Pickled onions. You probably don’t give them a huge deal of thought. Not many of us do but this hasn’t stopped Garner’s from trying to stir up some excitment about National Pickled Onion Lovers Day on 20 October.
The pickled onion manufacturers have surveyed 1100 adults to discover their views on the malodorous veg. Apart from the surprise statistic that 1100 people had any views at all on pickled onions, the survey did throw up a couple of pungent factoids.
Apparently both Edinburgh and Glasgow are in the top ten pickled onion loving cities in Britain, a fact which their respective tourist boards are sure to exploit in future marketing activity.
The survey also revealed that 36% of Glaswegian pickled onion fans slice or cut their onions before eating compared to just 11% of Edinburgh people who prefer to crunch them whole.
More interestingly, Jedward and Katie Price emerged as the celebs that most people would like to see stuffed in a jar and pickled.
Garner’s are searching for Britain’s Biggest Pickled Onion Lover. I’m not sure if this means the heaviest or the most enthusiastic. If you want to out yourself as Britian’s Biggest Pickled Onion Lover then click here.
The lucky winner gets a year’s supply of pickled onions.
Tune in again tomorrow when, hopefully, we will have something better to write about.