(n.) A perennial plant (Allium Schoenoprasum), allied to the onion. The young leaves are used in omelets, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) parsley, chives, thyme, fennel or another herb for the parsley.
(2) Its gutsy flavour means tarragon goes well with other strong ingredients in a ravigote sauce: chop lots of tarragon, chives, chervil, parsley and watercress, and mix them with some chopped anchovies, capers and cornichons, then stir in some olive oil, a tiny splash of tarragon vinegar, a little lemon juice and a dab of Dijon mustard.
(3) Green leaves of leek and chive mainly contain kaempferol glycosides, with mono- and di-glycosides dominating in leek and di- and tri-glycosides in chive.
(4) Serves 4 4 oranges, 3 segmented with juice reserved, 1 zested and juiced 100ml olive oil, plus 2 tbsp for roasting 8 tinned anchovy fillets plus 1 tbsp of oil 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1 tsp fennel seeds, toasted and ground ½ tbsp sherry vinegar 2 heads of fennel, trimmed, cored and cut into quarters lengthways 2 heads of radicchio, cut in half lengthways, cores removed and each half cut into sixths 480g orecchiette pasta A small bunch of chives, chopped 40g parmesan, grated 1 Put a large pan of salted water on to boil.
(5) An improved method has been developed for the extraction of light filth from whole, cracked, or flaked spices (basil, bay leaves, clery leaves, chervil, chives, dill weed, mint flakes, parsley, rosemary, sage, tarragon, thyme, and vegetable flakes) and from ground spices (cloves, cumin, marjoram, mustard seed, oregano, sage, and thyme).
(6) Kaempferol-3-beta-D-glucoside and kaempferol-3-xylosyl-beta-D-glucoside were isolated from leek and the 3-beta-D-glucosides of kaempferol, quercetin and isorhamnetin as by-glycosides from chive.
(7) 2 To serve, crumble the goat's cheese over the top, followed by the chives mixed in the rapeseed oil.
(8) Serves 1-2 150g cabbage, finely shredded 80g leeks, well washed and chopped 130g wholemeal flour A pinch or two of sea salt 2 eggs, beaten 1 tbsp olive oil Toasted flaked almond and chives, to finish 1 Combine the cabbage, leeks, flour, and salt in a bowl.
(9) Sam Harris is chef patron of Zucca, London SE1; zuccalondon.com Henry Harris’s fourme d’ambert, crouton and chive omelette Facebook Twitter Pinterest Romas Foord for the Observer Photograph: Romas Foord for the Observer One of the fastest of dishes.
(10) However, only a few of these are important as food plants, notably onion, garlic, chive, leek, and rakkyo.
(11) Since this column started, you've probably spent a tenner or more on sachets of tired and wilting tarragon or chives.
(12) While basil, parsley, coriander and dill must be sown from seed every year or two, or bought time and again as immature specimens, perennials like rosemary, thyme, chives, sage, mint, bay, oregano and tarragon should last at least three or four years.
(13) With a toddler in tow, après ski for me meant a quick beer then a swim at our hotel – the Lechtaler Hof, smallest and sweetest of Warth’s handful of family-owned hotels – followed by fantastic five-course dinners that might include fragrant dumpling-and-wild-chive soup, roast lamb and divine fruit tarts.
(14) Soft herbs are the obvious choice (parsley, chives, or mint), but sage finely sliced and fried until crisp with the prosciutto is good.
(15) A swirl of noodles slicked with oil and studded with shredded chicken, the aroma of ginger and garlic, a few wilting chives placed on the plate as a final flourish.
(16) Serves 4 50g butter 1 kg banana shallots, finely diced ½ garlic clove, finely diced 2 leeks, diced and washed 2 large potatoes, peeled and ½cm diced 500ml vegetable stock 200ml double cream 100g creme fraiche 40g parmesan, grated A squeeze of lemon juice 150g goat's cheese 1 tbsp finely chopped chives 4 tbsp extra virgin rapeseed oil 1 On a medium heat, melt the butter and gently cook the shallots and garlic until soft.
