Considering the literal teaching of the Vu Dung Group, there is no factual basis. Because if salt can keep onions from “jumping out of the mortar” when pounding, there must be a chemical effect between the two. In other words, the onion and salt must be ground together for the chemical action to take place. But once the onions and salt are mixed together, why worry about the onions “jumping” out of the mortar? In fact, pounding onions is not so difficult that it requires salt – an additive that can cause people to change the purpose of onions. After directly experimenting, we found that: pounding onions without salt or not makes no difference. Conclusion: “experience: pounding onions, you have to add a few grains of salt, otherwise the onions will jump out of the mortar” of Vu Dung Group is completely unrealistic. Regarding the explanation of the “Vietnamese proverb dictionary”: “When salt is absent, onions will immediately become cold”, in fact, just re-expressed the folk saying, not explaining the literal meaning, but also the figurative meaning. incorrect. Some other explanations: When salting onions without adding salt, onions will float, so it is called “Land lemon like onions without salt”. However, in terms of chemistry, onions are always more buoyant in salt water than in cold water. And so, the truth is quite the opposite: with salt, the onion will “float” (floating)! Another opinion is that “lime and lemon are like onions without salt”, only someone “passionate”, salted onions but forgot to put salt. But pickled onions or sauerkraut, without adding salt, what’s the difference in the degree of “ambiguity”? So, “Lime flax is like onions without salt”, or “Without salt, lemongrass” is literally understood? We think that the literal meaning of the idiom is based on the importance of salt and onions. According to this, salt is much more important than onions. Every dish can be without spices, but not without salt. The question is when is “salted onion” and when is “unsalted onion”? Onions have salt when people prepare dishes where salt and onions are removed from the beginning and removed at the same time to marinate and cook. In these cases, salt is an indispensable ingredient, and onions are just one of many spices (such as ginger, garlic, chili, MSG, sugar, etc.). Therefore, when appearing at the same time as salt, onions are secondary, nothing outstanding, even if it is okay, it is okay not to have it. Marinating onions with salted fish sauce and cooking utensils does not need to be rushed or according to a strict process. However, when “onions are not salted”, things are different. So when is the “unsalted onion”? When people have to fry onions and grease to bring up the smell of fried things, before adding salted fish sauce, or frying onions to make seasoning, cake fillings… To ensure that onions are cooked and fragrant, the fat pan must be fragrant. clean, absolutely no salty salt. Unlike when “onions have salt”, this time onions are not only the most important but also go first, salted fish becomes the last “participant”. So how do folk think “unsalted onion” is like a “lime lemon” guy? Under the anthropomorphic view of folk, “unsalted onions” are like those who are sharp, clean, zealous, always in a hurry, and want to hurry up. The interesting thing is that the same thing, phenomenon, comes from the same literal meaning, but folk have created one version is a proverb, the other is an idiom: Ban is the proverb “Without salt, the onion is fine”: summarizing a regular fact that when the main factor is absent, the secondary one suddenly emerges. Just like when “no salt”, onions have the opportunity to play an important role, but “Vietnamese Proverbs Dictionary” by Nguyen Duc Duong has interpreted in the obvious sense: “When salt is absent, onions become flax. right”. This sentence is synonymous with the sentence “There are big elephants; there are no big cows and elephants”, or “There are big mountains, there are no high hills” (without the real big, the small suddenly takes its place). The beauty of the sentence “No salt, no salt, no onion” is that the folk personify the onion to describe the gesture, the innocent personality, like to show me here of the proud, “one-eyed man is the king of the blind country”. ! Ban is the idiom “Land and lime are like onions without salt”: simply simulating, comparing someone’s appearance, wiping gesture, hasty and hasty like “onions without salt”. This sentence is synonymous with the sentence “Smooth like a newcomer”: the newcomers are enthusiastic, wipe the chau, everything is quick, enthusiastic, know the job (Variable “Lau chau like a new resident” come, waddling like a child at full five”). Folk often rely on the observation of things and phenomena around daily life to set up proverbs. Therefore, the literal meaning always corresponds to the figurative meaning. In this case, the way that “unsalted onion” participates in the dish evokes the gesture of a “lean lemon” person, exactly as the “Vietnamese Dictionary” (Vietlex) has taught: “lean lemon • t. has a hasty, hasty posture, wants to appear quick, has a cool personality ~ Address: lau chau”.

