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Where to buy Silverskin Onions?

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  • 13-05-2017 3:35pm
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    Toots
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    Does anyone have any ideas where in Dublin I'd get silverskin onions? I want to try pickling them. I did pickled celery with great success, however couldn't find small silverskins anywhere. I ended up attempting it with small shallots, and they've been in the pickling mixture for over a week and are still basically like raw onions - there's very little flavour penetration at all.

    Would be very grateful for any help :)


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    Stheno
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    Fallon and Byrne?


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    arian
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    Toots wrote: »
    I ended up attempting it with small shallots, and they've been in the pickling mixture for over a week and are still basically like raw onions - there's very little flavour penetration at all.

    Patience, Grasshopper :) . They'll need at least a couple of months.


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    Toots
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    arian wrote: »
    Patience, Grasshopper :) . They'll need at least a couple of months.

    But they smell soooooo good!! I want to eat them now!! The celery was all done within about 48 hours so my patience is low :o Do I need to refrigerate them or will the vinegar mixture stop them from going rancid?


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    Cheshire Cat
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    Just checked my mother's handwritten recipe and it says to leave them for at least 4 weeks. The vinegar mix should be enough to preserve them. Make sure to keep them in a cool, dark place.


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    StripedBoxers
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    I am sure I have seen these in my local Dunnes, if I recall correctly, the jar has a blue or green lid with a similar coloured label.

    When I am there this week I can have a look and try to get the brand name for you :)


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    Stheno
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    Are the ones in jars not pickled?


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    Tigger
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    Stheno wrote: »
    Are the ones in jars not pickled?

    Here's ones I prepared earlier


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    Dial Hard
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    StripedBoxers wrote:
    I am sure I have seen these in my local Dunnes, if I recall correctly, the jar has a blue or green lid with a similar coloured label.


    They're already pickled. She's looking for raw ones she can pickle herself.


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    Toots
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    Yeah Gordon Ramsay had an epic pickled celery recipe so I want to use the same pickling recipe to do onions too. 4 weeks though. Oh man, I hope they're tasty at the end of it!!


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    Dial Hard
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    Might be worth checking out a farmers market if there's one near you


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