Caribbean Cooking

[Otrere]

Have a recipe for Curry Goat that I fancy trying out but it says I need "green onions". I know that Caribbean's call "spring onions" or "salad onions", "skellions" - is it the same thing?

[shaneystar]

I think these are what most people call "spring onions" although in my neck of the woods we call them "Scallions"
Good link here

http://www.mednd.com/html/Food_Guide/Scallions.htm

[Otrere]

Thanks Shaneystar - we are both quite right, "green onions" are the same thing as spring onions, or alternatively "scallions/skellions". Easy enough to find at the supermarket then!

Now I just need to find somewhere local that sells goat meat!!

Thanks for replying.

[ursula62]

If you can't find goat, you could use mutton. I'm assured by several caribbean friends that this is an acceptable replacement in the UK.   Have you tried HALAL butchers?

[Lindylou]

In Wales we call them gibbons...

[Otrere]

Hi Ursula - yeah hubby said that mutton is a good alternative - personally have never eaten either but I'll try anything once!!

Lindylou - you call spring onions - "gibbons"????? Why??

[Beth2105]

Green onions are NOT spring onions.  Green onions are just normal onions, people often call them white onions, but there are 3 main types Green, White and Red.  Green are just normal bronze skinned onions, when you peel them, the layer underneath is green..therefore green onions!!.

[Otrere]

I have looked in the glossary of ingredients in the back of the Carribbean Cookbook I am using and it says:

"Green Onions: Jamaicans call these 'skellions', and some North Americans call them 'spring onions'."

I will stick with the spring onions thanks - I don't fancy adding 5 onions to a dish that serves 4 people. Our guts will be off for weeks!

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