Baked onion.
One big-assed onion!
Cut hairy end (root) off so it sits flat.
Peel paper and skin off, and carve a bowl into the top:
This isn't a pipe, I promise! You're actually supposed to eat this...
Then, your supposed to put, like, a chicken or beef bullion cube in there, and top it off with butter. I don't have either one of those at the moment, so...
For mine, I put Lawry's and black pepper, THEN I filled it with butter.
Then I seasoned it all AGAIN, and topped it off with more butter.
Then I wrapped it in foil, set it on my small CAST IRON pan, and put it in the oven at 400°F until it's done. (I have no idea how long that's gonna be, I estimate an hour but probably less)
I'm going to smoke another one down while I wait...
I've never had or cooked a baked onion before, but I love onions. This whole thing just makes sense to me. I don't know why I haven't done this before.