Original family tree on Chives?

Question

I have started to like chives after being at a restaurant that had sour cream with chives in it. learn ed it was from a family of onions or I could be mistaken. I was buying in bulk and noticed some people are confused with chives to coriander...Now I don't see any chives available in the bulk store? I was at a chinese supermarket and spotted their natural chive leaves and thought, hmm ok...

How do I make it a batch, I mean to have dried and use for my soups. Idk if I make sense...Do you follow?

Answer 1

chives are onions, small ones

they are great for spices

not sure how to dry them out, but any herb store will have a book on how to grow your own spices and store them guide.

Answer 2

Chives are members of the Allium family, which also includes onions, garlic, leeks, and shallots.

To dry them, first you want to cut them with a kitchen scissors (or knife) into 1/4 to 1/2 inch little tube segments.  Cover a cookie sheet or other flat surface with wax paper.  Spread the cut chives out on the wax paper so they are a single layer thick and not in clumps.  Put them in a cool, dry place.  Depending on the humidity in your house, they should be dry in 1-3 days.  

To store, put in an air-tight container and use as you like!

There may be a way to do this in a food dehydrator too, but I don't have one so I'm not familiar with that way.