The same goes for shallots. Do your onions sprout? Or get soft ... which can make them spoil. A perforated plastic bin or ...

But then, almost as an afterthought, I added fried shallots. And suddenly, the whole thing clicked. This shouldn’t have been a surprise. Onions — and their extended allium family, which ...

It's easy to tell when these types of onions go bad, because their flesh will soften and their peels will discolor. Like ...