The Owyhee Blog

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Owyhee Produce Releases Sweet Onions!

Owyhee Produce is proud to officially introduce its Sweet Onions to the open market. It’s taken three years to perfect the process, and now they are proud to offer two different varieties. 

To call an onion a “sweet,” it has to meet the right levels of sugar content and pungency. A regular yellow onion on the pyruvic scale of acidity or pungency sits around a 7 or 8. To be called a sweet it has to hit under a 4, with a super sweet being under a 2. Owhyee’s sweets sit between a 3 and 4.

The United States imports the majority of their sweet onions from Chile and Peru; a trip that spans 7-8,000 miles. Owyhee’s sweets are grown in US soil, by a third-generation family farm that employs dirt to dock safety regulations, and is involved in every step of the growing, packing, and shipping process. Owyhee’s sweets cost less and come with a much smaller carbon footprint.

Owyhee Produce’s Sweet Onions are available now until February and come in 40 lb. cartons or a range of 2-10lb consumer packs. Their sweet, mild flavor is best in raw form and will be a great addition to your holiday meals!

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It’s Hard for Onions to Compete with Christmas Trees

25-30 million Christmas trees are sold in the United States every year! A product that costs very little to grow, makes for a great profit during the holiday season. Oregon is listed as the one of the top Christmas Tree producing states in the nation. What you may not know is that these farm-grown festivities bring serious competition for freight.

With the weather cooling down, we can't ship our onions on flat bed trucks during the winter months, which limits our options for transportation. From a week before Thanksgiving to Christmas Day, Christmas tree shippers are feverishly shipping trees from coast to coast. With such a large profit return, tree shippers are willing to pay more for freight costs, simply because they can afford to. They have a month-long time crunch to make profit.

This leaves onion shippers like us having a harder time not only finding trucks but also paying the freight costs. Typically we see a 15-20% increase in delivery rates, especially to the east coast.

See more from trucking company DAT here: http://www.dat.com/blog/post/Christmas-Trees-Boost-Rates-in-Unexpected-Places

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No Bake Candy Cane Mint Brownies

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Tea is always a good idea!

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Mint Chocolate Brownies

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No-Churn Pistachio, Mint and Olive Oil Fudge Brownie Ice Cream

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Why Should You Ship Early Onions on Flatbeds?

Early Onion varieties tend to have less skin, a larger neck, and larger roots versus the long-day onions. It's important to cure the onions and we do everything at our shed from when we first put them in bins to when we are packing to let the onions dry and put on more skin.

Inevitably though, they do lose skin on the packing line. However, early onions can quickly replace their lost skin with a short 12-24 hours of air flow. Air flow is crucial in replacing lost skin, allowing onions to arrive in better condition and to typically have a longer shelf-life.

Here's where flatbed transportation comes in. Flatbeds provide optimal air flow to the onions during transportation. Refrigerated vans are the second best option, while vented vans with our current heat conditions are the worst option.

When shipping early onions and wanting to receive the best quality, longest-lasting onion, it's wise to employ flatbeds for all of your transportation needs!

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Blue cheese and crispy fried onion burgers

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Cheesy caramelised onion flatbread

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Easy 30 minute chicken fajitas

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Caramelised Onion Quesadilla

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Loaded Beef Hamburgers

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Yummm...

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Roast Beef Sandwich with Red Onion Jam

Ok, we've been itching to make this Roast Beef Sandwich to try it out with our Red Onion Jam. We decided to whip up a new batch of jam and make this Sandwich for lunch!

Ingredients

1 sun dried tomato & herb 1lb. loaf , split horizontally, toasted

mayonnaise

½ Lb Thickly Sliced Roast Beef

Red Onion Jam

3 large romaine lettuce leaves

Directions

1. split horizontally sun dried tomato & herb  loaf 2. butter bread, toast in *500 oven for 5 min 3. spread mayonnaise, about 2tb per side 4. layer on roast beef 5. add warmed red onion jam 6. lettuce leaves 7. cut sandwich, serves 4        

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Red Onion Jam

This is a must for your next grilled sandwich or burger. We loved how fast and easy this was to make. This is definitely a new staple for us on the farm! P.S. Watch for the next blog post we used this jam to make a mean Roast Beef Sandwich with Red Onion Jam!!!

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil 1 red onion, thinly sliced 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup red-wine vinegar 1/2 cup beef broth

Directions

1. Place oil in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat and thinly slice 1 red onion 2. Add onions, and cook until they begin to soften and become translucent, 8 to 10 minutes. 3. Add sugar and continue cooking for 1 minute. Carefully add vinegar and beef broth. Increase the heat and bring to a boil, and immediately reduce to a simmer. Cook until liquid has evaporated and onions are caramelized, about 3 minutes. 4. Keep warm until ready to serve on favorite sandwich or burger.