Red onion garnish for the traditional bean-and-smoked ham soups. The red onion from Tropea, Italy, (Italian: "Cipolla Rossa di Tropea") is a particular variety of red onion which grows in a small area of Calabria in southern Italy named Capo Vaticano near the city of Tropea. This onion has a stronger and sweeter aroma and the inner part is juicier and whiter than other red onions and it is possible to make a jam with it. In March 2008, the European Union registered the Protected Designation of Origin mark for the red onions produced in this particular area. In the United States,
We Know Our Onions displayed by a Home Guard unit and awards them 12 stars outright. They all then rush to retrieve the fallen onions. The centre of this plot is based around the scarcity of onions in 1942. This fictional story echoes a real incident in which an enthusiastic Home Guard unit involved in an exercise repelled the enemy by discharging small green apples from a Northover Projector. Fulton MacKay's portrayal of Captain Ramsey closely resembles his character from Porridge, Mr MacKay, right down to similar personalities and mannerisms. Only the pilot episode (Prisoner and Escort) of 'Porridge' had been screened by the