The Vidalia is grown, of course, at Vidalia, Georgia, and is a large, sweet, rounded bulb. Haiwaii has its Maui onion, with a flatter shape, but as sweet and crisp as they come. Texas has its 1015 onion, which grows to great size and is featured in season at all the markets. Onions are eaten in a number of ways. You can have your onions raw, boiled, broiled, stewed, pickled, fried, dried, dehydrated, flaked or powdered.
Raw onions go well in a number of situations.
Red onion rings add crunch, flavor and eye appeal to a green salad. A hot dog is wimpy without the chopped onions. Great barbecue demands that you have cold onion rings and pickles at hand. Something changes in the chemistry of the onion when it is cooked. The acrid taste becomes sweet as sugar.