review: Red Holland versus Grey Griselle Shallot
 

On 10/12/2017 10:47 AM, T wrote:
On 10/12/2017 07:59 AM, George Shirley wrote:
On 10/12/2017 9:06 AM, T wrote:
On 10/12/2017 05:33 AM, Pavel314 wrote:
When I was a kid, back in the early 1950's, the milk would sometimes
have an onion flavor in the spring when the cows ate the wild onions
sprouting in their pastures.

Paul

The deer out here eat a lot of sage brush.Â* Their meat tastes like hell!

Just think of it as Thanksgiving sage and eat it. G


EEEEEEYUK!!!

Love elk and moose though!
A lot of white tail deer eat a lot of youpon bushes, so much so they
tend to prune stand alone youpon bushes. Doesn't affect the meat as far
as I can taste. Deer in Orange County, Texas seemed to like corn leaves
about as good as locusts. I have run upon deer carcasses with a hoof
caught in a small sweet gum tree so they can't be very smart.

I've never had a chance at eating elk or moose, have eaten a lot of
armadillo, snakes of all kinds, turtles, etc. When you're hungry you
will eat most anything. At my age I prefer sirloin steaks and, maybe a
good roast with sweet potatoes and green beans. Can't walk far enough to
hunt deer anymore and they won't let me shoot the one that beds down
behind my fence. I might take up archery again or try to stick a sword
between the fence boards. G

review: Red Holland versus Grey Griselle Shallot
 

On 10/10/2017 09:29 PM, T wrote:
Hi All,

This year I successfully grewÂ* (ya, me huh!) both
Red Holland and Grey Griselle Shallot.

Red Holland:
Â*Â* several bulbs the size of a golf ball
Â*Â* scapes (yummy!)
Â*Â* Taste of a yellow onion with a garlic overtone

Grey Griselle:
Â*Â* lots of little tiny bulbs the size of garlic cloves
Â*Â* sinks that can only be characterizes as "bark".
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* You have to "saw" through hem.
Â*Â* Taste of a yellow onion with a garlic overtone
Â*Â* no scapes :'(

Â*Â* EXTREMELY STRONG.Â* Can only be used in cooking.
Â*Â* A "sliver" will cause severe pain in your sinuses and
Â*Â* make your stomach lurch so hard you will almost puke.

Lessons learned:
Â*Â* they like to be watered like any other plant.
Â*Â* They like acid soil.Â* The bulbs with more peat moss
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* around them grew bigger.

My conclusion is that both of these are a pain in the ass
to grow for the small amount of food they produce.Â* And
Both the wife and I like Yellow Onions better.Â* So next
year it is yellow onions instead!

I have my eye on "Senshu Yellow" yellow onions.Â* They over winter
and like zones 5 and 6 (I am 6c).Â* Plus they give a half
pound bulb.


Oh, and I found three now deceased earwigs hiding inside the Griselle
clumps of shallows, which answers that question.

review: Red Holland versus Grey Griselle Shallot
 

On 10/13/2017 07:01 PM, T wrote:
On 10/10/2017 09:29 PM, T wrote:
Hi All,

This year I successfully grewÂ* (ya, me huh!) both
Red Holland and Grey Griselle Shallot.

Red Holland:
Â*Â*Â* several bulbs the size of a golf ball
Â*Â*Â* scapes (yummy!)
Â*Â*Â* Taste of a yellow onion with a garlic overtone

Grey Griselle:
Â*Â*Â* lots of little tiny bulbs the size of garlic cloves
Â*Â*Â* sinks that can only be characterizes as "bark".
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* You have to "saw" through hem.
Â*Â*Â* Taste of a yellow onion with a garlic overtone
Â*Â*Â* no scapes :'(

Â*Â*Â* EXTREMELY STRONG.Â* Can only be used in cooking.
Â*Â*Â* A "sliver" will cause severe pain in your sinuses and
Â*Â*Â* make your stomach lurch so hard you will almost puke.

Lessons learned:
Â*Â*Â* they like to be watered like any other plant.
Â*Â*Â* They like acid soil.Â* The bulbs with more peat moss
Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* around them grew bigger.

My conclusion is that both of these are a pain in the ass
to grow for the small amount of food they produce.Â* And
Both the wife and I like Yellow Onions better.Â* So next
year it is yellow onions instead!

I have my eye on "Senshu Yellow" yellow onions.Â* They over winter
and like zones 5 and 6 (I am 6c).Â* Plus they give a half
pound bulb.


Oh, and I found three now deceased earwigs hiding inside the Griselle
clumps of shallows, which answers that question.
^^^^^^^^^^^^shallots