Onions! Onions!

They make you cry...they make your breath stink...they have many layers. But what a lot of people don't know are these fun facts:

-Soviet doctors used onions as an antiseptic to treat wounds during WW2.

-Ulysses S. Grant told the war department "I will not move my army without onions!"

-Olympic athletes would eat punds of onions and drink onion juice to prepare for the games.

-Every American eats 21.5 pounds of onions a year.

(Thanks to Raya's magazine for those facts)

Easy Bake Onion:

-Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.  Place 4 onions in the oven.  Bake for 1 hour.

-Remove skin from onions and season with fresh parsley, thyme, olive oil, course salt, and pepper.

If you have any great onion recipes or facts please share them here