scientists engineer no-cry onions

[Ndy]

I thought this was interesting. It makes me wonder what they taste like!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080201/sc_af...oodhealthonions

Edited February 2, 2008 by Ndy (log)

[CKatCook]

Oh please let them taste good! I absolutely cannot even cut 1/2 an onionn with out crying, if I try to cut two..forget it, its painful!

Yes, I will suffer two for a good recipe. But I would be DEAD if I tried french onion soup!

[JasonTrue]

I think I'll stick to my Walla Walla sweets (when in season, anyway), which have less sulfur and don't seem to cause much tearing for me.

When I need to chop a lot of onions at once, maybe I'll break out the contact lenses. Nearsightedness has its advantages.

[Pierogi]

Leave my onions the *#()^ ALONE. I don't want cloned meat. I don't want genetically engineered tomatoes that never spoil, but unfortunately also never RIPEN. I don't want corn that's had its DNA screwed with so its "super sweet".

I want food as it was meant to be. If I want sweet onions, I buy Vidalias, or Walla-Wallas or Mauis. All others, I expect to cry, because *THAT'S WHAT ONIONS DO*.

End of rant.

For the moment.

[Ndy]

Leave my onions the *#()^ ALONE.  I don't want cloned meat.  I don't want genetically engineered tomatoes that never spoil, but unfortunately also never RIPEN.  I don't want corn that's had its DNA screwed with so its "super sweet".

I want food as it was meant to be.  If I want sweet onions, I buy Vidalias, or Walla-Wallas or Mauis.  All others, I expect to cry, because *THAT'S WHAT ONIONS DO*.

End of rant.

For the moment.

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That's exactly what I was thinking here. The more we engineer our food to make it last longer and look better, we end up muting or outright destroying the flavor.

I might try these, but mostly I'd rather stick to sweet onions.

[Peter the eater]

Just because we can doesn't mean we should.

I'm all for enhancing natural products if it's shown to be safe and useful . . . but no-cry onions? Why bother? Just stick the onions in the fridge for a while before chopping, or even better get someone else to do it. Maybe this one belongs with the "string-less celery" or "cube tomato".