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[โ€“] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've only seen it called a red onion at grocery stores, sometimes.. otherwise everyone I know refers to it as a purple onion.
Must be some northern colloquial reference?

[โ€“] j3tt@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Thank you, from now on I will refuse to understand when someone speaks about red onion: "Red onion you say? Never seen them. But I like the purple ones very much" [=