onion question

shannanicole

I hate onions, so I apologize for another stupid food question for the week.

Are green onions, the long thin, round green onions?  I thought those were chives?  My recipe for spinach dip calls for 3 green onions, chopped.

buckeyechik

I actually have no idea what (whole) chives look like, but what you're talking about are green onions   I think they're also called scallions...maybe

Mrs.SabrinaM

Chives are an herb, it's long and green and round too but are much much skinnier than green onions.  Green onions are also sometimes called scallions.

E&D07

Chives do kind of look like smaller, much skinnier versions of the green part of green onions/scallions.  They spread like the devil if you plant them in your garden instead of a pot!

I usually find that using kitchen scissors to chop green onions is just as easy as a knife, especially when you get to the green part, which can be kind of flimsy and harder to slice completely through with knives on the first pass.

shannanicole

How bad do you think a spinach dip would taste without them?  I hate those kind of onions the most..lol

wacissej2

Shanna - I always skip the scallions for my spinach dip. I don't care for them and I don't think it affects the yumminess.