any very dry outer layers.
you do not want to remove too much skin, but just enough to make the onion bulbs shiny and pretty.
pull or trim most of the roots off the bottoms of the onions.
line three onions up on a flat surface with the tops facing you.
now you are ready to braid!
if you can braid a rope or a pony tail, you can braid onions!
cross the onion top from the left into the middle of the other two onion tops.
cross the onion top from the right into the middle.
set another onion next to the onion on the right.
cross the onion top from the left along with the other top(s) 