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Fuck you I’ll live however the fuck I want
The actual ‘grown up’ take.
Absolutely. I would say that not liking onions is a bit of an illusion though. They really are in everything and are so elemental to cooking. I think if people understood this better they wouldn’t fear onions so much. Sometimes fear of onions is also part of a generalized “zero seasoning” palette common among some older white Americans, where even black pepper is considered “spicy” and most food is totally flavorless and usually cooked to a pulp. It’s not about growing up… this palette is just missing out on so much happiness in the world. Being just a tiny bit brave with food is a wonderful decision to make in life.
It is mostly a texture thing for me, and I doubt I am the only one. I do not mind the taste that much, if it is onion powder. But even tiny chunks of cooked onions make me gag when they crunch on your teeth. Absolutely disgusting. If I have to eat something with onions, I will pick out the pieces, no matter how tiny they are.
(Yes, I am autistic.)
True they have a sort of gummy texture that pops when you bite into it. I love that personally but I can see it’s a matter of taste. Does that mean you enjoy fresh cut onion in a salad (like bits of red onion in a Mediterranean salad) or fresh cut onion on a burger? Much more crisp texture. Just curious!
No, I do not like the raw crispines either! It has almost the same crunch, just with a lot less sliminess. Though with raw, the taste is also too strong for me.
Is his name Carm in the show because he’s caramelizing from first episode to last, and finally becomes the onion we all love?
I am halfway through s4 and it’s boring so I stopped watching.
Yes, you can’t rush carmelized onions
If you judge what other people eat
You should try: Growing the hell up
If I grow any more up the doctors will think I’m addicted to viagra
Claiming ED is a strange flex but you do you
Nah. I’ll judge the fuck out of dudes pushing 40 who still can’t cook anything other than instant ramen.
I would agree, but my sil used to only eat chicken nuggets and canned green beans. In their family growing up, food was not for enjoyment, it was strictly for calories. Both her husband and I have been working on expanding her palate (we got her hooked on gyro a few years back. That was a happy moment for her family).
We don’t and didn’t judge her, we just wanted her to be able to enjoy nicer meals. Her husband is a great cook, so he’s gotten to vicariously experience amazing foods for the first time again. I would be envious, but I get this experience with my nieces and nephews (only four of them have parents who can cook well). It’s a great feeling, sharing delicious foods with loved ones, and also rubbing in your siblings’ faces that their kids aren’t picky when you cook for them.
We don’t and didn’t judge her
So, this is an entirely separate case from the OP, then.
not entirely sure. our [not understanding why she didn’t like food that tastes good] probably felt like judgment at times, even though we didn’t want it to.
A great point! (As usual)
I judge people for what they eat every time I put a foot in a Target.
Let’s normalize shaming adults who eat like five year olds.
from an old line cook group
Wait but does the paper towel thing work?
Can’t say with certainty, though I have heard it recommended to me by someone who should know.
However, my preferred trick is to place the cutting board near an extraction fan, set said fan to high, and trying not to bend too much over the cutting board while chopping my onions.
never tried it
Very unlikely.
Tell that to my gut. You get onions in there, mushrooms, etc I’ll be absolutely crippled with cramps, gas, and worse.
I’m glad people love onions. I don’t even mind the taste. But you know what I like more? NOT being stuck in agony on the toilet for hours.
Have you tried growing the hell up?
/s
IBS? SIBO? Any other diagnose?
SIBO, been battling it for awhile
You have my condolences.
I know people with SIBO, heard all kinds of stories, hopefully yours turns out for the better.
When I heard they can’t have onions or garlic in the first phase, which is insane!
I didn’t like onions as a kid, turns out my mother just sucks at cooking.
I thought my parents’ cooking was great, until I grew up and started cooking myself, and discovered I had a talent for it. Now I realize my parents couldn’t cook at all.
Now life is reversed, and I’m taking care of my Mom (Dad’s gone), and I do ALL the cooking.
