2006-11-06 23:40:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
The sulfuric acids in an onion breakdown the other components of the salad. You can circumvent this by soaking your sliced onions in iced water for 20 minutes or so to dissapate the acid.
All but an un-dressed salad should be used immediately anyway
2006-11-06 23:56:54 · answer #1 · answered by Lexi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is because the onion really has an attitude problem with Lettuce, the start fighting almost immediately. This causes the carrot to get upset and it cries. The carrot's tears are acidic and melt the tomato skin, which causes the tomato to blister. The puss in the tomatoes blister is poisonous and kills everything else over a 24 hour period.
2006-11-07 08:21:35 · answer #2 · answered by mickydconnolly 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Once peeled, a raw onion is not meant to be used after 24 hours because it becomes not good to use. I'm not sure if that means it's rotten or poisonous, etc, but i do know that you do not eat an onion 24 hours after peeling.
2006-11-07 07:49:01 · answer #3 · answered by Motti _Shish 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Leave it for more time and you'll see that it rots. It's the onion that rots. And smell badly - it overwhelms the whole salad.
2006-11-07 07:42:04 · answer #4 · answered by Borat2® 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because it will stink up the whole fridge, and make other stuff taste like onions.
2006-11-07 07:54:02 · answer #5 · answered by davidmckendry 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most salids are best eaten soon after making up. The 'bite' in onions disapate over time.
2006-11-07 07:44:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have never heard of that one but I would imagine that the sliced oinion drys out in the fridge and lose a lot of their taste.
2006-11-07 12:36:47 · answer #7 · answered by COACH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