The importance of Onions

Onion-A bulbous plant (Allium cepa) cultivated worldwide as a vegetable

An Onion travels a far way (The onion is believed to have originated in Asia, though it is likely that onions may have been growing wild on every continent. Dating back to 3500 BC, onions were one of the few foods that did not spoil during the winter months. Our ancestors must have recognized the vegetable's durability and began growing onions for food.The onion became more than just food after arriving in Egypt. The ancient Egyptians worshiped the onion, believing that its spherical shape and concentric rings symbolized eternity. Of all the vegetables that had their images created from precious metals by Egyptian artists, only the onion was made out of gold.Today, onions are used in a variety of dishes and rank sixth among the world's leading vegetable crop)http://www.foodreference.com/html/fonions.html The onion is looked at as such a small thing in our society while in some country's that are very poor ship and sent it out to us to use for cooking. I thought it was interesting and weird that the Egyptians use to worship an onion. That just doesn't make too much sense but something so small was once worshiped is now a cooking ingredient in our society. Oh how the times change huh. This poem to me represented more than an onion. It represented the fact that everything has a deeper significance to it. A deeper meaning if you will. God doesn't just create random things, no they have a meaning, a certain context to them. The onion in this story could represent a forgotten child who is starving and has no one who cares for them. Or it could just be talking about a bulbous plant that we eat almost everyday.