What is a scallion?

Question

A potato salad recipe from the Martha Stewart website calls for scallions, thinly sliced. I haven't heard of this ingredient.

Answer 1

scallion-it's a "ten dollar word" for green onion...(long and thin-easy to chop up)

Answer 2

Scallions are green onions. They're long and thin, with a small white bulb at the bottom end (about the size of a pea, maybe a little larger). The white goes to green as you go farther up.

The whole thing is edible but most people just use the green part. trim off the very top because it's usually a little dried up.

Answer 3

Scallions are also called green onions and spring onions. They have a mild onion flavor and generally do not have a bulb. To prep...just slice off the root bottom, remove outer layer if necessary, then slice across making little discs.

Answer 4

A scallion is a type of onion. There is a long green multiple 'stem' and a small onion at the base. Check out your produce department at your favorite grocery store and if you can't find scallions, ask for them. They really are very tasty.

Answer 5

Green Onions.

Answer 6

Scallions are green onions. If you don't know what green onions look like, a picture of some scallions is located at http://www.maysiesfarm.org/csa/soto/scallions.jpg.

Answer 7

Long thin green things, sold in bunches of like 5 to 10. Also called Green onion in someplaces.

Answer 8

a mild green onion, usually sold in bunches at the grocery store. The site below has a picture.

Answer 9

The top of a green onion.

Answer 10

Same as a green onion.