# Help me use one quart of cocktail onions in a recipe **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 6, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-use-one-quart-of-cocktail-onions-in-a-recipe/808339 "2018-02-06T23:23:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-use-one-quart-of-cocktail-onions-in-a-recipe/808339/1 "2018-02-06T23:23:16Z")
there’re not working in my black and tan. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-use-one-quart-of-cocktail-onions-in-a-recipe/808339/2 "2018-02-06T23:35:05Z")
They’re pickled? ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-use-one-quart-of-cocktail-onions-in-a-recipe/808339/3 "2018-02-06T23:37:43Z")
Gibsons. Lots and lots of Gibsons. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-use-one-quart-of-cocktail-onions-in-a-recipe/808339/4 "2018-02-06T23:54:49Z")
You can get away with putting a decent number in a beef stew. You might need a **lot** of stew for a quart of onions. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-use-one-quart-of-cocktail-onions-in-a-recipe/808339/5 "2018-02-07T00:01:09Z")
I like to eat cocktail onions right out of the jar, so I’m surprised that you want to get rid of them by using them in a recipe. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-use-one-quart-of-cocktail-onions-in-a-recipe/808339/6 "2018-02-07T00:07:58Z")
I’ve never made it myself, but I’ve had creamed onions that made for a good side dish. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-use-one-quart-of-cocktail-onions-in-a-recipe/808339/7 "2018-02-07T00:09:14Z")
Maybe add em into a few jars of pickled eggs? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-use-one-quart-of-cocktail-onions-in-a-recipe/808339/8 "2018-02-07T00:20:41Z")
> [@Claude\_Remains](#): > > there’re not working in my **black and tan**. ☹ Who? What? _What?_ Gibsons. Rinse well and add to stew. Rinse well and make onion gravy. Add them to a horse ovary plate. Drink more Gibsons. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-use-one-quart-of-cocktail-onions-in-a-recipe/808339/9 "2018-02-07T00:24:41Z")
Horse ovaries are tasty on their own. No need to add onions. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-use-one-quart-of-cocktail-onions-in-a-recipe/808339/10 "2018-02-07T00:35:50Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Who? What? _What?_ > > Gibsons. Rinse well and add to stew. Rinse well and make onion gravy. Add them to a horse ovary plate. Drink more Gibsons. Ah… Hors d’oeuvres? ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-use-one-quart-of-cocktail-onions-in-a-recipe/808339/11 "2018-02-07T01:04:24Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I like to eat cocktail onions right out of the jar, so I’m surprised that you want to get rid of them by using them in a recipe. this. I’d just eat them. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-use-one-quart-of-cocktail-onions-in-a-recipe/808339/12 "2018-02-07T12:48:30Z")
What would French onion soup taste like if you used cocktail onions? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-use-one-quart-of-cocktail-onions-in-a-recipe/808339/13 "2018-02-07T14:10:54Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > What would French onion soup taste like if you used cocktail onions? Vinegar, I suppose. Nothing wrong with vinegar in soup. I put it in my Greek lentil soup, f’instance. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-use-one-quart-of-cocktail-onions-in-a-recipe/808339/14 "2018-02-07T16:45:10Z")
I love Gibsons, but it would take a while to work through a _quart_ of cocktail onions using them three at a time in Gibsons. Out of curiosity, how did you come up with quart of them? I sometimes like to cook pearl onions with peas. I’m not sure how the vinegar of cocktail onions would go with peas, but you might give that a shot.