Betty by Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen for May 27, 2024

Nothing better than fried onions on a Philly steak sandwich.

When I was growing up I thought I hated onions but it was because my mother didn’t know how to chop them right and there were hunks of raw onion in different foods she made. Later on I learned how to chop an onion fine and fry it.

In Vancouver B.C. we have just received the first Vidalia onions from Georgia, and by August the Walla Walla onions from Washington state will arrive. These are both seasonal and the best sweet onions to cook with. The rest of the year we have to “make do” with regular sweet onions from California.

Onions never fail. Better still is garlic.

and curry-don’t forget the curry paste (green, a course).

i used to eat onions like apples

Years back, during the Great Depression of the 1930s, one of my mom’s uncles had just bought a concession stand out by a lake before the Depression hit. He thought it was a terrible time for a concession stand, but then he had an idea that worked. He put a big pan of onions out front on a campfire and had them frying there. When folks smelled that, they lined up. He had a booming business even when everyone was tight on cash. Onions to the rescue!

They’re called aromatics for a reason, my dear boy.

Because you’re an idiot, kid. The good news is, you (might) grow out of it. Now go try some olives and blue cheese.

Cooking onions makes scents