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[–] Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 109 points 1 month ago (4 children)
[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 72 points 1 month ago (11 children)

As I say to the onion-haters, "They're in almost all the food you enjoy: you just don't know it."

[–] natecox@programming.dev 34 points 1 month ago

So is plastic, apparently, but nobody is insisting that if I would only eat it prepared differently that I would love it.

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Disagree, one of the reasons I'm an onion hater is precisely because they're in flipping everything. Anything savoury is likely to have that pervasive thickness that chases any other flavour out.

[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You're not wrong. I love onions, but I will freely admit that they are a powerful flavor and they are basically in everything.

I will note that if you're in this camp, that if you soak your onions in water for a couple minutes after slicing they are significantly less pungent, and will allow you to taste the other stuff better without sacrificing the texture they add

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

“deflaming”

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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 month ago (12 children)

The more you cut, the more you break cell walls, and the more pungent the onion becomes.

[–] Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 4 points 1 month ago

Finally. ty.

[–] nebulaone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Huge stretch here, but did you watch the ultimate onion guide on YouTube?

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Maybe? I've watched a lot of YouTube videos. I spent several years working in a kitchen, which is where that knowledge comes from.

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Especially when cooked

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Especially after you factor in cooking. How fast. How hot. What method.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's about the texture, the consistency and how much onion you get with your bite.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

Exactly. Putting rings of onion in, say, a pot of chili would make it have a weird texture, as would dicing them finely for a French onion soup.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Just shovel them into my mouth. 👀

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

I too love red onions.

[–] MeatPilot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'd eat an onion like an apple.

[–] aislopmukbang@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't let your dreams be dreams

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I bit into a whole onion once. I peeled the skin first though, which tells you there must have been some insane part of me that expected to enjoy the experience. "Hang on, get that paper off first or it'll taste bad"? What was I thinking.

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[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What’s wrong babe? You haven’t even touched your onion plate

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Kathy Bates has entered the chat

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I had a roommate that was obsessed with replicating the McDonald's dollar menu hamburger. He said the finely chopped onions made all the difference.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

They absolutely do. He is correct.

[–] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They are actually dehydrated to ship then rehydrated in the store also

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 13 points 1 month ago

it's like different shapes of pasta all over again

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 month ago

Related: Daniel Gritzer of Serious Eats explored different ways to mince garlic, finding that some methods significantly increased garlic's pungency/strength (and also that long cooking methods negate much of this difference)

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'd argue that they all taste like licking a 9v battery.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Maybe I should start licking batteries, then. I had no idea they tasted so delicious.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

that may be a sign you’re allergic

[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

this well describes a taste I got when eating shrimp which otherwise had no reaction before I had a full blown puff your face up and trouble breathing from eating a different shellfish.

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[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

None of those are "finely sliced rings", though...

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] don@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Sorry, OP, that’s the way the cookie crumbles. RIP.

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

Top right, with sliced tomato, on a toasted everything bagel with cream cheese.

So good...

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

For the 3 on the right side, it matters quite a bit whether you slice in direction from root to stem or cross, root to stem is much better.

https://youtu.be/NUXKbBEjSqU

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

.......

yeah?

is this actually news to anyone?

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"I ALREADY KNEW THIS! HEY EVERYONE! DID YOU KNOW I ALREADY KNEW THIS?!?"

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Sharp, bitter, stomach pains.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I want to argue you, but I can't.

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