Growing Shallots, also Eschalots

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02 Aug 10 Dave (Australia - temperate climate)
OK I have a question regarding the confusion (or rather my confusion) about what a shallot actually is? I watch a lot of cooking shows and particularly the american shows whenever they show a "shallot" its like a small white bulbous onion roughly the size of golfball which is what I want to grow. Whenever I search for shallot here in Western Australia I am told a shallot is another name for a spring onion?? To me a spring onion is a tall green tubular leaf (the edible part) with a tiny white bulb which is usually discarded (although this year i replanted) I want to grow the small golfball looking onion, where do i find them? I dont even see them on the supermarket shelves. Are they called something different?
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12 Aug 10 (Australia - temperate climate)
thanks for commenting. I planted maybe 40 small bulbs so I'll leave a few to grow out and see what happens. thanks again.
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05 Aug 10 ajp (Australia - temperate climate)
I accidently let my spring onions go last year and they do become full blown onions, so if you let them develop part way you should get what you are looking for (I think)
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