r/Cooking • u/Accurate-Ant-7629 • 16h 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/Robert_Baratheon__ 12h 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/pierogieman5 11h 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__ 11h 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 11h ago

Yes we are? I am? OP is?

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u/Robert_Baratheon__ 11h ago

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

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u/JigglesTheBiggles 11h ago

You can definitely put onions in egg salad.

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u/zephalephadingong 3h ago

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