Hope that isn't coming from personal experience, brother/sister/anything you prefer.
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seathru - 21hr
I used to hear that in high school when we were seeing who could be the most offensive. I still slip up sometimes and use it as a dark joke, and it's always received as well as it has been here.
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AA5B @lemmy.world - 18hr
Some of us laughed.
I was trying to extend the joke but then looked at everyone’s responses and decided it wouldn’t go over well
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Sc00ter @lemmy.zip - 14hr
Some of us screen shotted it and shared it too!
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uncouple9831 @lemmy.zip - 21hr
Hu-man
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thermal_shock - 22hr
Yup. That's me. I don't mind the flavor, but the sliminess is not for me
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fartographer @lemmy.world - 17hr
Are we talking about onions or anal?
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idiomaddict @lemmy.world - 20hr
Do they still feel slimy if they’re finely diced? I love the taste but hate the texture of mushrooms, and mincing them to incorporate into a dish is the best of both worlds for me.
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quantumcrop @lemmy.today - 18hr
Mushedrooms?
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AA5B @lemmy.world - 18hr
For me even that isn’t enough. I love the taste in something like hot and sour soup, but anything more than soup is just a horrible experience
I mean it's usually kids who are really picky eaters and many grow out of it. If they grow out of it that probably has happened by the time they're 23
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uncouple9831 @lemmy.zip - 2hr
Define "picky eater".
I've had people who seem to think disliking any food makes you a picky eater. This seems to be the category the original creator is in. Those people are often the same category of people I never want to see eating because they look like pigs at the trough, shoving food into their mouth at an alarming rate while almost forgetting to breathe, more like animals than humans. But that's not universal, just common.
In reality I don't know many people who universally enjoy every food as an adult. So is everyone picky?
I normally associate the childhood one with what the page calls neophobia.
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Saapas - 57min
The issue is that there's a lot of differing definitions
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uncouple9831 @lemmy.zip - 50min
Right...so it's not defined. I don't know the practical difference between "there is no definition for this" and "there are so many different meanings that the term alone without clarification has no meaning".
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Saapas - 46min
You said it was undefined and that's right. There's just no one singular definition that is generally agreed upon. But same sort of characteristics are in them, being more selective than normal in eating
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Jesus - 23hr
I avoided onions and peppers when I was younger because I was a picky ass eater.
Now I avoid onions because I realized I can’t properly digest them and the make my tummy sad.
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notabot - 23hr
I was a picky ass eater.
That's something we should all be picky about.
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ThePantser @sh.itjust.works - 22hr
Don't kink shame, its only smellz
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ChicoSuave @lemmy.world - 15hr
They're talking about having standards
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affenlehrer @feddit.org - 20hr
Schmalz
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criss_cross @lemmy.world - 20hr
A little corn kernel around the rim never hurt nobody
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no banana - 20hr
A corn kernel around the onion ring
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foodandart @lemmy.zip - 23hr
:(
Caramelized onions are soooo tasty!
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Jesus - 22hr
Don’t get me wrong, I love onions as an adult. That said, I had a procedure a few years that fucked my ability to digest allium.
I’m trying to eat fist fulls of probiotics to see if I can get back in the game.
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Catoblepas - 22hr
If it’s the oligosaccharides or fructans that are fucking you up, you can heat (not fry) onions in however much oil you’re okay with in your final dish, and then just remove the onions. The flavor compounds are oil soluble, but the oligosaccharides/fructans aren’t. Smaller pieces = more intense onion flavor.
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Jesus - 21hr
Yeah, I’ve been experimenting with that as a solution. I can also mildly tolerate them if they’re cooked high hell or used as a powder. The more raw it is, the harder it is to digest.
If I can dial the fructans down, I do a lot better.
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Catoblepas - 21hr
Fingers crossed for you finding a solution that lets you get all the onion you want! Intestinal issues are so miserable
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Agrivar @lemmy.world - 19hr
This was such a delightful comment chain! Equal parts pleasant and informative.
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foodandart @lemmy.zip - 18hr
Indeed! TIL! I am going to do the fine chop on the onions for cooking and see how much more flavor I can get out of them.
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Ininewcrow - 22hr
You can keep heating them slowly and caramelizing them until they turn in a jam .... that's how good onions are.
Or you could dehydrate them and use the crusty bits like bacon bits on all sorts of food.
I always find it strange to hear people say they don't like onions ... I keep a large stock of onions in my kitchen all the time because they go into just about every recipe and you can cook, fry, bake or use them raw in all sorts of things.
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Mouselemming @sh.itjust.works - 21hr
I don't mind the flavor but I hate that I'm an onion/garlic sweater. For days after eating garlic or most onions, I stink so badly no perfume or deodorant or antiperspirant can control it. As a girl growing up, it was a real problem, and once I was old enough to do my own cooking I started leaving them out, or using sweet onions when they were too important to exclude.
I'm also capsaicin-sensitive, like major ass-bleeding bad, so I minimize spicy peppers and use bell peppers plus black pepper/wasabi/horseradish/ginger for spice. If it's not my cooking I get "Mild" and do the best I can with it.
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jaybone @lemmy.zip - 19hr
Interesting then that wasabi or horseradish doesn’t affect you in similar ways.
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Mouselemming @sh.itjust.works - 17hr
Yes, different chemicals
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kopasu22 @lemmy.world - 22hr
This is my story except with cheese.
Why did I have to start enjoying the taste of cheese?
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smh @slrpnk.net - 9min
My partner's in the same boat.
What's wicked sad is he loves garlic but it doesn't love him. He can have garlic oil but that's about it (something to do with FODMAPs).
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ceoofanarchism - 19hr
Hey you can defend onions and peppers without slandering corn.
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no banana - 18hr
I could but I don't want to
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Apytele @sh.itjust.works - 17hr
I'm with you OP. It's an IBS nightmare. I'll have it popped but that's just because it's so convenient of a snack and not too bad health wise.
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eletes @sh.itjust.works - 17hr
God, sometimes I might as well say frag out! when eating corn. Blows me tf up
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BeeegScaaawyCripple - 14hr
oh gods. i remember when i still had a digestive tract, before it was removed but after it went all manky, eating popcorn was just asking for the jackson pollock shits. that shit scraped EVERYTHING out
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Tonava @sopuli.xyz - 3hr
That's me, ileostomy and any fresh vegetables. Tiny piece of salad? Fuck you, how about your guts spit out the piece and flush themselves empty in half an hour. Several bagfulls of yellow liquid. I don't eat fresh vegetables anymore
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qarbone @lemmy.world - 13hr
And that is why you must perish.