I still despise onions though. That wasn’t my Mom’s cooking, I just despise onions. And green peppers.
It isn’t about growing up, onions just taste terrible to some people, the way cilantro or asparagus tastes bad to some. I know a guy who is fine with onions, but feels the way I feel toward them about CUCUMBERS, of all things. They basically taste like water, but he can’t stand to be in the same room with one.
I love onions but OP needs to fuck right off with dictating how other folks should deal with food.
How about I forcefeed you moldy spinach
(in lackey voice) Yeah, you tell em OP!
If you are into people vomiting on you, go right ahead.
You should fuck right off for saying fuck right off.
Onions have their place, and it’s diced so fine they’re practically molecular.
Raw, carmelized, fried, pickled, grilled.
There’s so many ways to eat onions and they all taste different. Someone who just ‘doesn’t like onions’ is like someone not liking potatoes…which version and what do you not like??
Agree. Excellent flavor. Gawdawful texture.
I love onions in stew, or in gumbo or jambalaya - some place where I can’t see 'em, and certainly don’t have to chew through them.
otherwise fuck onions lol
Onion powder ftw
Seriously, pre caramelized actually! But I will add chopped onion too. Also garlic powder, and actual garlic. They taste different and both are good.
I never considered caramelizing the onions before drying and powdering them… I’ll have to set aside some of our garden haul for that
Just get onion powder, dude. Save yourself the tears and trouble.
It’s not the same, and deep in your heart you know that, too.
Oh I know it’s not the same. It’s infinitely better. Any recipe that calls for onion gets an onion powder substitute in my kitchen. It gets the job done for my recipe, doesnt feel lacking, and does so without making the food inedible and making my kitchen reek.
Try dried fried onions. They always have them at Indian Grocery stores, or dutch shops.
You can skip whole steps in recipes of browning, caramelizing onions for sauces , stews, etc just dump a few tablespoonsfulls in. Also makes excellent brown gravy base with some soysauce and Marmite.
Noooope
when I make salsa I just throw the tomato, peppers, onion, tomatillo, cilantro, coleslaw, and a drip of lime juice in the food processor and let it chop for me.
Hold up… Coleslaw?
y…yes i meant to tipe that.
I always liked onions in things. In fact I liked all things kids were supposed to hate… Except for eggplant. I just don’t like eggplant.
There has always been a lot of poorly cooked eggplant going around. It has a ton moisture that needs to be drawn out through salt and/or roasting and frying to make it not be mushy.
Cooked properly crispy it can be delicious.
It also absorbs oil like crazy, so you have to be careful and when and how you introduce fats.
Remove skin. Slice. Cook on medium heat until most moisture has been drawn out. Add olive oil, salt, black pepper and tomato paste. Serve with rice and grilled meat.
My reasons for not liking eggplant is weird even to me. But there are a few ways I can eat it.
i once got in trouble at school for putting too much broccoli on my plate
What?!
yeah the teacher raised her voice and told me i should leave some for others (only like a quarter of my plate was broccoli and i only took one plate of food and u know… broccoli isn’t the most popular thing out there)
she was a substitute teacher when our teacher was sick and was a bit weird in general. after her shifts at our class, she was never a substitute teacher for our class again so after she was gone i kept going as usual and nobody complained ever again xD
this was somewhere around grade 3 to 6, probably 4th or 5th
What a nutcase teacher. I had some like those.
I know the cilantro example is famous, but as a super taster and having other people with the gene onions are very divisive. For me, anything more than a hint is overpoweringly disgusting and the idea of actually biting into one directly fills me with dread.
Onion powder and garlic powder are both very preferable to the actual substance taste wise.
If you know someone in your life that really likes diet soda and other artificially sweetened things and even prefers it to the regular, they just might be a super taster.
If you know someone that finds wine, beer, tea and coffee horrifically bitter to the point that they can’t even understand how you enjoy it. They may also be a super taster.
