Forever Green

 Well, maybe not forever, but for a long enough time, green onions stay green.  I keep a mug full of green onions standing in cold water changed daily, right beside my kitchen tap. The greenness freshens up my space with a smell that reminds me of being on a farm and the colour makes me feel that I am looking out on a garden even though I am not.  Green onions are ignored by many ignorant of their value, people mostly because they think their breath will smell like onion. What? Who said onions were an ugly smell? I always thought they smelled pretty sexy on someone else. They must have good taste in what they eat just as garlic lovers do. Did you know that onions are an antioxidant and provide you with untold benefits for your general health. Look it up on line or in your other references. I love green onions because, to me, a sprinkle of fresh green onion in soups, on vegetables and meats or fish, adds life to it. The taste is not overwhelming as much as its bigger cousins, but they, like salt, add that certain element to make everything seem gourmet.  Their green freshens everything up as well. Buying a couple of packs of green onion every week, is also a very wise buy for what all the food value you get for so little.  Chefs have been known to keep, in their cuisines, a glass of green onion that grows daily while stowed in their fresh water homes. You can almost watch your green onions grow. Overnight you will find they have stretched up and up and put out  nice new stalks all pointy and inviting. I keep my bouquet of green onion handy and when I am about to eat scrambled egg in the morning, I cut off a sprinkling of them to add, not only vitamins, but also colour. And then there is the spicy taste unlike any other. Onions have vitamins galore that help our bodies and who would know? They are humble and secretive.  Add a bit on your sandwiches and just about everything else you eat and you will find them delightful. For lunch today I feasted on whole grain open faced bread, my own of course, topped with a generous smear of cream cheese and the ever present green onion over top with n added dollop of my favorite sweet hot chili sauce. Oh yum. A cheese sandwich is much tastier when you lay a couple of green onions on top. It gives the snack a twist and zip. I highly recommend adding green onion to your home's ambience also. The fragrance is marvellous and broad.  When I come into my door, yes, there is a waft of garden as witnessed by green onion that is undeniably fresh, not something sweet, floral and dead, but green and fresh. If you prefer rose garden to green onion, you are on the "other" side. I used to be an avid gardener who loved to grow my own veggies but now I do it on my sun deck and guess which veg to grow, is the most popular one? You've got it: green onion. Well, then again, I love to watch the lettuce spring up, too.