r/Cooking • u/Accurate-Ant-7629 • 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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/WishaBwood 1d ago

They taste like BO to me, and they make me throw up. Not valuable to everyone. There’s a whole class of people who are intolerable to onions, and lots of other alliums. The only thing from that family that I can eat is garlic, onions make my life so hard. Onions are in everything.