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FinjaminPoach @lemmy.world - 24hr
Onions and peppers are some of the vegetables I eat the most of because you can cut them up very quickly and serve with simple lunches like pasta or an omelette
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Ininewcrow - 22hr
And to lessen the taste of onions ... either cut them very thinly ... or take the cut slices and soak them in a bit of vinegar for ten minutes.
Best way to enjoy raw onions I find is to eat them with cheese ... nothing like a plain old cheese and onion sandwich .. we discovered this in southern Spain where mountain villages serve it like that - really strong manchego hard cheese with strong Spanish onions served on hard crust baguette style bread, it's amazing
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TheOneAndOnly @lemmy.world - 21hr
That sounds amazing, and I can't wait to try it... But I can't help but wonder how horrible everyone's breath might be there. 😬
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jaybone @lemmy.zip - 18hr
Dry bread, dry cheese, no condiments or anything? Sounds rather dry.
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AA5B @lemmy.world - 18hr
Interesting, I’ll have to try that.
For a while our standard appetizer to bring places was onions and Brie on saltines. It just works and is simple.
But from that I assumed onions want a creamy cheese like brie, so hard cheeses never occurred to me
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Duranie @leminal.space - 20hr
Caramelized onions are a gateway to onion enjoyment.
These people are balanced out by the ones who use onion slices as dippers in humus with ungodly garlic ratios, and the people who eat ghost peppers like popcorn.
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Snot Flickerman - 22hr
who use onion slices as dippers in humus with ungodly garlic ratios
I feel personally attacked.
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CompactFlax @discuss.tchncs.de - 21hr
One of us!
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dejected_warp_core @lemmy.world - 22hr
It's worth mentioning that the flatogenic index of that kind of eating is off the chart. If anyone reading this has a diet like that please, for the love of everything good in this world, get a job that is outdoors.
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CompactFlax @discuss.tchncs.de - 21hr
Kindly stay the fuck off airplanes.
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dejected_warp_core @lemmy.world - 21hr
No kidding. Every time I fly I wind up on the same flight with a bunch of people that hit up an all-you-can-eat chili buffet the night before. They proudly let the entire cabin know this the very instant we hit cruising altitude.
The only upside here is that not even first-class is safe. I really feel bad for the flight attendants.
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CompactFlax @discuss.tchncs.de - 21hr
I have mercifully not experienced that. Usually, I get stuck between two people with communicable diseases who missed the early childhood education experience of being told not to wipe their nose on their hands, cover their mouth for coughs, wash their hands etc. Fml.
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dejected_warp_core @lemmy.world - 20hr
Yeah, that's pretty awful. The pandemic taught us all that enough people are gross like that.
At this point, I just assume that every airport is packed to the gills with coronavirus. I mask up, avoid eating with my hands, try not to eat much at all, and wash thoroughly. That said, I ate at a sit-down restaruant at O'hare this summer and immediately caught it anyway; my flight was delayed and i was ravenous.
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CompactFlax @discuss.tchncs.de - 20hr
When I flew recently, I wore a mask fortunately but needed to eat on the plane so some mask-off time. I’m not sure the plague stuck though; I’m a bit under the weather but not as bad as my seatmates. 🤞
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prole - 3hr
onion slices as dippers in humus
🤯
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CompactFlax @discuss.tchncs.de - 2hr
Red onions are best.
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Korhaka @sopuli.xyz - 17hr
Chopped up over a kg of onions and fried them, also added grated parsnip and carrots, then salt, pepper and a few bottles of malt vinegar. Little bit of honey too. Simmer away for a few hours, add more vinegar if it's getting a little dry. Then store in jars.
This was 2 days ago and my kitchen still smells divine. I don't really know how to accurately describe it. Caramelised onions but there is more to it from the vinegar. Doesn't smell like vinegar though, more like it's enhanced the onions.
Cheap to make as supermarkets here are competing over selling the cheapest veg. 5kg of parsnips, carrots, cabbage and swede for under £0.50, onion was a bit more, but not much. Was going to add all of it but my arm was getting tired from grating and peeling so much. I don't own a food processor so it's all by hand. Filled 2.5L worth of jars from the first batch.
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motruck @lemmy.zip - 14hr
What is this concoction?
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janewaydidnothingwrong @lemmy.world - 15hr
that sounds wonderful! Do you use it as a stock of sorts?
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glorkon @lemmy.world - 9hr
Onion chutney. And it IS divine. Add it to burgers or steak and you will regret having wasted so many years without it.
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Korhaka @sopuli.xyz - 5hr
Something like that anyway, not made it before. Perhaps a little closer to branston pickle? Less sugar than you would normally have in a chutney and sugar isn't necessary for preservation as you get that from the vinegar.
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glorkon @lemmy.world - 5hr
The onions still do the heavy lifting, I guess, and "a few bottles of malt vinegar" sounds a little excessive.
I personally prefer pure caramelized onions without any other ingredients except a bit of salt, to be honest. Won't keep as long in the fridge but is the most versatile.
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Korhaka @sopuli.xyz - 5hr
It was a lot of veg in total, onions being quite a large amount of it. Even with all the vinegar, you couldn't see it above the veg. Used a 21L stock pot although it didn't fill it overly high, but would have been too much for any of my other saucepans.
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glorkon @lemmy.world - 3hr
Still sounds really great.
I'm German, and whenever someone here claims the British have bad food I mention all the fantastic chutneys and pickles you guys have over there. Particularly fond of a thing called "Glorious Garlic Pickle" by The Bay Tree. I wish I had the recipe because they don't ship to mainland Europe.
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chunes @lemmy.world - 11hr
Every time I eat onions, it takes about 5 minutes until it feels like someone is repeatedly stabbing me in the guts with a rusty knife. So yeah I avoid them
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no banana - 11hr
Same for me with corn!
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kamen - 3hr
Might be an allergy. I used to have something like this with some foods some years ago. What's interesting is that now I don't seem to have it any more with the same foods; it might be true what they say about allergies - that they come and go. Not a medical professional - just speaking from my experience.