According to people in Vinh Chau, if the time of planting onions to keep seeds starts from April and May of the lunar calendar, the commercial onion crop (the main production crop) falls around September of the lunar calendar, lasting until after Tet about 2 months. , 3 months. Due to the short life cycle, every year, people grow onions continuously for 3 to 4 crops. First, about onions, people carefully choose dark purple bulbs, firm, do not grow young roots, round bottoms, no signs of pests. After that, people peeled the top shell and planted it. The volume of onion seed corresponding to about 1,000 m2 of arable land is 70-90 kg. In terms of soil, because this type of agricultural product does not like water, when making land, people often make high beds to avoid waterlogging. In addition, people always focus on growing onions, which must fall in the rainy months to avoid tuber rot. After planting, farmers cover a thin layer of straw on top and then water to create enough moisture for the soil beds. After about 2 months of planting, when the onion leaves turn red, wilt and fall on the bed, farmers will harvest. For easy transportation, people pull up onions and then dry the whole plant for about 2 to 3 days for the leaves to dry completely, limiting leaf rot that affects the tubers. Fertilizer formula can be changed according to the soil, weather and green color of onions. If the onion is bad, you should water it with SA or DAP to make the leaves and roots grow, don’t water the leaves will stretch out (cow onion) to create difficult tubers. In terms of care, in the first 10 days watering 1 to 2 times / day, 11 days onward watering every 2 days, the amount of water changed from 1,000 m2 / time (400 to 600 liters / time) and stopped watering completely. 1 week before harvest. The amount of water must be increased steadily, if watering irregularly, the tubers will be torn. Weeding twice in the first 35 days, avoiding late pulling of onions will cause damage to roots and tubers. Spray regularly, especially in bad weather. While growing purple onions often appear major pests such as omnivorous worms, green worms, onion flies (onion borer maggots) … need to spray insecticides alternately with microbiological drugs, to prevent reaching effective. In the period of 55 to 60 days, the tubers turn red, the leaves have fallen 80%, then start pulling, usually 2 to 3 days in the sun to soften the leaves for easy transportation. Onions should be harvested only on dry days. Pull out the tubers to keep the soil clean, put them in a basket and transfer to a place of storage, to avoid scratching or crushing the outer skin, which will affect the storage period. For onions produced in February and March of the solar calendar, to keep as seeds, harvest 40 to 45 days after planting (old bulbs stop growing so they can be damaged for a long time). How to preserve: sun-dried for 10 to 15 days, the straw is really dry, must be free of pests and diseases, piled high, covered with a layer of straw for every layer of onion, the straw is in the open air, or hangs a bunch of onions in a well-ventilated place .

“Make use of the ice cube trays with lid! Pre-ground onions, garlic and chili peppers, freezing the members are very convenient to use, each time you stir-fry, take out 1-2 pieces is enough to stir-fry, cook, make fried onions and garlic, do not rust anything It’s also convenient. You can make garlic balls, separate onion balls, or mix onions – garlic; onions, garlic and chili.”, Phan Anh shared her tip. Ms. Phan Anh also noted, these pellets do not need to be defrosted before cooking, just drop the pellets into the pot and pan, and it will fall apart right away! Tastes as good as freshly peeled. There is no need to soak in any vinegar because not all dishes need oil and vinegar. Sometimes it is necessary to marinate grilled meat, for example. Ms. Phan Anh also meticulously instructs her sisters how to freeze in the refrigerator to avoid odors. Peel onions and garlic. After peeling, wash it, let it dry completely before putting it in a small blender. If there is water, when making the pellets, they will stick together, making it difficult to chip when processing. You can grind garlic, chili, and onion separately or mix garlic, chili, and onion together for easy processing. Ms. Phan Anh made 2 trays: 1 tray of garlic and onions and 1 tray of garlic and chili One spicy tray, one non-spicy tray for convenience! Put in ice trays with lids! Lightly compress it to “mold” it and then put it in the freezer About 3-4 hours later, these pellets begin to harden slightly, then remove, put in sealed boxes, continue to freeze! Done, just use it! Phan Anh’s house “onions and garlic” saves a lot of time when cooking.