(17) Stir in some finely chopped herbs – chives, tarragon, or parsley will all be good choices.
(18) Herb ricotta cakes Makes 6 For the batter: eggs 3 ricotta 250g plain flour 50g butter 30g, melted chives, chervil, parsley a small handful of each For the topping: avocados 2 medium lemon juice of 1 olive oil ricotta 6 tbsp sprouted seeds 6 large pinches Make the topping.
(19) Toss everything together, add the chives, mix well and serve.
(20) Stir in the chives and season with salt, pepper and a drop of tabasco.
Onion
Definition:
(n.) A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (A. cepa), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to other species of the genus.
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(1) In earlier studies with the SV40-transformed hamster cell line Elona two different types of DNA amplification could be identified: (i) Bidirectional overreplication of chromosomally integrated SV40 DNA expanding into the flanking cellular sequences ("onion skin" type) and (ii) highly efficient synthesis of extremely large head-to-tail concatemers containing exclusively SV40 DNA ("rolling circle" type).
(2) The compound is a weak chromosome breaker in onion root tips and in Chinese hamster cells.
(3) Add the onion, cook for three minutes, stirring, until softened, then add the wine, sage, lemon peel, lemon juice and 150ml water.
(4) Addictive onion consumption was prevented by mixing chopped or crushed onions in a total balanced ration.
(5) The smoky density of the mackerel was nicely offset by the pointed black olive tapenade and the fresh, zingy flavours present in little tangles of tomato, shallot, red pepper and spring onion, a layer of pea shoots and red chard, and the generous dressing of grassy olive oil.
(6) The insecticides did not translocate into the edible parts of the vegetables but were present in the root system of onion and lettuce.
(7) Three root crops (radishes, carrots, and onions) were grown in two soils, each treated with a mixture of FireMaster BP-6 (PBB) and 14C-PBB to achieve final concentrations of 100 ppm and 100 ppb.
(8) At comparable concentrations, growing cultures of Escherichia coli were as susceptible to garlic, but apparently more resistant to onion, than were those of S. typhimurium.
(9) Administration of cortisone, heparin, or dicoumarin did nothing to prevent DIC, and epsilon-aminocaproic acid, acetylsalicylic acid,or an onion-rich diet tended to increase its incidence.
(10) Di(n-propyl) disulfide, a major onion oil component, inhibited neither lipoxygenase nor promotion.
(11) Add the onion and sweet potatoes to the pan, along with a pinch of salt.
(12) The major type IV allergens incriminated were metals, onion and garlic.
(13) The rhizophere and phyllosphere of some plants contain only 2 to 4 yeast species (onion, hop, wild apple).
(14) The onions are easy to store and to handle, and the root tip cells constitute a convenient system for macroscopic (growth, EC50 values) as well as for microscopic parameters (c-mitosis, stickiness, chromosome breaks).
(15) Two of the epitopes (I and III) are widely conserved in 34 kDa proteins (presumably B-36 homologues) from the various species tested (Chlamydomonas, moss, fern, oat, onion, carrot, and bean).
(16) In a casserole over a medium heat, fry the onions in the oil and butter for 5 minutes, to soften.
(17) It was concluded that exposure to onion taste in mother's milk was responsible for an initial preference for onion diet.
(18) However, onions significantly increased all measures in heartburn subjects, compared with the no-onion condition, and compared with normals under the onion condition.
(19) All test organisms were inhibited by garlic juice, whilst onion and shallot juice showed no effect upon gram negative bacteria.
(20) 400g cooked or tinned butterbeans 1 tsp ground cumin 10ml lemon juice ¼ clove garlic, peeled and finely minced 1 small handful picked flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped 1 tbsp plain flour (gluten-free flour also works fine) 1 tsp salt 1 egg 1 spring onion, trimmed and finely sliced 50g breadcrumbs 100g feta (or other crumbly goat's or sheep's cheese) Put the butterbeans, cumin, lemon juice, garlic, parsley, flour, salt and egg in a food processor and blitz to a coarse paste: you don't want the mix fully pureed, otherwise the burgers will be too wet and will fall apart on the grill.