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michaelmrose @lemmy.world - 1hr
Nobody says the come and go. They can come on later in life but once there you are basically stuck with it. Reason being is that allergies are an immune reaction. These are mediated by immune cells, antibodies, that bind to the $insert_bad_thing and put a "murder me" sign on its back. These cell are produced by long lived immune cells.
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Siethron @lemmy.world - 19hr
Onions and Bell peppers ruin the mouth feel of any food they are part of and make my neurodivergent ass make the face in this picture.
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AA5B @lemmy.world - 18hr
Not to argue but out of curiosity, what about differently cooked onions? When I was a kid I couldn’t stand onions in pasta sauce. But I eventually realized it was the texture of overcooked onions in a place they usually weren’t. Now I love onions but since I cook I make sure they have a nice crunch and the flavor is not too overwhelmed with less interesting stuff
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SoleInvictus - 13hr
Onions make me ill in quantity so, uh, yeah.
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ClownStatue - 23hr
Onions I can to like thanks to guacamole. Never got to like bell peppers. I can tolerate most of them, but green is a no-go.
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scytale - 23hr
All bell peppers taste the same to me.
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foodandart @lemmy.zip - 23hr
They pretty much do taste the same. The red, orange and yellow are great to add to salads for a touch of color.
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jaybone @lemmy.zip - 18hr
Yeah I don’t get this. I’ve met people who say they don’t like green bell peppers. Like they all taste the same lol.
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Jackinopolis @sh.itjust.works - 23hr
The different colors are how ripe they are. Green peppers are the least ripe and have a different taste because of it.
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ClownStatue - 22hr
Yeah, that taste overpowers anything else in a dish for me. In some dishes, I can takes it, but I’m really sensitive to it.
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Kacarott @aussie.zone - 23hr
Green are terrible, but red are juicy and delicious
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prole - 3hr
The taste of green bell peppers is so inoffensive that it's kind of amazing to me that there are people who specifically can't eat them
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ClownStatue - 2hr
Well, it’s all subjective, of course. For me, if there’s the smallest amount in a dish, it will overpower everything else in the dish. A very little bit goes a very long way for my taste buds. So if someone were cooking with the “holy trinity,” they can probably cut the bell peppers by a ⅔ to 3/5 if they’re using the green ones.
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UltraMagnus0001 - 18hr
Garlic
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Viking_Hippie @lemmy.dbzer0.com - 18hr
Yes, please. I'll have them the same way Ron Swanson haves his eggs and bacon for breakfast:
never watched this show but seen plenty of clips. Isn't he just a male Karen?
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Viking_Hippie @lemmy.dbzer0.com - 18hr
Nah, he's a grumpy but kind libertarian (ACTUAL non-hypocrite libertarian who just wants to be left alone without hurting anyone and be self-sufficient, not the RL GOP kind) with three ex-wives all named Tammy and a significant fortune in gold buried somewhere.
Of the many things he is, a Karen is thoroughly not one.
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tetris11 @feddit.uk - 17hr
oh fair enough -- that gif makes him look a bit entitled, but I guess he's a paying customer and is just asking to be served what he's willing to pay for
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Viking_Hippie @lemmy.dbzer0.com - 17hr
that gif makes him look a bit entitled
Yeah, I can see how it could be interpreted that way out of context, but in context it's a joke about how he has very old-fashioned breakfast habits, dialed up to 11 for increased hilarity 😁
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BeeegScaaawyCripple - 14hr
"could you seat me next to the kitchen where i can smell the griddle" is something i've said and something i can see him saying, even though we are nothing alike. wait fuck i'm duke silver
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miraclerandy @lemmy.world - 17hr
My sister made guacamole and wanted me to test it. I asked how much garlic it has and she said she never puts garlic in it. I could only convince her to put a tiny bit in but I would’ve easily doubled it.
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BeeegScaaawyCripple - 14hr
who puts garlic in guac? when i add garlic to anything it needs at least 3 cloves per clove but like the best guac is avocado, tomato, onion, salt, chili (usually anaheim) and a splash of lime
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motruck @lemmy.zip - 14hr
Garlic in guacamole is good. Put lime juice over your raw garlic and let it sit and mellow out.
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BeeegScaaawyCripple - 13hr
i don't doubt your first statement. i don't doubt your second statement. i just kinda doubt them together. who the hell wants mellow garlic. if i'm eating one fry it needs 3 cloves on it
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EndlessNightmare @reddthat.com - 14hr
I'm a big fan of fajitas.
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YiddishMcSquidish @lemmy.today - 18hr
Never thought I'd ever see so much onion and pepper hate here.
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prole - 3hr
Right? Lot of picky eaters that never grew out of it.
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thesohoriots @lemmy.world - 23hr
Or when you got wicked GERD but those fajitas come out sizzlin
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foodandart @lemmy.zip - 23hr
GERD.. ugh.
Got a horror story and a triumph regarding that.
One of my oldest friends had GERD something terrible.
Had a bleeding ulcer from it that nearly killed her at one point.
Was put on Aciphex but it gave her terrible diarrhea with the hot shits regardless, so I suggested she try a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar after each meal. Goes down thermonuclear hot for 10 seconds or so but eases up quite fast.
It seems counter-intuitive, but vinegar is a digestive, in that it aids digestion by being an acid base, and it also tempers the acid pumps in the stomach because again, it IS an acid, so they produce less.
She was off the Aciphex inside of three weeks. Hot shits.. gone.
For general stomach soothing, I put a capful of Braggs apple cider vinegar into a cup of water before bed. It makes the water spry and slightly tangy. Works a charm for my stomach - esp when I eat out.
Vinegar is the best!
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Macallan @lemmy.world - 12hr
Peppers, Yes.
Onions, ⛔👎🏼🙅🚫🚽
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KuroiKaze @lemmy.world - 11hr
A lot of people who are super tasters find alliums like onions and garlic incredibly overpowering unless they are in really small amounts.
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wondrous_strange @lemmy.world - 5hr
I was thinking to myself that it can't be that many people, but sure enough I was wrong and was surprised to learn the following from the Wikipedia article about super-tasters:
"Research suggests 25% of the population are non-tasters, 50% are medium tasters, and 25% are supertasters."
That article is wild to me. I consider myself a super taster and smeller. The list of foods super taster's avoid is basically a list of my favorite flavors. Maybe I'm just a slightly above average taster?
