Shallots bolting

[maypril]

I've just got back from holiday and returned to find my shallots with nice big flower stalks on them

What should I do? Harvest them now and eat them quickly?

[always digging]

if the flower stalks are quite small you can just nip them off but if they are big or in full flower then just eat them . quite a few of mine have small flower stalks and i have just removed them