Spring onions, also known as spring onions, don't stay fresh for as long as their full-grown relatives because they don't have a protective skin. With the following methods, however, spring onions stay fresh much longer than if they were carelessly placed in the crisper.

Spring onions can be stored well in the refrigerator

What are spring onions?

Spring onions only have leeks in their name, but they are a different vegetable: They are onions that have been harvested young, as the name spring onions suggests. However, the crunchy onions are in season much longer than just in spring: their harvest season in Germany lasts until October.
The robust vegetable can be planted in the bed from March and can be overseed throughout the summer. Spring onions sown in late summer can be harvested the following spring. If grown in a sunny location, the spring onions will grow much faster than in shady beds.

Store the scallions in the refrigerator

The vegetable compartment of the refrigerator is the right place to store the spring onions, which are not sensitive to cold. If you plan to store them for a few days before using them, you would do well to cut off most of the green leaves on the spring onions. Although these can also be eaten, a lot of water evaporates during storage, which makes the spring onions limp. Stored this way, they stay fresh for up to five days - about twice as long as spring onions stored with greens.

Store the spring onions in a glass of water

When the young onions are pulled out of the ground during harvest, the roots remain on the plant. You can take advantage of this by placing your spring onions in a glass filled with a finger's width of water. The roots resume their work and supply the spring onions with water. This keeps them crunchy for a long time. Be sure to change the water daily to keep the onions from going rotten.
With this method, you can even go so far as to only use the top part of the spring onion and let the bottom thickened end with the roots in the glass of water grow back completely within a few weeks. The spring onion is then ready for a second harvest.

Freeze spring onions

Spring onions can be kept for about six months in a tightly closed freezer container in the *** freezer. Before freezing, wash the spring onions, remove wilted leaves, cut off the roots and cut the vegetables into rings. If you use freezer bags, you should squeeze the air out before sealing.
Ideally, do not thaw the spring onions, but add them to the dish you are cooking from frozen. Defrosting the onions destroys their cellular structure, making them mushy.

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