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samus12345 @sh.itjust.works - 19hr
I don't like either and you can't make me like them.
I miss Spezi! They don't have it here in the states and I can't be bothered to mix it myself.
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Spezi @feddit.org - 16hr
We drink it with onion juice and smushed peppers here
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samus12345 @sh.itjust.works - 16hr
Boy, things sure have changed there since the 90s!
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wowwoweowza @lemmy.world - 18hr
Please order… fajitas anything. It’s the heart of Mexican cuisine.
Also the heart of Chinese cuisine.
This is a perfect combination that can take some getting used to but when you do… it’s joy.
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samus12345 @sh.itjust.works - 18hr
I'm okay with them if they're chopped up really small.
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Viking_Hippie @lemmy.dbzer0.com - 18hr
..fajitas are the heart of Chinese cuisine?
Sounds like that could cause a lot of awkwardness 🤔
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Sundray - 18hr
Texture, taste, or both (or neither)? Me, I like the taste of peppers, but I hate it when they get all gritty and grainy.
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samus12345 @sh.itjust.works - 18hr
Combo of both, I don't like the taste or how they get slimy when cooked.
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Sundray - 18hr
Ick, slime!
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5too @lemmy.world - 13hr
Overcooked, maybe? I like 'em any way, but I think they're cooked best when they've just softened a little, and still have some crunch
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KingGimpicus @sh.itjust.works - 17hr
Fuck you, onions are disgusting, I'm not taking any questions.
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pregnantwithrage @lemmy.world - 11hr
I will add to this by saying no other ingredient gets stealth dropped into so many meals like onions. It's fucking annoying to have to say "no onions" when ordering anything and it's a coin flip if a thing has onions in it or not so you look like a crazy person when there a dish doesn't have it and you request it OR you don't mention it and the fucking dish had onions in it.
And if you mention you don't like onions then a silently majority will give you shit even though we carve out so many exceptions for other foods.
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KuroiKaze @lemmy.world - 11hr
Agreed I am so massively annoyed people use them without listing or literally just dump massive amounts in. Maybe smokers can't taste them without a dump truck full. Onion powder please.
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kryptonianCodeMonkey @lemmy.world - 21hr
Onions are vile and I'll tell you where you can shove your judgement.
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LaserTurboShark69 @sh.itjust.works - 21hr
Go on
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janNatan @lemmy.ml - 20hr
It's not even the taste, it's the texture.
I add onion powder to everything. Can't stand actual onions tho.
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brown567 @sh.itjust.works - 18hr
What texture, though?
Genuine question--onions can be anywhere from a very crunchy vegetable texture to a thick paste depending on how they're cooked. Do you have a problem with that whole range?
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janNatan @lemmy.ml - 6hr
I'm 35 years old and I've never come across an onion with a texture I liked.
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kryptonianCodeMonkey @lemmy.world - 21hr
Inside a whole raw onion before shoving that up your ass
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IngeniousRocks (They/She) - 16hr
I have a latex allergy and cross react with basically all the fun foods.
Corn and rice are my saviors. Please don't talk mess about my corn.
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SoleInvictus - 13hr
I have an unhealthy love for corn. Ever try chicha morada?
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IngeniousRocks (They/She) - 11hr
It sounds delicious but the pineapple would make it a nogo for me :(
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SoleInvictus - 3hr
You can totally nix the pineapple! I've made it without when I didn't have any. The dominant flavor is the corn and all spices. The drink tastes kinda like a very complex Kool Aid.
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Jessica (sie/ihr) - 23hr
I always replace onions with fennel in every recipe. I have yet to find one where that wasn't an instant improvement. I honestly don't understand why people eat onions when fennel exists.
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blitzen @lemmy.ca - 23hr
I don’t understand how the two are interchangeable. It’s like saying you substitute mint when something calls for a tomato.
Edit: oh, like the bulbs. Okay. But flavors seem to be different enough that I wouldn’t have thought of it. If it works for you, great.
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SpaceNoodle @lemmy.world - 23hr
Fennel can absolutely have a place in dishes with onions, but it is not a total replacement. Way too strong a flavor for most flavor bases that start out with onion.
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Mouselemming @sh.itjust.works - 21hr
Sauteed sliced fennel would have a similar bite and sweetness, but with that mild licorice aroma and without the onioniness. In a pasta sauce where dried fennel seed would be normal anyway, it seems pretty genius to me. I'm going to pick some up and try it next time I get to the grocery store.
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SpaceNoodle @lemmy.world - 21hr
Sure, but it's a lot tougher and won't break down the same way onions should. Agreed that the flavor would work well in a dish where fennel might already be added, but again, that's not most dishes. Still interested in hearing how your experiment goes!
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Mouselemming @sh.itjust.works - 17hr
I've sauteed it to softness before, along with onions and celery, so I think it will be fine.
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Mouselemming @sh.itjust.works - 21hr
Ah, I can see this! Gonna try it.
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NigelFrobisher @aussie.zone - 17hr
I thought only my mum didn’t eat onion. She eats like a toddler and thinks vegetables are something that happens to other people.
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FreshParsnip @lemmy.ca - 18hr
I had stir fry today with onions, peppers, chicken, and broccoli
They probably like the stinging/burning sensation in their mucous membranes.
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daggermoon @lemmy.world - 16hr
The same reason I fuck your mom, it makes me cry.
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chiliedogg @lemmy.world - 17hr
42 years old, and I still thank onions should be left in the dirt. God buried them for a reason.
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Bluewing @lemmy.world - 3hr
There is no life without The Trinity! (onion, garlic, peppers)
But there are people that just can't eat some foods without digestive repercussions. And food tolerances can even change as we age. I used to love eating peanuts and other tree nuts. But as I have aged, my digestive tract can no longer tolerate eating them except in small amounts. But I now pile on the herbs and spices when I cook. I want strong bold flavors in my food as I have aged.
Life, it seems is weird and changing.
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phaedrus - 11hr
Classic Civil War about to start: Cornfederacy vs The Onion
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Caveman - 18hr
Onions and mushrooms are the two things I can have with pretty much every meal.
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LaunchesKayaks @lemmy.world - 14hr
I absolutely despise peppers, but onions are my JAM
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Grass @sh.itjust.works - 13hr
I eat white onions only if they are fully caramelized and dissolved into something, and red onions only raw. Peppers have to be spicy or I can't eat them. That's the weird one, I have no problem with the taste or anything but I just can't swallow them its like my throat is trying to squish a rock or something. If it's blended into something like hummus its fine though.
