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The highly-touted Vidalia onion will soon pack shelves in supermarkets this month, and in Athens and Winder two restaurants are making the most of the annual unearthing of this kitchen staple.
Four other chefs were chosen from Atlanta to Savannah to receive a shipment of this year’s first harvest during a time when restaurants are attempting a return to normal as vaccinations are softening the blow dealt by the coronavirus pandemic.
“The onion in general is the most widely used ingredient on the planet,” said Alex Friedman of Bistro. “The Vidalia onion what makes it so cool is its sweet. You can literally eat the onion raw if you wanted. That sweetness makes it so useful in so many capacities.”
What is pack day you ask?
It is the absolute first day set by the Georgia Department of Agriculture that the delicious Vidalia onion can be packaged and sold. The Georgia state vegetable will be available to make fried rings of deliciousness. Hamburgers were so missing out on that needed extra flavor. I am so excited I might cry (from cutting onions of course).
How did this ground-dwelling bulb that makes my mouth water come to be such a big deal?
The story dates back to 1931 when Toombs County farmer Moses Coleman planted a batch of onions that he expected to be hot, but to his surprise, the onions turned out to be sweet. The crop ended up being so popular that he sold his harvest of onions for $3.50 per 50-pound bag, which was a hefty price for the Great Depression days.
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FAMED EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGIST REVEALS DETAILS OF ANCIENT CITY
CAIRO (AP) - Egypt’s best-known archaeologist has revealed further details on a Pharaonic city recently found in the southern province of Luxor. Zahi Hawass says that archaeologists found brick houses, artifacts, and tools from the time of pharaohs at the site of the 3,000-year-old lost city. It dates back to Amenhotep III of the 18th dynasty, whose reign is considered a golden era for ancient Egypt. Hawass describes the site as “a large city.” Excavations in the area began last year, searching for the mortuary temple of boy King Tutankhamun. However, within weeks archeologists found mud brick formations that eventually turned out to be a well-preserved large city.