Frozen onions

I am definitely going to freeze some of our onion harvest this year. I normally plait them on string which is time consuming and very messy although I do know that I could store them in the legs of old tights.
This years harvest is looking to be the best for a while and I don't intend losing any - they don't all store well for some reason son good amount. will be peeled, sliced, and frozen.

You are not alone!

I have frozen, sliced red onions, frozen, chopped brown onions but I want frozen, sliced brown onions.

Iceland and Tesco both sell frozen sliced red onions, I use them too.

Being a chef I chop and freeze all of my own veggies after all that is all the frozen ones are only some machine has done it. If you wash them you won’t cry

Germanshepherdsmum

I don’t mind stuffing a few mushrooms but there is nothing enjoyable about slicing umpteen onions.

Oh yes indeed! We grow onions in our garden and each year, I have the task of chopping or slicing them up to freeze. That usually does us for the rest of the year - but it's not a task I enjoy.

I think Farmfoods do home delivery.

You might be able to bump up an order with cereal, juice, things like that, and include the onions every now and then.

I don’t mind stuffing a few mushrooms but there is nothing enjoyable about slicing umpteen onions.

Shirley Conran once said something along the lines of life being too short to stuff a mushroom. I feel that way about slicing onions for future use.

As I said, I'm lazy! I do enjoy a stuffed mushroom though.

Grow or buy onions. Slice and open freeze, put into boxes or bags for future use. A little time spent doing a large batch will save time later.

I buy my frozen sliced brown onions in Farmfoods, hopefully they still stock them as I haven't bought them for a while

Sliced onions. I too have arthritis in my hands and suffer from painful, watering eyes when slicing. Often I have avoided cooking recipes which start with "peel and slice x onions" I do remember that I bought frozen sliced onions some years ago in a supermarket but they disappeared and only chopped now seem to be available. Easier and cheaper for producers? I am sure that there would be a big sale for the sliced ones. I would not mind paying more to avoid slicing onions myself. A pack of reasonable size could be placed in the freezer for those living alone like me.

I buy frozen onion rings. There are many brands. Try ethnic shops Asian or African. Ask the butcher whether he has them, or ask the supermarket manager to start stocking them. I buy a kilogram pack because I find them useful for pies, and I throw some in broths and soups. They are cost-effective because you only use as much as you need. But they are not good for salads or for garnish. If you want to call me lazy, I am not bothered.

Farmfoods do frozen sliced onions - handy in an emergency.They also do frozen pineapple which makes a slimming pudding with a dollop of Greek yogurt.

If you have a MAKRO they sell sliced

Sainsburys do frozen, sliced red onions.

I have had to start buying frozen diced onions as I can not longer top and tail them and get the skin off. I could before Christmas and popped then into my stews etc whole and cut them up using kitchen scissors. But not now. I am happy with them diced and they are normal onions not red .

nanna8

I didn’t know they even sold them ( I don’t think they do here) . Onions are very cheap fresh. Doesn’t take a lot of effort to slice them just as you want.

It does if you’ve got arthritic hands nanna8 😢

I didn’t know they even sold them ( I don’t think they do here) . Onions are very cheap fresh. Doesn’t take a lot of effort to slice them just as you want.

Calipso

I'm baffled.
Onions are cheap and available all year round. It takes less than a minute to peel and chop one and if you need a big quantity, the food processor is your friend. A bit of planning ahead and you can freeze your own, chopped exactly as you wish. I simply can't see how buying them frozen in a plastic bag is appealing.

Same!
You do need a good knife, though.

Oooh, there's an idea, Avalon. We have a CostCo not far away. Thank you. Mind you, I could have sliced the onions by the time I got there and back. But I wouldn't have cried so much.

I buy frozen sliced white onions from Bookers. These are useful when I’m doing a slow cooker dish to serve 35+ post match food. It’s wholesale I’m afraid. Surely someone else can do it? If not try to find someone with a Booker’s account.

My apologies Calipso. I assumed lazy from your words but that was, indeed, not what you said. Unfortunately onions are not available singly in Aldi which is my local supermarket.

I use frozen chopped onions and like kitty I wish I could buy frozen sliced brown ones. I can’t understand why you can buy sliced red onions but not brown.

people shouldn't be so quick to judge.

Just to be clear, I'm not judging anyone so please don't hang that on me. Disability is a whole other conversation in terms of food preparation. Just from a wider perspective, the whole food industry has a vested interest in making us think that food preparation is difficult and then presents us with dishes that contain ingredients that most of us have never heard of. It's a personal choice not to buy that stuff. Others make different choices.