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Mr_Dr_Oink @lemmy.world - 8hr
This is kind of what its like for me. White onions, same as you, they need to be basically liquid/mush before i can eat them.
Red onions however are the devil. I can't stand them in any form.
For me its an issue of texture, i hate how it feels to eat onions and peppers. I have been physically sick (vomited) because i bit into a bit of onion/pepper i didnt know was in my food. My body just rejects them.
White onion= flavour good, texture bad (unless mush)
Red onion= flavour bad, texture bad
Pepper=flavour overpowering and i am never sure if i like it or not, texture bad.
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Grass @sh.itjust.works - 7hr
I actually only became able to eat them at age 26-27. One day they just didn't taste like shit any more. Several other thibgs too, but still not brussel sprouts which just taste like dirty dishes or dishes left on a drying rack that have been splashed while washing other things.
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FlexibleToast @lemmy.world - 23hr
I was and still am a very picky eater. I've started cooking for myself and have become dramatically less picky. However, I'm still not a fan of raw onion. I almost like them more the more they are cooked. I don't like raw onion, but I love caramelized onion. I guess it's really I just don't like the texture of raw onion.
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kopasu22 @lemmy.world - 22hr
Cooking gets rid of a lot of the acidity, so could be that in addition to texture.
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raspberriesareyummy @lemmy.world - 3hr
Off topic: who is that actress?
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rose56 - 3hr
Same, asking for a friend!
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raspberriesareyummy @lemmy.world - 3hr
Did a reverse image search - appears to be Leighton Meester, in a role as "Blair Waldorf" from Gossip Girls.
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fishy @lemmy.today - 40min
Correct. My wife loves that show lol
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Evil_Shrubbery @thelemmy.club - 22hr
I used to give the same look to fellow lemmigurians when hearing about how they don't just eat onions ... but then I became less judgy & a whole new world opened up for me - before I knew it I could hear the sound of chilli ...
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ristoril_zip @lemmy.zip - 18hr
white & yellow onions fuck up my stomach for some reason
(interestingly shallots & spring onions don't seem to have the same problem)
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Zoabrown @lemmy.world - 1hr
Onions and peppers? At that point you’re basically ordering ‘food, but with the flavor DLC removed.
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mojofrododojo @lemmy.world - 18hr
onions in something cooked, like red beans and rice? fosho
onions raw on otherwise edible food? naaaaaaaah
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prole - 3hr
Depends on the type of onion.
If you've only had raw yellow onion, then yeah I feel bad for you. But raw red onion on a sandwich is amazing.
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Drekaridill @lemmy.wtf - 15hr
I love onions and peppers.... Don't ask me about apples
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wowwoweowza @lemmy.world - 18hr
Exactly!
Thank you.
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Viking_Hippie @lemmy.dbzer0.com - 18hr
Raw onions and chili peppers can fuck off as far as I'm concerned.
All other ways to eat onions and peppers, though? Yes, please!
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BilSabab @lemmy.world - 24min
who are these people? can we get them isolated from our community?
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Valorie12 @lemmy.world - 11hr
Onions are fine in moderation. Peppers can overpower the flavor of a dish easily. But depending on the meal, I don't mind either
ObviouslyNotBanana in lemmyshitpost @lemmy.world
Some people prefer corn for some ungodly reason
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Hope that isn't coming from personal experience, brother/sister/anything you prefer.
I used to hear that in high school when we were seeing who could be the most offensive. I still slip up sometimes and use it as a dark joke, and it's always received as well as it has been here.
Some of us laughed.
I was trying to extend the joke but then looked at everyone’s responses and decided it wouldn’t go over well
Some of us screen shotted it and shared it too!
Hu-man
Yup. That's me. I don't mind the flavor, but the sliminess is not for me
Are we talking about onions or anal?
Do they still feel slimy if they’re finely diced? I love the taste but hate the texture of mushrooms, and mincing them to incorporate into a dish is the best of both worlds for me.
Mushedrooms?
For me even that isn’t enough. I love the taste in something like hot and sour soup, but anything more than soup is just a horrible experience
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That's it for me, goodnight internet.
Is there, uh... something you wanted to share with the group?
I assume this was produced by a 23-year-old who thinks adulthood means something. They'll learn.
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I mean it's usually kids who are really picky eaters and many grow out of it. If they grow out of it that probably has happened by the time they're 23
Define "picky eater".
I've had people who seem to think disliking any food makes you a picky eater. This seems to be the category the original creator is in. Those people are often the same category of people I never want to see eating because they look like pigs at the trough, shoving food into their mouth at an alarming rate while almost forgetting to breathe, more like animals than humans. But that's not universal, just common.
In reality I don't know many people who universally enjoy every food as an adult. So is everyone picky?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_eating
Ok, so it's undefined
I normally associate the childhood one with what the page calls neophobia.
The issue is that there's a lot of differing definitions
Right...so it's not defined. I don't know the practical difference between "there is no definition for this" and "there are so many different meanings that the term alone without clarification has no meaning".
You said it was undefined and that's right. There's just no one singular definition that is generally agreed upon. But same sort of characteristics are in them, being more selective than normal in eating
I avoided onions and peppers when I was younger because I was a picky ass eater.
Now I avoid onions because I realized I can’t properly digest them and the make my tummy sad.
That's something we should all be picky about.
Don't kink shame, its only smellz
They're talking about having standards
Schmalz
A little corn kernel around the rim never hurt nobody
A corn kernel around the onion ring
:(
Caramelized onions are soooo tasty!
Don’t get me wrong, I love onions as an adult. That said, I had a procedure a few years that fucked my ability to digest allium.
I’m trying to eat fist fulls of probiotics to see if I can get back in the game.
If it’s the oligosaccharides or fructans that are fucking you up, you can heat (not fry) onions in however much oil you’re okay with in your final dish, and then just remove the onions. The flavor compounds are oil soluble, but the oligosaccharides/fructans aren’t. Smaller pieces = more intense onion flavor.
Yeah, I’ve been experimenting with that as a solution. I can also mildly tolerate them if they’re cooked high hell or used as a powder. The more raw it is, the harder it is to digest.
If I can dial the fructans down, I do a lot better.
