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They can cause bad breath when eaten; and they can cause itchy or watery eyes while cutting and preparing them.
Aside from those two minor disadvantages; the benefits of onions are plentiful. They are notably rich in vitamins and minerals and have been used in the treatment of many variety of illness.
On a side note: Onions have gotten a lot of bad press for containing opium (or morphine). The reality however is that the opium in an onion is a very small trace amount; so small that it would take thousands of onions to even begin to create even a single dose that would have an effect on a human. It would also need to be extracted and prepared first, you could not eat enough volume of thousands of onions at once to ever reach the point where your body would react to an onion the way it reacts to a dosage of opium at a drug level.
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What is gran ex onion?
An XL onion, or an onion who decided to not be an onion anymore.
Is an onion a lilly?
No, an onion is not a lily. It is not a flower. An onion is a vegetable.
What part of speech is onion?
Onion is a noun.
How do you spell onion?
onion
What is the difference between onion salt and onion powder?
Onion salt contains salt also whereas onion powder only contains powdered onion.
How much onion powder equals one large onion?
1/8 teaspoon onion powder equals 1 tablespoon minced onion also read as this: 1/8 teaspoon onion powder equals 1/16 cup of minced onion
What is the equivalent measure between granulated onion onion powder and dried minced?
1 Tbls Onion Powder = 1 medium onion, chopped = 4 Tbls fresh chopped onion 1 Tbls Granulated Onion = 1 medium onion, chopped = 4 Tbls fresh chopped onion
What is the correct spelling of onion?
You have spelled onion correctly. It's as stated "Onion."
What is dried minced onion?
an onion..
Chtomosome in onion?
chromosomes in onion
What is onion peel?
The peel of an onion.
How do you spell the vegetable onion?
onion?
