are used in kitchens all around the world to add flavor to soups, pizza sauce, burgers, and so many other yummy foods.
- When you cut into an onion, it releases a tiny gas that floats up to your eyes and makes them sting and water!
- One trick to help with this is to chill the onion in the fridge before cutting it.
- Ancient Egyptians loved onions so much that they even used them as gifts!