If you know someone that complains Seltzer’s like white claw and lacroix are absurdly bitter and completely disgusting. That is likely because they can taste a profile called bitter two, which is prevalent in these things because they are a super taster.
I know nobody will read this and learn to quit bitching at people about what they like, but I figured I’d at least try.
Now that I’m done being reasonable:
Why don’t you stop pussyfooting around with weak bitch shit like onions and actually use some real fucking spices from India and Mexico? Onions are for mayo loving losers afraid of burning their tender tongues, miss me with that shit.
shit like onions and actually use some real fucking spices from India and Mexico
… but… India eats a lot of onions… because as great as the spices are, onions are also great. You can have both. You should have both.
I tried some pickled onions from an Idian place near me and while I generally hate onions in all forms (except onion powder or onion flavored chips for some reason) I didnt realize how different they could taste when made in proper ways. I was literally eating them on their own by the spoonful because they were so good, never in my life did I expect that to ever happen. So while its prevelant in Indian dishes, it just feels like they know how to actually use them versus some plain disgusting raw onion chopped and added to like a salad or burger. Like anything there is always nuance, and that day I learned it ever applied to the eating onions lol
I’m a super taster as well. Raw onion is a hard no for me, but caramelized onions are like a cheat code for making every meal delicious.
But you’ve got the artificial sweetener thing backwards. Super tasters tend to prefer real sugar and find the fake stuff cloying and unpleasant. I’d bite into an onion like it was an apple before I’d drink a diet soda.
Also, mayo is delicious.
Really every super taster i know drinks diet,soda like it’s going out of style. And cooking an onion works for people that are not super tasters but ones that are still usually overwhelmed from the small sample size I’ve met over the years.
Were you a smoker at any point perhaps?
No, I’ve never smoked. I looked it up, and it seems the trend is generally that super tasters prefer real sugar over fake. Obviously everyone is different though.
But I can detect the faintest bit of artificial sweetener. It’s very unpleasant.
What if I love plain sparkling water, black (loose) tea, dark chocolate, unsweetened espresso? Enjoy the taste of plain (real, not American) bread with olive oil or butter on its own? Hate food spicier than butter chicken?
Am I a super taster or the opposite? I joke that I have the palate of a medieval peasant, though I’m guessing they wouldn’t have enjoyed dark chocolate or undiluted coffee/tea.
Opposite of me in almost every way lol def not a super taster
Lol being a super taster would be hell for me if I already feel so sensitive to taste/scent.
Yeah I don’t love it sounds like a super power when all it does is make you not like popular stuff for the most part. There is however one upside which is when I eat something truly good my soul leaves my body and I fall through space and time. I call it a taste journey. Have to be vigilant to not get super fat haha.
How are you for Mushrooms? Also a supertaster and I just cannot understand how anyone can eat them - they’re so oppressively fungal.
Them and Jalapenos (nearly all pungent peppers in fact) are the two people always pull the “HoW cAn’T yOu LiKe It It’S sO gOoD!!” reaction with me…
Canned sliced button mushrooms are pretty easy to eat.
I mostly eat the fun kind of mushrooms which are very unpleasant to get down but worth the health benefits.
For jalapeños and other peppers, the pithy center is where most of the pungency comes from. It’s also more bitter than the rear of the pepper. If you chop into quarters lengthwise, it’s easy to cut the seeds and pith away from the flesh. You’re the left with a milder, sweeter result.
… in case you’re in an experimental mood.
I appreciate the suggestion!
It’s not the pungency that’s an issue though, but the flavor of the pepper itself - it absolutely overwhelms every other ingredient in the dish with a quite unpleasant flavor, even when pith, seeds and ends have been removed. The same is true of bell peppers, though I find them less overpoweringly strong flavored. There are a few varieties that don’t do it - Pequin peppers are quite munchable, as are bird’s eyes, but the staple ‘spicy’ peppers in the US (ancho, jalapeno, habanero, poblano, aleppo, cayenne, tobasco, chipotle, etc) all unfortunately fall under the heading of “blechy” for me…
Indian food uses loads of onions
Raw onions on my hotdog 🌭🧅
Nsfw
With ketchup of course.
