Here are some friends with simlar question as we.And I have this question for many days,anyone help us?
Kitty said: Yes.Who discovered onions?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(Who discovered onions?),it will help you,my kids.
Answer:
the lady of shallot.
SHREK!!!
lol. J/k.
i have no idea . . .
I wondered this also, like who would think something that tearful and strong smelling would be ok to eat ??!!!
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Onions grew in Chinese gardens as early as 5000 years ago and they are referenced in some of the oldest Vedic writings from India. In Egypt, onions can be traced back to 3500 B.C. There is evidence that the Sumerians were growing onions as early as 2500 B.C. One Sumerian text dated to about 2500 B.C. tells of someone plowing over the city governor's onion patch.
Onion also known as Allium cepa is only known from cultivation. It probably originates from Central Asia (between Turkmenistan and Afghanistan) where some of its relatives still grow in the wild. From Central Asia the supposed onion ancestor probably migrated to the Near East; wall carvings and drawings depicting offerings of onions and their cultivation appear in numerous ancient Egyptian tombs, beginning with Old Kingdom examples like Unas and Pepi II; well-preserved onions start appearing in tombs with the Eighteenth dynasty. From the Near East, A. cepa was introduced to India and South-East Asia; and into the Mediterranean area and from there to all the Roman empire.
Historical uses
It is thought that bulbs from the onion family have been used as a food source for millennia. In Caananite Bronze Age settlements, traces of onion remains were found alongside fig and date stones dating back to 5000 BC. However, it is not clear if these were cultivated onions. Archaeological and literary evidence suggests cultivation probably took place around two thousand years later in ancient Egypt, at the same time that leeks and garlic were cultivated. Workers who built the Egyptian pyramids may have been fed radishes and onions.
The onion is easily propagated, transported and stored. Egyptians worshipped it, believing that its spherical shape and concentric rings symbolized eternal life. Onions were even used in Egyptian burials as evidenced by onion traces being found in the eye sockets of Ramesses IV. They believed that if buried with the dead, the strong scent of onions would bring breath back to the dead.
In ancient Greece, athletes ate large quantities of onion because it would lighten the balance of blood. Roman gladiators were rubbed down with onion to firm up their muscles. In the Middle Ages onions were such an important food that people would pay for their rent with onions and even give them as gifts. Doctors were known to prescribe onions to relieve headaches, snakebite and hair loss. The onion was introduced to North America by Christopher Columbus on his 1493 expedition to Haiti. Onions were also prescribed by doctors in the early 1500s to help with infertility in women, and even dogs and cattle and many other household pets.
Since onion has been used by people for such a long time, it is hard or possibly impossible to identify who first discovered onion. However, first known cultivation of onion seems to originate in Egypt.
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Kitty said: Yes.Who discovered onions?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(Who discovered onions?),it will help you,my kids.
Answer:
the lady of shallot.
SHREK!!!
lol. J/k.
i have no idea . . .
I wondered this also, like who would think something that tearful and strong smelling would be ok to eat ??!!!
http://www.frontiercoop.com/learn/savvy/...
Onions grew in Chinese gardens as early as 5000 years ago and they are referenced in some of the oldest Vedic writings from India. In Egypt, onions can be traced back to 3500 B.C. There is evidence that the Sumerians were growing onions as early as 2500 B.C. One Sumerian text dated to about 2500 B.C. tells of someone plowing over the city governor's onion patch.
Onion also known as Allium cepa is only known from cultivation. It probably originates from Central Asia (between Turkmenistan and Afghanistan) where some of its relatives still grow in the wild. From Central Asia the supposed onion ancestor probably migrated to the Near East; wall carvings and drawings depicting offerings of onions and their cultivation appear in numerous ancient Egyptian tombs, beginning with Old Kingdom examples like Unas and Pepi II; well-preserved onions start appearing in tombs with the Eighteenth dynasty. From the Near East, A. cepa was introduced to India and South-East Asia; and into the Mediterranean area and from there to all the Roman empire.
Historical uses
It is thought that bulbs from the onion family have been used as a food source for millennia. In Caananite Bronze Age settlements, traces of onion remains were found alongside fig and date stones dating back to 5000 BC. However, it is not clear if these were cultivated onions. Archaeological and literary evidence suggests cultivation probably took place around two thousand years later in ancient Egypt, at the same time that leeks and garlic were cultivated. Workers who built the Egyptian pyramids may have been fed radishes and onions.
The onion is easily propagated, transported and stored. Egyptians worshipped it, believing that its spherical shape and concentric rings symbolized eternal life. Onions were even used in Egyptian burials as evidenced by onion traces being found in the eye sockets of Ramesses IV. They believed that if buried with the dead, the strong scent of onions would bring breath back to the dead.
In ancient Greece, athletes ate large quantities of onion because it would lighten the balance of blood. Roman gladiators were rubbed down with onion to firm up their muscles. In the Middle Ages onions were such an important food that people would pay for their rent with onions and even give them as gifts. Doctors were known to prescribe onions to relieve headaches, snakebite and hair loss. The onion was introduced to North America by Christopher Columbus on his 1493 expedition to Haiti. Onions were also prescribed by doctors in the early 1500s to help with infertility in women, and even dogs and cattle and many other household pets.
Since onion has been used by people for such a long time, it is hard or possibly impossible to identify who first discovered onion. However, first known cultivation of onion seems to originate in Egypt.
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