Those countries are Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Papua New Guinea, respectively. The leaders decided that the country would not have an official capital, since all territories were of equal importance. While the seat of government is in Bern, many other important buildings can be found scattered throughout the country. In the early 20s, two cities were selected to become the capital, Sydney and Melbourne. At that time there was a conflict, the Australian federal government could not choose one of the two cities mentioned above. In 1913, they built an entirely new city, Canberra. In 1908, under the compromise of two big cities Sydney and Melbourne, Canberra was chosen as the capital of Australia. In the past, this country used to hold more than 4,000 ships, mastering the waters from northern Japan to Java (Indonesia) in the south. Now, people rich in national pride still manage to maintain that tradition, even though they only have 4 temporary ships to go to sea and a total of 7 sailors. The onion shortage came about when unseasonal rains in western India in the summer of 2018, destroyed the crop and caused the price of onions to increase tenfold in 2019. It was the high price of onions that made them. become the second only barter after money. Onions are used to pay for taxis, as gifts for newlyweds, and as holiday bonuses. A man can auction it off if he thinks his wife is beautiful and has a high value. Not every wife who comes to the market is moody and sad. Many people are also happy and interested in this wife exchange. They think that everyone is happy to go to a new home. These mud cakes are made by mixing a special slurry with salt, margarine and water. Then, they are stirred into a special cake dough, molded and laid out on a large flat surface and then dried in the sun. Locals call mud cake Galette, the name given to a French delicacy.

Women only need to use 2 thin slices of potatoes to rub the surface of the knife. Then use this knife to cut onions. The essences in the potato will absorb the essential oils of the onion, so women won’t be stinging when slicing them.

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Apply vinegar to cutting boards, knives

Sisters dissolve water and vinegar in a bowl of 1: 1 ratio. Then apply this mixture evenly on the knife and cutting board. The vinegar will prevent the reaction of sulfur in the onion, making the onions not sting.

Refrigerate the onions before slicing

After peeling onions, women immediately put onions in the freezer for 5 minutes. After that, take out the onion and chop it as usual. Women note, should not be left for too long in the cupboard, they will be frozen, making the food less delicious when processed.

Cut the onion in the water

Place the cutting board in a large, hydrated pot. Place the onions on the cutting board and slice them as usual. In this way, the sulfur compounds in the onion will dissolve in the water, not stinging your eyes.

Some other notes that you need to remember to cut onions do not sting your eyes:

• The onion must be very sharp

• Limit the cut onions that come into contact with the eyes.

When slicing onions, cut the base of the onion last because sulfur compounds are concentrated in this part of the onion.

• Women can wear goggles when slicing onions or use a blender to grind onions.

Surely you never expected this special use of onion skin, right? Onion peel contains color molecules, giving you a natural, safe, and non-damaging hair color.

You only need to boil a small handful of onions in the water for about 5 minutes. Cover the pot and wait for the water to cool. Strain and take out the water to wash your hair. Leave for a few minutes and then rinse with clean water. For a good effect, you can do this one more time.

Kill fungi and insects for plants

The scent of the onion peel makes the insects run away. You can use the bark to treat fungus and kill insects in your home garden by mixing 100g of onion skin with 500ml of water in a sealed jar. Leave the jar in a cool place for 7 days and then use.

When using, dilute the onion skin juice with clean water at a ratio of 1:10. Spray the solution evenly over the entire plant to kill fungi and insects.

Onion peels have many unexpected uses that housewives do not know.

Make compost

Like other fruit and vegetable peels, onion skin can also be used as an organic fertilizer for plants. The simplest way to do this is to bury the scallions in the ground so that they decompose naturally.

Used to bake bread

The onion skin functions as a dye. When making bread, you can add a little onion crust. The breads will have a more attractive and glossy yellow color.

Add flavor to soups

For a long time, when you cook soup, you still only use the onion to cook the soup without the peel. It is a waste. The rind, after being washed and added to the soup, can make the dish more delicious and taste sweeter than usual.