Can confirm. Didn’t like onions as a kid, always thought they were useless and added no flavor to a dish. Got older, learned a bit more about how to cook them and now I like putting onions in things.
When I met the woman I ended up marrying she thought she didn’t like onions. It took some time, but finally she understood.
Now she is a much better cook than me and knows that onions go in just about everything. Her French onion soup is amazing.
I loooooove onions.
But… FODMAPs… Ugh.
No more onions or garlic or mushrooms for me except for a once in a while splurge and regret.
What is fodmaps?
Sounds like a datatype a 2000’s era game engine uses
Food that gives you gas. The more veggies I eat the more I burp and fart.
Wait garlic and onions are high fodmap foods?
I am going to have to laugh at the next MD who thinks they know what I should eat better than I do. They always recommend low fodmap.
Yeah the whites of all onions and their cousins are high fodmap. Green onions are ok in moderation, and the green parts of leeks.
Hey, hey there Robert Kennedy, just settle down and take your ivermectin. Your brain worm is acting up again.
As much as I’m on team pro-science, doctors are not omniscient, and lots of people have the experience of needing to direct their medical care at some point in their lives. Blindly accepting medical advice can be just as harmful as “doing your own research,” as any woman who’s gotten the old “have you considered that you’re faking it?” or “but your labs are fine so…” run-around can attest.
Doctors are well aware they are not omniscient. They know they are more knowledgable and experienced than you, but they aren’t perfect. They can only do so much with the information that the patient gives them. And patients, like it or not, are not always the most reliable sources of symptoms or medical information. And sometimes all the testing you can do might not reveal the correct diagnosis. At that point, what do you expect a doctor to do?
Look, I’m not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. Hell, I didn’t even stay at a Holiday Inn late night. But I did spend 15 years in the back of an AmberLamps seeing patients at their worst moments in life. Or at least what they thought were the worst moments, (sometimes it was just another Tuesday for me). I’ve seen a lot of doctors work up close and personal. Some were great, almost all of the rest were good, and a few were bad, (I actually witnessed a Medical Director of the ER come down and fire a doctor on the spot once). But they all tried hard and gave 100% everyday.
The patient/doctor relationship is a two way street. And weirdly, patients very often are unwilling to hold up their end of the relationship. That means you must speak up for yourself. Ask questions, refine your symptoms together WITH the doctor, and give input into your treatment plan and listen to replies. And understand that that healthcare provider may not have all the answers you are looking for.
that worm died and you know it
/uj they tend to recommend i eat foods i’m allergic to, because they refuse to read medical records. US doctors are effective at regurgitating information but not actually thinking through problems.
I sincerely hope that worm died from acute alcohol poisoning caused by tequila as is traditional.
You need to pick a single doctor and stick with them. Going to see whatever random doctor that only has a few minutes to be with you is most of your problem. That doctor doesn’t have the time to read through your, by now extensive, medical charts from end to end. And no, that’s not all due to the US medical system, (though that bluntly doesn’t help), because there simply far more patients in this world out numbering all the doctors that are available. Find a single doctor and stick with them as long as you can. Doing so will cultivate a relationship that grows and gets better with time. That will pretty much end most of your problems.
And if you must see a different doctor, they will straight up ask you why you are there to see them today. This is your chance to tell them not only what is currently wrong, but since this is a reoccurring problem, what are some of the things that have been done that worked or didn’t work in the past. That helps them immensely and they love patients that do that. If they are just “regurgitating” information it’s because they can’t read minds and have been reduced to guessing. The practice of medicine is a two way street.
If you don’t like durian, you should try growing up in a South East Asian family.
Fuck onions and fuck god.
I tried that once but it made my dick hurt.
The onions or god?
I tried that once but I cried the entire time. So did god.
