Those magnificent Onions

if a man were to ask a centenarian what were the secrets to you reaching the age of 100, i have heard thru the grapevine that some have gleefully replied :The sweet onion ! i eat a lot of onions.

"It is believed that the onion originally came from India. In Egypt it was an object of worship -- why I haven't been able to find out. From Egypt the onion entered Greece and on to Italy, thence into all of Europe." -- Better Living Cookbook

If you so desire, google Naomi Shihab Nye (Poet) who composed a wonderful poem devoted to the onion entitled: "The Traveling Onion" from her work : Words under the Words (Selected Poems)

Today, i salute and pay tribute to those magnificent Onions.