Fingers crossed for you finding a solution that lets you get all the onion you want! Intestinal issues are so miserable
This was such a delightful comment chain! Equal parts pleasant and informative.
Indeed! TIL! I am going to do the fine chop on the onions for cooking and see how much more flavor I can get out of them.
You can keep heating them slowly and caramelizing them until they turn in a jam .... that's how good onions are.
Or you could dehydrate them and use the crusty bits like bacon bits on all sorts of food.
I always find it strange to hear people say they don't like onions ... I keep a large stock of onions in my kitchen all the time because they go into just about every recipe and you can cook, fry, bake or use them raw in all sorts of things.
I don't mind the flavor but I hate that I'm an onion/garlic sweater. For days after eating garlic or most onions, I stink so badly no perfume or deodorant or antiperspirant can control it. As a girl growing up, it was a real problem, and once I was old enough to do my own cooking I started leaving them out, or using sweet onions when they were too important to exclude.
I'm also capsaicin-sensitive, like major ass-bleeding bad, so I minimize spicy peppers and use bell peppers plus black pepper/wasabi/horseradish/ginger for spice. If it's not my cooking I get "Mild" and do the best I can with it.
Interesting then that wasabi or horseradish doesn’t affect you in similar ways.
Yes, different chemicals
This is my story except with cheese.
Why did I have to start enjoying the taste of cheese?
My partner's in the same boat.
What's wicked sad is he loves garlic but it doesn't love him. He can have garlic oil but that's about it (something to do with FODMAPs).
Hey you can defend onions and peppers without slandering corn.
I could but I don't want to
I'm with you OP. It's an IBS nightmare. I'll have it popped but that's just because it's so convenient of a snack and not too bad health wise.
God, sometimes I might as well say frag out! when eating corn. Blows me tf up
oh gods. i remember when i still had a digestive tract, before it was removed but after it went all manky, eating popcorn was just asking for the jackson pollock shits. that shit scraped EVERYTHING out
That's me, ileostomy and any fresh vegetables. Tiny piece of salad? Fuck you, how about your guts spit out the piece and flush themselves empty in half an hour. Several bagfulls of yellow liquid. I don't eat fresh vegetables anymore
And that is why you must perish.
Onions and peppers are some of the vegetables I eat the most of because you can cut them up very quickly and serve with simple lunches like pasta or an omelette
And to lessen the taste of onions ... either cut them very thinly ... or take the cut slices and soak them in a bit of vinegar for ten minutes.
Best way to enjoy raw onions I find is to eat them with cheese ... nothing like a plain old cheese and onion sandwich .. we discovered this in southern Spain where mountain villages serve it like that - really strong manchego hard cheese with strong Spanish onions served on hard crust baguette style bread, it's amazing
That sounds amazing, and I can't wait to try it... But I can't help but wonder how horrible everyone's breath might be there. 😬
Dry bread, dry cheese, no condiments or anything? Sounds rather dry.
Interesting, I’ll have to try that.
For a while our standard appetizer to bring places was onions and Brie on saltines. It just works and is simple.
But from that I assumed onions want a creamy cheese like brie, so hard cheeses never occurred to me
Caramelized onions are a gateway to onion enjoyment.
i put jalopenos in my ass
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Why we talking bad on corn
I'll take all three please
I'm allergic to onion and I'm offended by this.
But man do I chow down on peppers a lot.
These people are balanced out by the ones who use onion slices as dippers in humus with ungodly garlic ratios, and the people who eat ghost peppers like popcorn.
I feel personally attacked.
One of us!
It's worth mentioning that the flatogenic index of that kind of eating is off the chart. If anyone reading this has a diet like that please, for the love of everything good in this world, get a job that is outdoors.
Kindly stay the fuck off airplanes.
No kidding. Every time I fly I wind up on the same flight with a bunch of people that hit up an all-you-can-eat chili buffet the night before. They proudly let the entire cabin know this the very instant we hit cruising altitude.
The only upside here is that not even first-class is safe. I really feel bad for the flight attendants.
I have mercifully not experienced that. Usually, I get stuck between two people with communicable diseases who missed the early childhood education experience of being told not to wipe their nose on their hands, cover their mouth for coughs, wash their hands etc. Fml.
Yeah, that's pretty awful. The pandemic taught us all that enough people are gross like that.
At this point, I just assume that every airport is packed to the gills with coronavirus. I mask up, avoid eating with my hands, try not to eat much at all, and wash thoroughly. That said, I ate at a sit-down restaruant at O'hare this summer and immediately caught it anyway; my flight was delayed and i was ravenous.
When I flew recently, I wore a mask fortunately but needed to eat on the plane so some mask-off time. I’m not sure the plague stuck though; I’m a bit under the weather but not as bad as my seatmates. 🤞
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Red onions are best.
Chopped up over a kg of onions and fried them, also added grated parsnip and carrots, then salt, pepper and a few bottles of malt vinegar. Little bit of honey too. Simmer away for a few hours, add more vinegar if it's getting a little dry. Then store in jars.
This was 2 days ago and my kitchen still smells divine. I don't really know how to accurately describe it. Caramelised onions but there is more to it from the vinegar. Doesn't smell like vinegar though, more like it's enhanced the onions.
Cheap to make as supermarkets here are competing over selling the cheapest veg. 5kg of parsnips, carrots, cabbage and swede for under £0.50, onion was a bit more, but not much. Was going to add all of it but my arm was getting tired from grating and peeling so much. I don't own a food processor so it's all by hand. Filled 2.5L worth of jars from the first batch.
What is this concoction?
that sounds wonderful! Do you use it as a stock of sorts?
Onion chutney. And it IS divine. Add it to burgers or steak and you will regret having wasted so many years without it.
Something like that anyway, not made it before. Perhaps a little closer to branston pickle? Less sugar than you would normally have in a chutney and sugar isn't necessary for preservation as you get that from the vinegar.
The onions still do the heavy lifting, I guess, and "a few bottles of malt vinegar" sounds a little excessive.
I personally prefer pure caramelized onions without any other ingredients except a bit of salt, to be honest. Won't keep as long in the fridge but is the most versatile.
It was a lot of veg in total, onions being quite a large amount of it. Even with all the vinegar, you couldn't see it above the veg. Used a 21L stock pot although it didn't fill it overly high, but would have been too much for any of my other saucepans.
