[Lizavetta]

Are you an Amy Dacyczyn fan?

[coaster123]

I can attest. I caramelized ten pounds at a time. Scraps and skins get steamed for 90 minutes then the broth is reduced to near syrup. Onion sugar!

[Uncle Miltie]

ours go to the chicken pen where they are either eaten and pooped, or composted. Either way, they are back in the garden soil next Spring.

[Deaf Smith]

Texas: Save your bacon grease.

You'll be told what to with it later.

[Viking2002]

Onion Skin

[tflabo]

Mmmm skins maybe for simmering in chicken bone stock. Easy to strain out when done. Otherwise meh — skins go to the compost pail.

[kiryandil]

I do this, but I ran across someone who warned to get organic.

I'm going to investigate the commercial onion cultivating methods now.

[HollyB]

Or just put the cloves of garlic in the pot without cutting it.
When I was a kid, I used to love to pull to soft cooked clove out of the stew. Then I’d squish the soft garlic out of the skin in my mouth. When you’re a kid, you don’t realize just how odd things are till later. But, we were from Espana and garlic is life.

[edwinland]

great advice thanks

[Larry Lucido]

So, you're saying maybe save those lobster shells and chicken skins, too?

[tiki]

If you’ve ever grown onions you know that those skins are the top layers of the onions which have dehydrated.

[avenir]

Speaking of whole onions (halved), try this amazing simple sauce from Smitten Kitchen. This stuff is rich and coats pasta like nobody's business.

HERE

[cherry]

been doing this for years...same with the ends of celery...

[married21]

My Polish niece by marriage uses onion skins to make dye for Easter eggs.

[jcon40]

Onion skins generate electricity.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/power/iit-scientists-use-onion-skin-to-generate-electricity/articleshow/62118006.cms

[trebb]

Yep - wife saves all that stuff, along with tomato ends and celery pieces in a freezer bag and then puts it all in a pot with water and boils/steeps it to make a great broth base for soups.

We also make our own yogurt and save the whey for baking - makes cakes a bit moister than using water...

[Political Junkie Too]

The onion skin and the outermost ring of onion (the thick chewy one) is where all the Quercetin is.

As we know, Quercetin is a required treatment for COVID-19, as it is a Zinc ionophore.

It's possible to take the onion skin and outer layer of onion and soak it in hot water for 15 minutes to make onion skin tea. This tea will be high in vitamins A, C and E, flavonoids and antioxidants.

Note: I haven't tried it, but I might just do it to see for myself.

-PJ