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Do you like onions?

Asked by flip86 (6213points) July 11th, 2013

I love them. I never cook a meal without onions. I eat them raw almost daily. Onions are the best vegetable and make everything taste better.

Onions are definitely a chef’s best friend.

Onions! Onions! Onions!

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Katniss's avatar

I love onions! I love the smell of them when they’re being sautéed too.
There’s nothing better than a ton of raw onions on a hot dog.

Coloma's avatar

I love cooked onions in soups, carmelized onions on steak sandwiches, onion rings, and ONE, very thin, slice of red onion on a burger, otherwise no, I am not an onion fan in general. I hate raw onions and only use finely minced ones in a couple of summer salad recipes.

AmWiser's avatar

I love onions but onions don’t love me. My stomach acts up every time I eat them.

Michael_Huntington's avatar

Yes because I am an adult.

Unbroken's avatar

Onions. Yes I like them.

However it is hard to get good one’s here. You can find some locally grown one’s at the end of summer.

So I can only eat them cooked or green onions. In fact I grow some.

Wonderful flavor enhancers and healthy too.

livelaughlove21's avatar

No. I guess I haven’t made it to “adulthood.”

I like the flavoring onion adds to food and I regularly use onion powder in my recipes, but the texture of a cooked onion sickens me. And I could never crunch into a raw onion. I like to put large chunks into meals that require it and just take them out once the flavor has cooked into the food.

However, I LOVE Outback’s Bloomin’ Onion. I’m a walking contradiction.

Tropical_Willie's avatar

Yes, I like onions. My dad’s nickname in high school was “Onions”, he played on the football team, he would eat an entire onion before each game. Played on the line, face to face with the opposing team.

bob_'s avatar

Yes. Yes, I do.

harangutan's avatar

Raw onions are nasty (bleh) but finely chopped onions that are sauteed makes many meals delicious!

ZEPHYRA's avatar

Can’t imagine most food without them.

@Tropical_Willie Yikes, was it a raw onion????? Obviously not fried, uh?

Berserker's avatar

I like em. And actually, I like raw onions a lot as well. I’ve never eaten an entire raw onion, but I like having raw slices. It’s a weird taste, because obviously, it’s all oniony, but it has some weird sensation, like breathing in something really cold. And it tastes great.
When I was little my mom would give me small raw onion pieces when she was cutting them up, and I kept asking for more haha.

Sunny2's avatar

I prefer them cooked, but not raw. French fried rings or strings are the best. Couldn’t do without them in so many cooked dishes, but biting into a big sweet onion is NOT for me.

augustlan's avatar

Love them, mostly cooked, but I also really like raw red onion in salads.

Argonon's avatar

I despise onions! I hate the taste, I hate the texture, and I hate the smell!

ucme's avatar

Cannot fucking stand them, absolutely rank.

Bellatrix's avatar

Yes, I like onions. Yum.

flip86's avatar

@ucme You do like onions, you just don’t know it. Everything has onion powder in it because it’s a flavor enhancer.

I guess onions to you are like mushrooms to me. Eating a plate of cooked mushrooms is gross because of the texture. I don’t mind mushroom powder though, because the texture isn’t there.

Katniss's avatar

@flip86 I agree with you 110% in the mushroom thing. Do they have the worst texture ever, or what?

ragingloli's avatar

I love mushrooms.

Paradox25's avatar

I come close to sharing your enthusiasm for onions, but I’d stop short eating them raw by themselves. I use onions in most of my dishes as well, and I love to cook onions with fresh mushrooms and worcester sauce and eat them like that. I love onions on pizza and in my spaghetti sauce too. I’m more of an onion than a garlic person, but peppers and tomatoes are my top two vegetables/fruits. I’ll give onions a close third with mushrooms.

Katniss's avatar

@ragingloli Most people do. I don’t understand it. lol
I’ve had people look at me like I’ve sprouted a second head when I say I can’t stand them.

ucme's avatar

@flip86 Now you’re moving the goalposts, of course onion is used as seasoning in tons of produce & yes I eat those dishes, but you stated onions in their purest form which are disgusting.

bookish1's avatar

I would find it hard to make a meal without them.

OpryLeigh's avatar

I love them too!

flip86's avatar

@ucme I left you with the mushroom comparison because I know what you mean. You don’t like gnawing on a raw onion, in the same way that people don’t like gnawing on a ginger root.

ucme's avatar

@flip86 Sliced/diced/raw/cooked I can’t stomach onions, but I do see your point so it’s all good man.

Tropical_Willie's avatar

@ZEPHYRA Raw, he would eat them like an apple in the locker room before the game. I think he blinded some of the opposing team members. LOL

gondwanalon's avatar

Life is like an onion. You peel it down layer after layer until you get to the end. Then what are you left with? Nothing.

WillWorkForChocolate's avatar

Oh yes, I loooove onion! Raw in salads and on hamburgers, cooked into various dishes… yum yum! And I loooooove the smell when I cook French onion soup, when the beef broth first hits the cooked onions in the pot. Pure heaven!

Berserker's avatar

Mushrooms also rule.

Kardamom's avatar

Yes! I love onions!

I love caramelized onions and bloomin’ onions and beer battered onion rings.

I love chopped green onions and/or chives on baked potatoes and in egg drop soup.

I love Pickled Red Onions.

I love raw sliced onions on a veggie burger, with lettuce, pickles and tomato.

I love Onion Dip.

I love French Fried Onions in a can.

I love fresh red onion rings in Greek Salad

I love Potato Leek Soup

I love Onion Chutney

I love Indian-style Onion Salad

I love Grilled Sweet Onions

I love Grilled Green Onions

I love Onion Jam

I even like Funyons!

augustlan's avatar

Mushrooms are yummy, and when combined with onions…even better!

@Kardamom I could eat a whole can of fried onions in a sitting. So good, but so dangerous!

flutherother's avatar

I like onions in soups and curries and a slice of raw onion in a cheese roll is nice.

Bellatrix's avatar

I absolutely love mushrooms too. I make a delicious pork and mushroom casserole that has quite a bit of onion in it too.

augustlan's avatar

@Bellatrix That sounds yummy. Care to share the recipe?

Bellatrix's avatar

Sure. I’ll sort it out. Remind me if I forget :-).

hearkat's avatar

Yes, I do like onions, but I liked them more in my 20s and 30s… I have no idea why.

johnpowell's avatar

They are the Devil. THE DEVIL.. In the Campfire days here our hatred of onions solidified my bond (love) with Allie. Five years later and I have chatted with her for a few hours everyday. As I have done for five days a week for 200+ weeks.

Fuck Onions….

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