Classification

[torquill]

Let's get this straight.

Onions are a seasoning, not a vegetable.
Leeks are a vegetable, not a seasoning.
Garlic is a seasoning and a vegetable.
Shallots are onions.
Green onions are, as they say, also onions.
Chives are a seasoning as well (I can't imagine eating them in such quantity as to make them a vegetable).

I think that covers all of the edible region of Allium. I'll think about any that I may have missed.

Comments

For some of us...

[the-ogre.livejournal.com]

Garlic is a food group. Just sayin'

[emmett-the-sane.livejournal.com]

I have to disagree: onion is as much a vegetable as a seasoning.

[luna-torquill.livejournal.com]

That means you can have mine. :) If I can distinguish it as an onion, it is neither in small enough quantity nor cooked enough.

[catnip13.livejournal.com]

He can't have mine :). I couldn't cook without onions.

[shadowwalkyr.livejournal.com]

In exactly what way are onions not a vegetable? What are our criteria?

[luna-torquill.livejournal.com]

If it is eaten in pieces large enough to spear easily with a fork, it is a vegetable.

If it is used as one element of a comprehensive flavoring mixture, it is a seasoning.

akienm has reminded me that there is an intermediate category of "condiment", which I would imagine is characterized by small spoonfuls or dabs are added to other things. (Garlic fits all three.)

Onion is not a vegetable because I say it isn't. That's the criteria here. ;)

[kitabare.livejournal.com]

Going on your classification system, I only have one difference of opinion. Leeks, shallots, and green onions are not edible. I'll agree with just about everything else.

[shadowwalkyr.livejournal.com]

I can accept that. Just so long as everybody knows where everybody else stands.