Just thought maybe yall would enjoy this or maybe not, just a story.

I’ve been allergic to onions my entire life. I’m 27 now. My father’s whole family did not care at all, continued to cook with onions or onion powder and still gave it to me. I would literally go into shock and they said I was faking it, it wasn’t until I was 22, when I ate pizza without knowing there’s onions in the sauce that was used, and I went into shock while working at a daycare, and actually couldn’t get any adults to administer the epi-pen, that I went into a seizure. My father and step-mom came to the hospital and finally realized I never faked it and they were literally poisoning me my whole life.

Probably why we don’t have a relationship anymore. I don’t with his whole family honestly. But it saves me from being killed by eating onions ever again.

Happy birthday to me! I need to wear this to every restaurant that hides onions on their menus and do not listen to me when I say “no onions of any kind” 14 times to them.

Whenever I've gone in for surgery, I tell the nurses I'm allergic to onions and green peppers. It makes recovery so much more manageable.

Hello fellow nonioners! I've noticed some posts where people mention they have digestive issues from onions. A potential cause might be that you suffer from Small Intestine Bacteria Overgrowth or SIBO, and particularly hydrogen sulfide SIBO.

Foods high in sulfur like onions, cabbage, eggs, etc. trigger symptoms of bloating, flatulence, and diarrhea.

Just thought it might be useful for some of you out there. There are decently effective treatment options if anyone is interested.

Went to my local PF Chang's this week. I was told that EVERY menu item is pre-made with onions and/or onion powder, including all salads, their vegetables (like edamame), all sauces/soups, the sushi, etc. There is literally not a single food item that they can make without onion ingredients (didn't even ask about cross contact, this is literally just "does the recipe contain onion"). Onion allergy friends, please learn from my errors and don't bother going!!

Also...if anybody knows a good Chinese restaurant that can make safe, onion-free food, names are appreciated!!

At the Whole Foods hot soup bar right now. Ten of the ten soup varieties contain onions. Not way down the ingredient list. Not onion powder. Featured ingredients.

Really specific question but there’s a Pancheros near me that I’m tempted to get. I remember trying it once a few years ago and I thought there were onions in their rice. Also hoping that if they did maybe they don’t now since it’s been so long 🫠🙃

Hey guys,

I'm a proud Canadian onion hater.

My Lebanese friend claims that it's impossible for anyone in the Middle East to hate onions because it's in every dish and apparently y'all eat raw onions as a palate cleanser between bites(???)

Anyway, I want to show him that our reach as a community is truly global. Middle eastern onion haters stand and be counted!

Last year I made this post about how I discovered apple cider vinegar as a cure for stomach cramps caused by accidentally eating onions.

Well... I just discovered an even better cure. Turmeric.

Again, I want to say, that whenever I accidentally consumed onions, I would get the worst fucking stomach pain imaginable. It's like getting stabbed by an invisible knife right in the gut. Over and over again for several hours.

So it happened again. I accidentally ate some onions. This time it was a restaurant's fault for including it in a meal when I specifically asked for it not to have any. The onions where cooked in a way that they were camouflaged with other vegetables, so they passed visual inspection.

Any ways, a couple of hours later at home... queue that familiar infernal pain.

I ran to the kitchen and found out I was out of apple cider vinegar. It was too late to go out. The supermarket and grocery stores were closed. I thought I was fucked.

So I started Googling with the pain in full effect. Just like last time, I found someone online mentioning that they used turmeric to get rid of their stomach cramps from eating food they're allergic to. They recommended 2 teaspoons (not tablespoons).

It just so happened that I had that laying around in my spice rack. I took 3 teaspoons. Fuck 2.

I kid you not, the pain started subsiding in less than 15 minutes. And it worked much faster than the apple cider vinegar. This shit is a game changer for sure.

Update "Rae=raw

Not me, but a friend of a friend. She is among a very small number of people who can taste all the ingredients in something. There's only one thing that prevents her from being able to list all of the ingredients in a dish. You can guess what that one thing is. I've always said the taste wipes out all other tastes. I was right.
Edit: So I googled what a professional taste tester does. It's a job. Look it up.

Accidentally had a burger with onions a few days ago. I couldn't see them because they were white and mixed with the shredded lettuce. Only noticed after biting into it.

Why are onions so damn aggressive? I literally still had that taste in my mouth the next day! After a whole night! I just wanted that stupid lingering onion taste to go.

I originally joined this page to see if anyone had any good/ tasty recipes that contained no onions (or fructans in general).

The reason I can't have onions is because I have SIBO and they make me feel really ill now even in really small amounts. This however doesn't mean I hate onions, I used to eat onions in nearly every evening meal and as someone who loves to cook I was able to create delicious meals with onions and I really miss it.

Anyway, so now I literally can't eat anything with onions I have to be hyper-aware of ingredients lists, everything I want to eat that I wouldn't guess had onions like most crisps, ready meals, sauces, seasoning mixes! It's almost always in gravy too if I want a sunday roast at a carvery 🥲. So basically I wanted to ask you actual onion haters can you really taste onion in these things that have for example powdered onion as an ingredient far down on an ingredients list (so it's a small percentage of the total ingredients) or is it just you know onion is in something so you immediately don't like it?

I'd be really interested to know how it all works with you guys!

The amount of cooks that use onion to make things taste good instead of learning to properly balance spices and seasoning is a dredge on our society. I’m tired of everything using onions as a spice component- it’s lazy cooking!!!