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[Image description: a perfectly round peeled bulb of garlic on a cutting board, with unpeeled normal cloves behind it.]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

What's the difference between "vitlök" and "vit lök"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

one is a word, the other is a word with a descriptor in front of it. like greenhouse vs green house, one means a building made of glass where you grow stuff, the other is a house painted the colour green.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"vitlök" - garlic

"vit lök" - "white onion"

White onions does not exist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

i mean there's silverlök, which is a very white-looking onion..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

We use white onions for Mexican food here in the US. I guess it's obscure enough that they aren't used in Europe. Not a huge taste difference between white and yellow onions.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Looks at his red onion cheese Quesadilla...

I thought it was Whateveronionyoualreadyhavecutinthefridge?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

There's nothing wrong with using red onions. It's just not usually what the recipe calls for in Mexican dishes.

Many Mexican dishes are improved by adding pickled onions, and red onions are best for that. They make lovely pink brine with pink pickled onions.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Huh, I did not know that, thank you!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

They are called silverlök, i believe