Help! My onion sprouted!

really funny. generally i don't cook but i saw some time sprouted potatoes, onion, and Groundnuts and pea also.. some time we use sprouted food specially for the health because sprouted foods are good for health.

Oh gosh by the time I get to use my veggies they are always sprouting! I think the worst one ever was a few weeks ago when my 2 year old daughter went in the cupboard for something and came out screaming that there was a spider in there, when I went to investigate it was a potato with 8 legs! I must say that it did resemble a huge spider.

I have seen that often. If you don't use them they will grow more plants. Don't know that I would eat it though.

I have had potatoes and onions that have sprouted before. Just be glad that it was sprouting not molding. I will sometimes get a big bag of onions or potatoes and I have them for a few weeks before I use them all up. Most of the time they are ok by the time I get to them, but occasionally I have the molded ones that I have to pitch. I will still use the sprouted ones.

If that had been me, I'd have planted it! My veggies rarely get a chance to sprout as I use them up pretty quickly. the exception is potatoes, which I keep finding with long sprouts on as light is leaking into my storeroom.

well i buy fresh vggies once in two days..i buy limited because i think by refrugerating them too long they loose their freshness...onions and potatoes i do buy in bulk say about once a week because they need not be refrigerated...but yes sometimes because of humidity my onions also sprout...my potatoes also start getting sprouts...one day i will actually try putting a potato in a pot and see what happens..

I usually don't keep my onions in the fridge. I have a draw that I keep them in. They don't often sprout in the draw. When they do I use them any way unless they are getting soft. Some time ago one of our stores had a celebration for their 60th year in business with nice sized packages of chopped frozen onions 10 for $10.00 I bought 10 of them and most times I cook with those and only use fresh onions for burgers or salads.

HAHA That's funny!! I'm glad it was delicious, though. This reminds me of my mother telling me about packing for her vacation and wondering, in the middle o the night, whether she'd remembered to pack onions or not. haha I'll have to ask her i they sprout by the time she gets to where she's going.

This is very common in our refrigerator. I keep onions and garlic and they often start to sprout. They also seem to sprout other things that are not very edible.

I try to get to them before they sprout but occasionally I get a sprouted onion or potato...I just cut off the sprout...I don't like to throw out any food and, like you said, it's still good.

You must have thought you've suddenly found yourself in the "Twilight Zone."As much as possible,I don't let the veggies lasts for more than 5 days. Usually, I prioritize the leafy ones and cook them first. Because they are more prone to wilting and there's the possibility of losing the essential nutrients when they are stocked too long in the refrigerator. But I once had a same experience with an onion and a ginger. At that time, my family often had take-outs from a favorite restaurant. So, I didn't cook much that week. By next week, when I was about to use the onion, I saw that it already sprouted. Plus, the ginger too.

we had a potato that sprouted before, we threw it away as it is poisonious... but i dont think that the onion will be when it sprout... but take out the heart... just in case... i think we use the veggies the two days after we bought it...