Should You Wash Onions Before Using Them?

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Should You Wash Onions Before Using Them?

Here's what the experts say (and what food editors do). Simply Recipes / Getty Images ' title='Red, white, and yellow onions on the counter'> Simply Recipes / Getty Images  Peel the Onion First“Why would you?” says microbiologist Jason Tetro, host of the Super Awesome Science Show and author of The Germ Code and The Germ Files. “That skin is essentially like a peel. You don’t wash your peeled bananas or oranges or lychee fruit. Now, if yo…