apparently - not mushy, a little soft, but they are holding structural integrity.
*shrug* much as it bloody annoys me - gotta do everything a first time
Lesson learned: wider base pot, thus speeding up the time to come back up to boil, leaving the onions in near boiling brine for less time.
OTOH.... they're purrrrrrrrrrrrty
We'll find out how they taste when Him gets back from the other side of the world