Chixe Thread: GIANT onions!! Where can I buy one?

GIANT onions!! Where can I buy one?

shadowsun7 — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:16:24

Oh, gosh, Oli.

I suspect that recipe to be a coming of age test for Spanish farmers. *winks*

GIANT onions!! Where can I buy one?

Oli — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:12:49

Yeah that's pretty much where we settled for now.

We did a few little ones each but it's a metric buttload of hassle trying to convince the centre of an onion to come out without the outer layers:
a) tearing,
b) crushing, or
c) falling apart when you try and stuff it.

We bought a "large" Spanish onion (about the size of a baby's head) at a market a few weeks back and en "elephant" garlic, both seen below next to a 2litre bottle of Cola:

As much as I'd love the 2.6kg one, we might attempt it with one of those - two if we have company - and see how that fares.

GIANT onions!! Where can I buy one?

dreamweaver — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:03:54

No idea, but I have to agree with Gnorb about the "bastard onion from hell" line. :) Good luck finding your onion, mate.

GIANT onions!! Where can I buy one?

Ozone42 — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:38:31

I've never seen such a thing, but I'd suggest just adjusting the recipe to the biggest onions you can find and making a few!

GIANT onions!! Where can I buy one?

Gnorb — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:06:53

That's one bastard onion from hell.

This line made my day.

GIANT onions!! Where can I buy one?

JoeLencioni — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:22:45

haha, wow. That looks fantastic. I've never heard of giant onion.

GIANT onions!! Where can I buy one?

Oli — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:18:31

I love onion, much to the disappointment of anybody who stands too near either of my digestive openings. But anyway, I found the uber-recipe today: giant stuffed onion.

I really want to make it but it calls for one ingredient that I'm really struggling to comprehend:

1 giant onion (2.7kg/6Ib if possible)

That's one bastard onion from hell. Any ideas where one might purchase such a beast?