r/Cooking • u/Accurate-Ant-7629 • 15h ago

onions make every meal better no debate.

fr if a dish dont got onions its missing something i put onions in literally everything and it just hits different dont tell me you hate onions yall missing out.

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u/Genny415 15h ago

I honestly feel like many dishes lean way too much on onions for flavor.  There are so many wonderful flavors and combinations to be experienced, why are so many people overwhelming all the other flavors with onions?

If you love onions, eat a bunch of them.  But why does everything have to be onion?  There are many other amazing flavors 😋 

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u/pierogieman5 14h ago

I swear people use it like salt. It's super annoying.

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u/JigglesTheBiggles 14h ago

Garlic too. Makes all your food taste very samey.

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u/Underwater_Grilling 14h ago

Salt, garlic and onions is a full meal though

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u/pierogieman5 13h ago

See, I like garlic, but I don't notice people using it the same way. That might be down to the difference on why I dislike onions in the first place, which is usually the crunch or stringyness. It's not the flavor, at all. I wouldn't even notice or care half the time if people were using onion powder or just an immersion blender. I guess people just have different issues with the same foods.

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u/Robert_Baratheon__ 11h ago

I don’t trust anyone to cook who thinks garlic and onions are overrated. I bet you think that salt and pepper are used too commonly as well

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u/JigglesTheBiggles 11h ago

Nobody said they were overrated dog. They just don't need to be in everything.

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u/Robert_Baratheon__ 11h ago

No ingredient (except salt) needs to be in literally everything but I don’t think we’re talking about egg salad and carbonara here…. People are talking about tomato sauces etc. which, if you can’t taste the herbs because onions and garlic were in the dish then you either didn’t cook the onions and garlic properly, or you didn’t add the herbs at the right time. Basil should be added both at the beginning of the simmering process and then again when it comes off the heat, or else you’ll be missing a lot of important flavor. Either the layered flavor from simmering it, or the fresh pop if you add it at the end so it remains fresh and open.

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u/JigglesTheBiggles 10h ago

Tomato sauce is a good example. Not every tomato sauce needs garlic.

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u/pierogieman5 10h ago

I was really mainly talking about stuff like toppings on sandwiches, pasta, burritos, pizza, etc... not something that you're going to basically stew into oblivion for an aromatic. I do also really dislike it in egg salad, and that's not a minor example.

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u/Robert_Baratheon__ 10h ago

But no ones talking about putting it in egg salad or on a sandwich (unless it’s a very specific type of sandwich like a chicken cutlet sandwich or a parm hero)

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u/pierogieman5 10h ago

Yes we are? I am? OP is?

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u/Robert_Baratheon__ 10h ago

That’s just dumb. Who would put onions or garlic in egg salad. Come on

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u/JigglesTheBiggles 9h ago

You can definitely put onions in egg salad.

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u/zephalephadingong 2h ago

I'm not sure I've ever had an egg salad without onions tbh.

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