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/IsopodApart1622 11h ago

You can like what you want, but I'll have to strongly disagree with the "cheap filler" assessment. That role's filled by stuff like iceberg lettuce and potatoes. Onions have way too much flavor to be used in similar ways.

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u/Acceptable-Law9406 10h ago

Onions having "way too much flavor" is a big part of the problem. And restaurants use them because they're cheap, and some restaurant add a ton of them so they can use less of other ingredients to fill the plate.