Still sounds really great.
I'm German, and whenever someone here claims the British have bad food I mention all the fantastic chutneys and pickles you guys have over there. Particularly fond of a thing called "Glorious Garlic Pickle" by The Bay Tree. I wish I had the recipe because they don't ship to mainland Europe.
Every time I eat onions, it takes about 5 minutes until it feels like someone is repeatedly stabbing me in the guts with a rusty knife. So yeah I avoid them
Same for me with corn!
Might be an allergy. I used to have something like this with some foods some years ago. What's interesting is that now I don't seem to have it any more with the same foods; it might be true what they say about allergies - that they come and go. Not a medical professional - just speaking from my experience.
Nobody says the come and go. They can come on later in life but once there you are basically stuck with it. Reason being is that allergies are an immune reaction. These are mediated by immune cells, antibodies, that bind to the $insert_bad_thing and put a "murder me" sign on its back. These cell are produced by long lived immune cells.
Onions and Bell peppers ruin the mouth feel of any food they are part of and make my neurodivergent ass make the face in this picture.
Not to argue but out of curiosity, what about differently cooked onions? When I was a kid I couldn’t stand onions in pasta sauce. But I eventually realized it was the texture of overcooked onions in a place they usually weren’t. Now I love onions but since I cook I make sure they have a nice crunch and the flavor is not too overwhelmed with less interesting stuff
Onions make me ill in quantity so, uh, yeah.
Onions I can to like thanks to guacamole. Never got to like bell peppers. I can tolerate most of them, but green is a no-go.
All bell peppers taste the same to me.
They pretty much do taste the same. The red, orange and yellow are great to add to salads for a touch of color.
Yeah I don’t get this. I’ve met people who say they don’t like green bell peppers. Like they all taste the same lol.
The different colors are how ripe they are. Green peppers are the least ripe and have a different taste because of it.
Yeah, that taste overpowers anything else in a dish for me. In some dishes, I can takes it, but I’m really sensitive to it.
Green are terrible, but red are juicy and delicious
The taste of green bell peppers is so inoffensive that it's kind of amazing to me that there are people who specifically can't eat them
Well, it’s all subjective, of course. For me, if there’s the smallest amount in a dish, it will overpower everything else in the dish. A very little bit goes a very long way for my taste buds. So if someone were cooking with the “holy trinity,” they can probably cut the bell peppers by a ⅔ to 3/5 if they’re using the green ones.
Garlic
Yes, please. I'll have them the same way Ron Swanson haves his eggs and bacon for breakfast:
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never watched this show but seen plenty of clips. Isn't he just a male Karen?
Nah, he's a grumpy but kind libertarian (ACTUAL non-hypocrite libertarian who just wants to be left alone without hurting anyone and be self-sufficient, not the RL GOP kind) with three ex-wives all named Tammy and a significant fortune in gold buried somewhere.
Of the many things he is, a Karen is thoroughly not one.
oh fair enough -- that gif makes him look a bit entitled, but I guess he's a paying customer and is just asking to be served what he's willing to pay for
Yeah, I can see how it could be interpreted that way out of context, but in context it's a joke about how he has very old-fashioned breakfast habits, dialed up to 11 for increased hilarity 😁
"could you seat me next to the kitchen where i can smell the griddle" is something i've said and something i can see him saying, even though we are nothing alike. wait fuck i'm duke silver
My sister made guacamole and wanted me to test it. I asked how much garlic it has and she said she never puts garlic in it. I could only convince her to put a tiny bit in but I would’ve easily doubled it.
who puts garlic in guac? when i add garlic to anything it needs at least 3 cloves per clove but like the best guac is avocado, tomato, onion, salt, chili (usually anaheim) and a splash of lime
Garlic in guacamole is good. Put lime juice over your raw garlic and let it sit and mellow out.
i don't doubt your first statement. i don't doubt your second statement. i just kinda doubt them together. who the hell wants mellow garlic. if i'm eating one fry it needs 3 cloves on it
I'm a big fan of fajitas.
Never thought I'd ever see so much onion and pepper hate here.
Right? Lot of picky eaters that never grew out of it.
Or when you got wicked GERD but those fajitas come out sizzlin
GERD.. ugh.
Got a horror story and a triumph regarding that.
One of my oldest friends had GERD something terrible.
Had a bleeding ulcer from it that nearly killed her at one point.
Was put on Aciphex but it gave her terrible diarrhea with the hot shits regardless, so I suggested she try a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar after each meal. Goes down thermonuclear hot for 10 seconds or so but eases up quite fast.
It seems counter-intuitive, but vinegar is a digestive, in that it aids digestion by being an acid base, and it also tempers the acid pumps in the stomach because again, it IS an acid, so they produce less.
She was off the Aciphex inside of three weeks. Hot shits.. gone.
For general stomach soothing, I put a capful of Braggs apple cider vinegar into a cup of water before bed. It makes the water spry and slightly tangy. Works a charm for my stomach - esp when I eat out.
Vinegar is the best!
Peppers, Yes.
Onions, ⛔👎🏼🙅🚫🚽
A lot of people who are super tasters find alliums like onions and garlic incredibly overpowering unless they are in really small amounts.
I was thinking to myself that it can't be that many people, but sure enough I was wrong and was surprised to learn the following from the Wikipedia article about super-tasters:
"Research suggests 25% of the population are non-tasters, 50% are medium tasters, and 25% are supertasters."
Quite interesting and concise page, recommended. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertaster
That article is wild to me. I consider myself a super taster and smeller. The list of foods super taster's avoid is basically a list of my favorite flavors. Maybe I'm just a slightly above average taster?
I don't like either and you can't make me like them.
Can you pwease like them? Pwetty pwease?
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I miss Spezi! They don't have it here in the states and I can't be bothered to mix it myself.
We drink it with onion juice and smushed peppers here
Boy, things sure have changed there since the 90s!
Please order… fajitas anything. It’s the heart of Mexican cuisine.
Also the heart of Chinese cuisine.
This is a perfect combination that can take some getting used to but when you do… it’s joy.
I'm okay with them if they're chopped up really small.
..fajitas are the heart of Chinese cuisine?
Sounds like that could cause a lot of awkwardness 🤔
Texture, taste, or both (or neither)? Me, I like the taste of peppers, but I hate it when they get all gritty and grainy.
