SEED STORIES | Zebrune Shallot: Quintessentially French!

[@beerbread]

I enjoy Food Stories so much, they bring a deeper understanding of what I eat and how food travels. At 71 I've seen foods appear (quinoa) and disappear (Hubbard squash) in my grocery store. My grandmother, coming from a 19th century N. European food landscape and raising children during the Depression, would be gobsmacked. I am too! Thankful for generations of seed savers and home gardeners who have paid it forward. Thankful for Baker Creek. 🌱

[@danennis3078]

You guys make me want to grow everything.

[@susansink5465]

This is my first year growing zebrune shallots from seed. Usually I get shallot sets (so pricey!) Also, it is the year of pandemic, and so I love the connection to he French fleeing Nazi occupation and planting them. As the Victory Gardens are returning, so, too, I'll have my zebrune shallots planted in a time of crisis.

[@forthosewhoHUNGER]

How did these work out for you? Are you still growing them? Can you give a brief review? I’m starting my seeds today!

[@redblackgreenvegan8722]

I am a new lover of shallots, thanks for furthering my overstanding of this beautiful plant!

[@Maiasatara]

Excited for you to return online next week (if all goes as expected.) I know so many more people will want to start growing now but I’m just continuing the gift my grandparents gave me - the joy of walking down to the garden to pick what we need for dinner. ♥️

[@PrincessShaBooBoo]

I love seed stories 💚😊

[@theroostergardenandcityhom9323]

I look forward to all these videos now. Keep them coming. Thanks from Benton, Arkansas

[@TalkingThreadsMedia]

11/25/2019 -- Oh my gosh... just heard through Mike Dickson of the FARM FIT channel, that Jere Gettle (one of the owners of BAKER CREEK HEIRLOOM SEED COMPANY) fell on the ice last week and broke his hip. Jere, you are in my prayers for healing and recovery! Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA.

[@RareSeedsBC]

Thanks so much for your kind words, Kate! The good news is that Jere is very healthy and healing fast, we appreciate all of the kind words and prayers so much!

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[@49lucky]

I always do these are wonderful..

[@TalkingThreadsMedia]

Same here! Kate

[@janicealderson4329]

Can i sow them now in September - do they overwinter i have the cuisse de poulet type?

[@RareSeedsBC]

Hi Janice, fall planting shallot sets can work where winters are mild (in USDA zones 5-8).

[@WillWilsonII]

I just ordered Wild Zaatar and Red Freddy Basil. I shoulda ordered these too!

[@TalkingThreadsMedia]

Hi. The Wild Zaatar oregano really has a nice flavor. It is wonderful on pizza and in spaghetti. You will like this one! -- Kate

[@orchidjewels4823]

Why have my Zebrune Shallots had a very poor germination rate? My other onions and leeks germinated very well. I only ended up with about 10 shallots plants out of an entire package.

[@RareSeedsBC]

Greetings, we do have a guarantee on them, so we would be happy to refund or replace them if you contact us with your order details via email or social media

[@daddyjohn2007]

😎👍👌🖖✌😁

[@solarbeau8594]

First, Zebrune is an onion, not a shallot. It's a great onion, with a mild taste and it stores very well. It's bigger than a shallot and it's produced by seeds because it makes seedling like an onion. Why English speaker call it a shallot ? I don't know, probably for marketing. 2nd mistake you've made is about griselle which is a gray shallot not a red shallot 1:36, you say it afterwards that it's a gray shallot, so it can't be red and it isn't. Red shallot is a different specie and you showed a wrong picture of small red onions, standard shallot color is copper, not red, there is variety that is pretty red but it's a polish one and it's round. Actually 1:35 you can see in the market farmer stand, up left and down left what looks a gray shallot, all the other variety on the table are copper shallots and the white stuff middle left I don't know what it is.

[@RareSeedsBC]

Thank you for your comments. The writer and researcher for this video is a native of France with decades of experience working in the seed industry. We take seriously our responsibility to provide accurate and clear information to Baker Creek customers. There is a great deal of nuance in the story of these varieties, including shallots, and for reasons of brevity, we make editorial decisions about what to leave out. In this case, we may have omitted a line from the original script that perhaps would have avoided any confusion. The Cuisse de Poulet, of which Zebrune is a type, is indeed referred to in France as “echalion,” a combination of the words “echalote” and “onion.” We are also aware of the distinctions between the grey shallot (Allium oschaninii), which is considered the “true French shallot” by many. We are also aware that the name “Cuisse de Poulet du Poitou” is protected and refers to the variety grown in a particular terroir; the variety was renamed “Zebrune” for sale in other parts of France and elsewhere. Again, many thanks for sharing your insights.

[@RareSeedsBC]

thanks for the help in getting this story right!

[@sowertosow]

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31 KJV

[@heyphilphil]

1st!!!