What you see: Powdery black lines, clusters, dots or smudges on your onion. You may see black sooty stuff on the paper-like exterior and/or the inner
Onion filled with tiny sprouts?
What you see: Tiny whitish, yellowish onion things falling out of your onionWhat it is: The onion is sprouting!Eat or toss: Eat! Why does this red onion have
An onion with green skin
What you see: Just below the papery outer layer, the onion is green. What it is: Most likely, this onion got a little too much sun. Eat or toss? Eat! There's a
Hard, white area in onion?
What you see: An onion with a thick, white “core” What it is: An especially prominent onion stem Eat or toss: Cut around the stem area; it will be too thick and
That white, milky onion juice?
What you see: Milky juice coming out of your onion as you chop. What is it: Onion juice! Eat or toss: Eat! This is a perfectly fine onion. Milky onions are
You can eat sprouted onions — and their sprouts!
What you see: A sprouted onion. What it is: A sprouted onion! Eat or toss: Eat! You can eat the onion and its green shoots too! But, if the onion sprouted a
An onion of a different color?
What you see: Red onions that turn a bluish, greenish color during cooking. What it is: A harmless reaction of a plant pigment to an alkaline (basic)
Are these chopped onions harboring scary secrets? (No)
What you see: Sliced onion in the fridge that reminds you of that scary, improbable thing you read on the Internet that one time. Even though it didn’t really
