New York State - Bold Onions - "Onions with an Attitude"
The harvest of New York Bold onions, an exhilaration, ultra-pungent new brand of onion appearing in supermarket produce aisles throughout the Northeast, has yielded one of the best crops ever, according to growers.
"Despite some challenges from Mother Nature, New York Bold experienced an excellent crop with top notch quality again this year".
New York Bold onions, grown by a consortium of 14 farmers in Oswego County, N.Y. have 50 percent more sugar content than conventional onions and explode with flavor in the pan, making them the ideal cooking onion enhancing any dish.
The onions began shipping last month and are on store shelves throughout the East Coast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions.
New York Bolds are quickly becoming the premier cooking onion in professional and amateur kitchens alike. The company promotes the onions with the tag line "Onions with Attitude" due to their high pungency and explosive flavor.
New York Bolds are among the most pungent onions available and contain the highest sugar content of any onion type - more than 9 percent - compared to less than 6 percent for the conventional summer onion from Georgia.
New York Bold onions boast a lower water content than most, so they caramelize faster and can be safely stored for months at a time.
The New York State soil is abundant in sulfur containing compounds that give the New York Bold Onions its intense flavor and consistent character. And, since these golden onions have nearly twice the soluble sugars of a Vidalia, cooking them just unleashes the bold character sending your dish to a new level of taste enhancement. I like to say "they get sweet in the heat".
An Onion a Day....
According to a new study by Cornell University food scientists, led by Rui Hai Liu, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of food science, NY grown yellow onions like NEW YORK BOLD are the most effective, of 10 onion varieties studied, for helping to slow the proliferation of colon cancer cells and second best for fighting liver cancer. This is because NY Bold onions have very high phenolic and flavonoid content which is directly related to their antioxidant and anti-proliferation activity.
Scientific studies of the healthy benefits of onions like New York Bold in your diet have shown they also:
Reduce the spread of ovarian, brain, and breast cancer cells
Promote healing of stomach ulcers
Lesson the symptons of diabetes
Inhibit coronary heart disease
Prevent the formation of cataracts
Reduce inflammations due to asthma
Although milder onions are becoming more popular, the more pungent onions appear to be healthier. And since New York Bold Onions "Get Sweet in the Heat", now consumers can have the best of both.
New York Bold Cheesy Onion Soup
Other recipes from Produce Pete.
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