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But shallots are meant to be eaten RAW!
t.brainlet

boom dey you go

Eat shit onions are great

>>9869956
Shallots are fucking gay

>>9869966
>Eat shit onions are great
onion boy.

I bought shallots red onion and normal onions today when do I use which one?

Shallots are the french version of onions - limp wristed and pretentious.
>ooh, onions are too spicy, let's breed a tasteless imitation onion and give it a high falutin' name so everyone will be impressed.

>>9869956
You're a fucking moron if you think that you should be using a single type of aromatic for every dish.
What kind of tasteless trash have invaded this board?!

>>9870124
>>9870069

so, what's the verdict?

They work with herbs, if you want the herb flavour to dominate the dish. They're too delicate for strong spices, so they'd be useless in a curry or Mexican food.

If you want a dominant onion flavour (whether raw onion or sweet caramelised onion) you're generally better off with red or white onions. I tend to go for red because they're sweeter.

>>9870106
frenchboy here, if you non-ironically qualify onions as "spicy" Then I can ensure you that you never tasted a single spice in your entire life

>>9869956
Shallots are meant for dish that uses Shallots, onions are meant for dishes that uses onions, if you try swap, or even try to compare them then you clearly do not understand what the fuck you're talking about

>>9870161
Agreed, each onion also has specific uses as do leeks, shallots, and chives.