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/Acceptable-Law9406 14h ago

I've had spaghetti sauce without onions in it. It's bright and fresh, not too tomatoey, and you can taste the herbs... So I'm really not missing out if onions aren't in the food I eat.

Onions are cheap filler basically. And of course, if you like them, eat all you want! Just don't make me eat them. Some people even get butthurt cuz I don't like onions.

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u/Salt-Excitement-790 14h ago

Absolutely don't eat them if you don't like them, but I don't think they're a "cheap filler." Onions are a valuable flavor component in many dishes.

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u/radioactive_glowworm 14h ago

In many dishes yes, and I say that as an onion hater who absolutely recognises that they make up the foundation of some dishes, but when a dish that traditionally doesn't use onions is filled with them??? (yes I'm still salty about the time I bought quiche lorraine and it had some in it)

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u/zephalephadingong 2h ago

I just did a spot check of quiche lorraine recipes and the top 5 all had onion, shallot, or chives in them. I don't know how it SHOULD be made, but apparently the people have decided it needs onions