As much as I love Vidalia onions, they just charge too much here in Pa.
Plus, counterfeits are a big thing. If my Vidalia doesn't taste as sweet as I think it should, I'm always wondering. It doesn't really matter because I love all onions. Raw, cooked, pickled...
46 years ago I transported 800 lbs of Vidalia onions from Vidalia Ga to Atlanta in a Chevy van in the middle of August ... no a/c ... I smelled like those wonderful onions for a week ... those where the days ... :-)
Go to the Bland Farms, Shuman Farms, or G&R Farms web site. They all will ship anywhere providing you are willing to pay the shipping. They are the three biggest operations growing Vidalia's in Tattnall County witch is the largest producer of Vidalia Onions.
My dad would often eat a raw Vidalia onion with a slice of cornbread and a glass of buttermilk for lunch in the summer when I was a kid. You didn’t want to do anything that would get you yelled at for hours after he ate that lunch.
I live in Tattnall County GA (I escaped Atlanta just over 3 months ago). We produce 20% of the nations onions with our Vidalia's and more than any other county in the US. I can drive in any direction from my house where I will pass an onion field within 5 minutes and 8 minutes a chicken house. We have had a mild winter and a bumper crop according to the big growers. Harvest will be 3 to 4 weeks earlier this year in about 2 weeks. This is as problem for the cold storage warehouses due to limited capacity that can't handle an early crop that is looking to be about 20% larger than recent years.
A big bonus for living in Tattnall County, every restaurant fries onion rings to perfection.
I grew up in southwest Georgia and until I moved away I didn't know there was any other kind of onion than Vidalias. Every spring our local Shrine sells bags of Vidalias for their annual fundraiser.
Their Growers Assn. sued over the usage of "Vidalia" for any sweet onion. Went all the way to the Supreme Court, & they won. Hence, can only be a Vidalia in those 20 counties.
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ReplyDeleteI love Vidalia onions I joke with everyone my husband and I probably always smell like Vidalia onions.
ReplyDeleteVidalias keep the gnats away. You understand if you've ever been to south GA
ReplyDeleteAnother good sign of a southerner is the very wide brimmed straw hat. The gnats will swarm at the front of the brim, not up in your face.
DeleteWhen we lived along Puget Sound, we would send Colorado relatives Walla Walla sweets and they would send us Rocky Ford cantaloupe.
ReplyDeleteWalla Walla are very good too.
ReplyDeleteAs much as I love Vidalia onions, they just charge too much here in Pa.
ReplyDeletePlus, counterfeits are a big thing. If my Vidalia doesn't taste as sweet as I think it should, I'm always wondering. It doesn't really matter because I love all onions. Raw, cooked, pickled...
46 years ago I transported 800 lbs of Vidalia onions from Vidalia Ga to Atlanta in a Chevy van in the middle of August ... no a/c ... I smelled like those wonderful onions for a week ... those where the days ... :-)
ReplyDeleteIs there some reason Vidalia onions aren't shipped to other states? I have been buying them in Ontario, Canada for years.
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Go to the Bland Farms, Shuman Farms, or G&R Farms web site. They all will ship anywhere providing you are willing to pay the shipping. They are the three biggest operations growing Vidalia's in Tattnall County witch is the largest producer of Vidalia Onions.
DeleteMy dad would often eat a raw Vidalia onion with a slice of cornbread and a glass of buttermilk for lunch in the summer when I was a kid. You didn’t want to do anything that would get you yelled at for hours after he ate that lunch.
ReplyDeleteI live in Tattnall County GA (I escaped Atlanta just over 3 months ago). We produce 20% of the nations onions with our Vidalia's and more than any other county in the US. I can drive in any direction from my house where I will pass an onion field within 5 minutes and 8 minutes a chicken house. We have had a mild winter and a bumper crop according to the big growers. Harvest will be 3 to 4 weeks earlier this year in about 2 weeks. This is as problem for the cold storage warehouses due to limited capacity that can't handle an early crop that is looking to be about 20% larger than recent years.
ReplyDeleteA big bonus for living in Tattnall County, every restaurant fries onion rings to perfection.
I grew up in southwest Georgia and until I moved away I didn't know there was any other kind of onion than Vidalias. Every spring our local Shrine sells bags of Vidalias for their annual fundraiser.
ReplyDeleteTheir Growers Assn. sued over the usage of "Vidalia" for any sweet onion. Went all the way to the Supreme Court, & they won. Hence, can only be a Vidalia in those 20 counties.
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