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the flavor that lingers on your breath long after the meal forgives you
means Having the taste, smell, or pungent quality of onions.
from From "onion" plus the adjective-forming "-y," the same handy ending that turns garlic into garlicky and salt into salty. "Onion" itself came into English from Old French "oignon," descended from Latin "unio" — a word that meant both "a single large pearl" and "onion," perhaps because the layered bulb was likened to a single, unified whole. So buried in every oniony breath is the ghost of a Roman pearl.
- chemical culprit
- Sulfur compounds released only when cells are cut
- tear trigger
- Same enzymes make you cry while chopping
- breath stubborn
- Compounds enter bloodstream, exit through lungs hours later
- flavor family
- Shared with garlic, leeks, chives, and shallots
vidalia onion — sweet onion variety grown in vidalia, georgia, protected by geographic designation since 1986
walla walla sweet onion — mild onion variety from walla walla, washington, with protected designation of origin status
texas 1015 onion — sweet onion cultivar developed at texas a&m university, named for its january 15 planting date