Combo of both, I don't like the taste or how they get slimy when cooked.
Ick, slime!
Overcooked, maybe? I like 'em any way, but I think they're cooked best when they've just softened a little, and still have some crunch
Fuck you, onions are disgusting, I'm not taking any questions.
I will add to this by saying no other ingredient gets stealth dropped into so many meals like onions. It's fucking annoying to have to say "no onions" when ordering anything and it's a coin flip if a thing has onions in it or not so you look like a crazy person when there a dish doesn't have it and you request it OR you don't mention it and the fucking dish had onions in it.
And if you mention you don't like onions then a silently majority will give you shit even though we carve out so many exceptions for other foods.
Agreed I am so massively annoyed people use them without listing or literally just dump massive amounts in. Maybe smokers can't taste them without a dump truck full. Onion powder please.
Onions are vile and I'll tell you where you can shove your judgement.
Go on
It's not even the taste, it's the texture.
I add onion powder to everything. Can't stand actual onions tho.
What texture, though?
Genuine question--onions can be anywhere from a very crunchy vegetable texture to a thick paste depending on how they're cooked. Do you have a problem with that whole range?
I'm 35 years old and I've never come across an onion with a texture I liked.
Inside a whole raw onion before shoving that up your ass
I have a latex allergy and cross react with basically all the fun foods.
Corn and rice are my saviors. Please don't talk mess about my corn.
I have an unhealthy love for corn. Ever try chicha morada?
It sounds delicious but the pineapple would make it a nogo for me :(
You can totally nix the pineapple! I've made it without when I didn't have any. The dominant flavor is the corn and all spices. The drink tastes kinda like a very complex Kool Aid.
I always replace onions with fennel in every recipe. I have yet to find one where that wasn't an instant improvement. I honestly don't understand why people eat onions when fennel exists.
I don’t understand how the two are interchangeable. It’s like saying you substitute mint when something calls for a tomato.
Edit: oh, like the bulbs. Okay. But flavors seem to be different enough that I wouldn’t have thought of it. If it works for you, great.
Fennel can absolutely have a place in dishes with onions, but it is not a total replacement. Way too strong a flavor for most flavor bases that start out with onion.
Sauteed sliced fennel would have a similar bite and sweetness, but with that mild licorice aroma and without the onioniness. In a pasta sauce where dried fennel seed would be normal anyway, it seems pretty genius to me. I'm going to pick some up and try it next time I get to the grocery store.
Sure, but it's a lot tougher and won't break down the same way onions should. Agreed that the flavor would work well in a dish where fennel might already be added, but again, that's not most dishes. Still interested in hearing how your experiment goes!
I've sauteed it to softness before, along with onions and celery, so I think it will be fine.
Ah, I can see this! Gonna try it.
I thought only my mum didn’t eat onion. She eats like a toddler and thinks vegetables are something that happens to other people.
I had stir fry today with onions, peppers, chicken, and broccoli
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I don't mind peppers, but fuck onions
Why do you fuck onions?
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LOOK AT IT!
they make him cry. don't kinkshame.
Feel the burn, baby!
They probably like the stinging/burning sensation in their mucous membranes.
The same reason I fuck your mom, it makes me cry.
42 years old, and I still thank onions should be left in the dirt. God buried them for a reason.
There is no life without The Trinity! (onion, garlic, peppers)
But there are people that just can't eat some foods without digestive repercussions. And food tolerances can even change as we age. I used to love eating peanuts and other tree nuts. But as I have aged, my digestive tract can no longer tolerate eating them except in small amounts. But I now pile on the herbs and spices when I cook. I want strong bold flavors in my food as I have aged.
Life, it seems is weird and changing.
Classic Civil War about to start: Cornfederacy vs The Onion
Onions and mushrooms are the two things I can have with pretty much every meal.
I absolutely despise peppers, but onions are my JAM
I eat white onions only if they are fully caramelized and dissolved into something, and red onions only raw. Peppers have to be spicy or I can't eat them. That's the weird one, I have no problem with the taste or anything but I just can't swallow them its like my throat is trying to squish a rock or something. If it's blended into something like hummus its fine though.
This is kind of what its like for me. White onions, same as you, they need to be basically liquid/mush before i can eat them.
Red onions however are the devil. I can't stand them in any form.
For me its an issue of texture, i hate how it feels to eat onions and peppers. I have been physically sick (vomited) because i bit into a bit of onion/pepper i didnt know was in my food. My body just rejects them.
White onion= flavour good, texture bad (unless mush) Red onion= flavour bad, texture bad Pepper=flavour overpowering and i am never sure if i like it or not, texture bad.
I actually only became able to eat them at age 26-27. One day they just didn't taste like shit any more. Several other thibgs too, but still not brussel sprouts which just taste like dirty dishes or dishes left on a drying rack that have been splashed while washing other things.
I was and still am a very picky eater. I've started cooking for myself and have become dramatically less picky. However, I'm still not a fan of raw onion. I almost like them more the more they are cooked. I don't like raw onion, but I love caramelized onion. I guess it's really I just don't like the texture of raw onion.
Cooking gets rid of a lot of the acidity, so could be that in addition to texture.
Off topic: who is that actress?
Same, asking for a friend!
Did a reverse image search - appears to be Leighton Meester, in a role as "Blair Waldorf" from Gossip Girls.
Correct. My wife loves that show lol
I used to give the same look to fellow lemmigurians when hearing about how they don't just eat onions ... but then I became less judgy & a whole new world opened up for me - before I knew it I could hear the sound of chilli ...
white & yellow onions fuck up my stomach for some reason
(interestingly shallots & spring onions don't seem to have the same problem)
Onions and peppers? At that point you’re basically ordering ‘food, but with the flavor DLC removed.
onions in something cooked, like red beans and rice? fosho
onions raw on otherwise edible food? naaaaaaaah
Depends on the type of onion.
If you've only had raw yellow onion, then yeah I feel bad for you. But raw red onion on a sandwich is amazing.
I love onions and peppers.... Don't ask me about apples
Exactly!
Thank you.
Raw onions and chili peppers can fuck off as far as I'm concerned.
All other ways to eat onions and peppers, though? Yes, please!
who are these people? can we get them isolated from our community?
Onions are fine in moderation. Peppers can overpower the flavor of a dish easily. But depending on the meal, I don't mind either
It's the influence of CornHub on our youth.