Spike is obsessed with an onion flower served at the Bronze, which he mentions on several occasions. In 5.11 Triangle, he says to Xander:
“They have chicken wings, too. Also, a sort of a flower-shaped thing they make from an onion. It’s brilliant.”
In 5.14 Crush, he says to Buffy, “Especially since the flowering onion got remodeled off the sodding menu. It’s the only thing this place had going for it.”
In 7.19 Empty Places, Spike and Andrew have the following conversation about the onion flower:
Spike: “Not as good as those onion blossom things.”
Andrew: “Oh, I love those.”
Spike: “Yeah, me, too.”
Andrew: “It’s an onion and it’s a flower. I don’t understand how such a thing is possible.”
Spike: “See, the genius of it is you soak it in ice water for an hour so it holds its shape. Then you deep-fry it root-side up for about 5 minutes.”
Andrew: “Masterful.”
Spike: “Yeah… Tell anyone we had this conversation, I’ll bite you.”
Related episodes: 5.11 Triangle, 5.14 Crush, 7.19 Empty Places
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MagicBone on November 3rd, 2005 at 3:19 am
I love that Spike is obsessed with these weird onion flower things. It’s hilarious.
AnyaRocks on December 27th, 2005 at 12:50 pm
I know. I liked it when he was having a go about how the onion blossom thing had been remodeled right off the sodding menu.
Classic.
Wynter on December 7th, 2006 at 3:15 am
In Triangle, when Olaf confronts Spike and Xander, and Xander tries to convince Olaf to eat something other than babies, Spike mentions the onion flower again - he’s sorta staring at Olaf in a puzzled disbelief way and he’s like “they’ve got this onion thing…”
It’s the least helpful thing he could ever say, but it’s fantastic! I’m also loving the obession, it makes for some classic moments :-D
HarFang on April 16th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
They should have re-used the onion when Glory threatens to peal him away like an apple.