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Tell that to my gut. You get onions in there, mushrooms, etc I’ll be absolutely crippled with cramps, gas, and worse.
I’m glad people love onions. I don’t even mind the taste. But you know what I like more? NOT being stuck in agony on the toilet for hours.
IBS? SIBO? Any other diagnose?
from an old line cook group
Wait but does the paper towel thing work?
Can’t say with certainty, though I have heard it recommended to me by someone who should know.
However, my preferred trick is to place the cutting board near an extraction fan, set said fan to high, and trying not to bend too much over the cutting board while chopping my onions.
never tried it
I know the cilantro example is famous, but as a super taster and having other people with the gene onions are very divisive. For me, anything more than a hint is overpoweringly disgusting and the idea of actually biting into one directly fills me with dread.
Onion powder and garlic powder are both very preferable to the actual substance taste wise.
If you know someone in your life that really likes diet soda and other artificially sweetened things and even prefers it to the regular, they just might be a super taster.
If you know someone that finds wine, beer, tea and coffee horrifically bitter to the point that they can’t even understand how you enjoy it. They may also be a super taster.
If you know someone that complains Seltzer’s like white claw and lacroix are absurdly bitter and completely disgusting. That is likely because they can taste a profile called bitter two, which is prevalent in these things because they are a super taster.
I know nobody will read this and learn to quit bitching at people about what they like, but I figured I’d at least try.
Now that I’m done being reasonable:
Why don’t you stop pussyfooting around with weak bitch shit like onions and actually use some real fucking spices from India and Mexico? Onions are for mayo loving losers afraid of burning their tender tongues, miss me with that shit.
Indian food uses loads of onions
What if I love plain sparkling water, black (loose) tea, dark chocolate, unsweetened espresso? Enjoy the taste of plain (real, not American) bread with olive oil or butter on its own? Hate food spicier than butter chicken?
Am I a super taster or the opposite? I joke that I have the palate of a medieval peasant, though I’m guessing they wouldn’t have enjoyed dark chocolate or undiluted coffee/tea.
Opposite of me in almost every way lol def not a super taster
Lol being a super taster would be hell for me if I already feel so sensitive to taste/scent.
Yeah I don’t love it sounds like a super power when all it does is make you not like popular stuff for the most part. There is however one upside which is when I eat something truly good my soul leaves my body and I fall through space and time. I call it a taste journey. Have to be vigilant to not get super fat haha.
shit like onions and actually use some real fucking spices from India and Mexico
… but… India eats a lot of onions… because as great as the spices are, onions are also great. You can have both. You should have both.
How are you for Mushrooms? Also a supertaster and I just cannot understand how anyone can eat them - they’re so oppressively fungal.
Them and Jalapenos (nearly all pungent peppers in fact) are the two people always pull the “HoW cAn’T yOu LiKe It It’S sO gOoD!!” reaction with me…
Canned sliced button mushrooms are pretty easy to eat.
I mostly eat the fun kind of mushrooms which are very unpleasant to get down but worth the health benefits.
For jalapeños and other peppers, the pithy center is where most of the pungency comes from. It’s also more bitter than the rest of the pepper. If you chop into quarters lengthwise, it’s easy to cut the seeds and pith away from the flesh. You’re the left with a milder, sweeter result.
… in case you’re in an experimental mood.
nonions
I didn’t like onions as a kid, turns out my mother just sucks at cooking.
I thought my parents’ cooking was great, until I grew up and started cooking myself, and discovered I had a talent for it. Now I realize my parents couldn’t cook at all.
Now life is reversed, and I’m taking care of my Mom (Dad’s gone), and I do ALL the cooking.
I still despise onions though. That wasn’t my Mom’s cooking, I just despise onions. And green peppers.
It isn’t about growing up, onions just taste terrible to some people, the way cilantro or asparagus tastes bad to some. I know a guy who is fine with onions, but feels the way I feel toward them about CUCUMBERS, of all things. They basically taste like water, but he can’t stand to be in the same room with one.
Remember kids: all shaming of “picky” eating is just socially acceptable ableism, and you should be fucking ashamed of yourself.
Actually, telling me I cant call people names is bullyist and highly offensive to my culture. Maybe think about everyone you might be effecting first.
A yes a truly mortal sin worthy of deep shame in all those who commit it.
Certainly a bigot is a far worse thing to be than a picky eater.
Why should anyone be “fucking ashamed” of either side of this argument?
Because anyone publicly displaying ableism really ought to be ashamed. But most of you secretly agree withost forms of ableism and so you’ll never shame people for it. Case in point: you’re here defending naked bigotry because the people being discriminated against are weird and/or childish in your estimation, so they obviously deserve the bigotry, or at least the bigotry is neutral.
Amazing how much effort you put into arguing on a shit post thread about liking fucking onions. 🫡🖕
Amazing how easily you can dismiss casual ableism as “just a shitpost”.
Found the picky eater
I always liked onions in things. In fact I liked all things kids were supposed to hate… Except for eggplant. I just don’t like eggplant.
i once got in trouble at school for putting too much broccoli on my plate
What?!
yeah the teacher raised her voice and told me i should leave some for others (only like a quarter of my plate was broccoli and i only took one plate of food and u know… broccoli isn’t the most popular thing out there)
she was a substitute teacher when our teacher was sick and was a bit weird in general. after her shifts at our class, she was never a substitute teacher for our class again so after she was gone i kept going as usual and nobody complained ever again xD
this was somewhere around grade 3 to 6, probably 4th or 5th
There has always been a lot of poorly cooked eggplant going around. It has a ton moisture that needs to be drawn out through salt and/or roasting and frying to make it not be mushy.
Cooked properly crispy it can be delicious.
It also absorbs oil like crazy, so you have to be careful and when and how you introduce fats.
Children often just want sweets and unhealthy snacks, and it’s up to adults to make sure they get the nutrition their little bodies require. If a grown ass adult decides they don’t want to eat something, though, they likely have tried it and have their reasons for avoiding it. It’s really nobody else’s damned business.
If god gives you onions, squeeze them for onion juice!
Also, fuck lemon-cutting ninjas.
Okay but grilled onions, gravy and sausages is peak
You know what. I should. I should grow up. I already love onions. But this sends a message.
Fuck onions and fuck god.
I tried that once but I cried the entire time. So did god.
I tried that once but it made my dick hurt.
This is amazing!
I love onions but OP needs to fuck right off with dictating how other folks should deal with food.
How about I forcefeed you moldy spinach
(in lackey voice) Yeah, you tell em OP!
If you are into people vomiting on you, go right ahead.
Love onions, but they give me migraines
That is the most unfair thing I have heard today. I remember getting that list of potential migraine trigger and thinking it was every single food or habit anyone could eat or do. I know they are trying to make you feel some control but it always felt so blamey. Mine were mostly hormonal and not something I could fix but now managed with menopause plus a small dose of estrogen & progesterone, the same amount every day so no swings. Which leaves relaxation as my only remaining trigger. A coffee in the evening on Friday usually prevents that.
But onion? That is hard. They are so foundational to cooking.
How is relaxation a trigger? I’ve never heard of that and am genuinely curious, because usually triggers are the opposite: lack of rest, overexertion, etc.
Mine always started with my period before, and I almost couldn’t get one at any other time. But that time of month is a sharp drop in energy and progesterone, I think the relaxation is the same sort of thing - a sharp drop in stress will trigger a migraine, they come while I am sleeping.
I expect that if it were possible to be relaxed at all times it would not be all migraine, it’s the change that is the problem.
Did have to give up fasting, that always did also result in a migraine but again, it only would start while I was asleep.
