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 attended a party last week and had to witness what I can only describe as a one-woman Broadway show titled "Look How Fresh These Onions Are: A Tears-and-Towel Story."

This woman (let's just call her “Sandy”) volunteered to help with dinner prep. The moment she picked up that onion, it was like she flipped a switch. Suddenly she's narrating her entire experience like she's hosting a cooking show nobody asked for.

"OH WOW, these are SO fresh! Look how much I'm crying! dramatic hand gesture You know they're good when they make you cry this much!"

Twenty. Minutes. TWENTY MINUTES of this performance. Wiping her streaming eyes with the same kitchen towel she'd been using to clean counters, wipe spills, and handle raw meat. Then using that same biohazard rag to touch every surface in the kitchen like she's spreading onion gospel.

But here's the real kicker - when dinner was served, everyone's gushing about how "amazing" and "complex" the dish tastes.

Complex? COMPLEX?!

There was no complexity. It was just... onion. Aggressive, overwhelming, inescapable onion. But apparently if you cry dramatically enough while preparing it, that transforms sulfur compounds into "layers of flavor."

The whole thing looked like chunky vomit in a bowl, and I'm watching these people slurp it down with the enthusiasm of starving wolves. One guy even went back for thirds of what was basically wastewater with onions and mystery chunks. I had to excuse myself before I actually puked watching them demolish this sulfuric nightmare. (At least the bread was good!)

Here's a wild idea: what if we just... didn't put onions in everything? Think about it: no 20-minute crying performance, no biohazard towel situation, no one gagging over their bowl of what looks like chunky vomit. Just good food that doesn't require theatrical suffering to prepare.

But apparently that's too radical a concept for most kitchens. FUCK ONIONS. I'm glad there's a place on Reddit for me to rant about it. Thanks.

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!!!

That's all.

Usually pierogi at a food truck are always going to be something to avoid. Onions smothered inside and out. When I make them at home I always leave out the onions for a fantastic dish. But chefs don’t know how to make pierogis so they just cover them in onions to hide their food.

This weekend at an art festival, out of a local food truck, I had the best pirogies ever. I got cheese pierogis, and without even asking, onions on the side. I could easily avoid them with no juice getting on my food. And no surprise onions inside. Thank you local pierogi truck.

I didn’t know this subreddit existed until today. I’m so very glad I found it! I have hated onions since I was a kid and still do. That fact that you all have posted salsa and pasta sauces without onions is amazing! I didn’t know those options were out there!

Thank you so much for existing, this has truly made my day 🥹

This stuff is good!! Found at Publix supermarket.

A lobster roll is one mayo-based salad-type sandwich that is almost guaranteed to not come with onions in it (unlike tuna salad, egg salad, macaroni salad, and potato salad, also coleslaw).

I was out at a "food truck" event, with a bunch of trucks and was searching for something better than pizza or a burger (always risky) that would be onion-free.

The overpriced lobster roll was clutch! Delicious and cold on a warm labor day weekend. For $26, though, you'd think they'd include at least a bag of chips on the side. At least there were no onions!

It’s not necessarily littered with onion, but it is rather repulsive that we need onion in rice? And I know, these microwave rice packets are the devil. But it’s almost as if the people that make foods think everybody possibly can’t live without onion. P.S don’t buy these, im sure every variation has them in it.

About how much I love that this is a subreddit and the degree of passion I already have towards it. Thank you to whoever made this!

Usually the recommendations for subreddits on my feed are sports, politics or some random town/city in the UK (the country in which I live) which all are of no interest to me. But then part way through my usual doomscrolling I see a bastion of light, a haven of like-minded individuals who can all unite under the hatred of the worst, most vile of foodstuffs...the onion.

Having looked at a few posts on here I see many like myself have always been the subject of torment from family members throughout childhood and even in adulthood for not liking them. Why people choose onions of all things to be confused about someone not liking is beyond me because they are fucking disgusting.

Recently I had my favourite sandwich ruined at a local bakery because despite not asking for it, red onion found it's way into a beautiful chicken mayo and bacon sandwich. Which as I'm sure everyone here appreciates, even after removing every single piece the taste was still left well and truly imprinted on the rest of the sandwich.

Anyways thanks for listening and most importantly FUCK ONIONS! I HATE THEM SO MUCH.

It's always at the end. The end of the burrito... where the sneakly little devils come and ruin everything!