Onions

Onions in Farmstead World — crop in the game, and what it is on a real farm.

The onion is an allium, a bulb that stores food in its layers and keeps for months in a cool, dry shed.

Its bite comes from sulfur compounds the plant makes as a defence, and it is used as a flavour base in cooking the world over.

Farm facts about onions

• Onions have been farmed for at least 5,000 years and were grown along the Nile in ancient Egypt. (en.wikipedia.org)
• A dry onion is a storage bulb: curing the neck seals the top so the onion keeps for months in a cool, dry shed. (en.wikipedia.org)

Related reading

• Carrots
• Potatoes
• Soybeans
• Tomatoes
• Almonds
• Apples

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