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Does anyone else hate onions as much as I do? They make me gag. If I accidentally eat one (happens often due to sloppy food prep) I just want to vomit. They hav

Does anyone else hate onions as much as I do? They make me gag. If I accidentally eat one (happens often due to sloppy food prep) I just want to vomit. They have the taste and smell of sweaty gym socks mixed with a landfill.

Synaesthesia 4y ago
Maybe you're sensitive to the sulfur containing compounds which onions have, which give them their "bite" and their pungency, as well as making eyes tear. No I love onions, they're pretty much used in every dish I make.
- nsxwolf 4y ago
  Maybe. Is it then weird that I absolutely love garlic? I've surprised some people with that one. They think that because they're in the same family, it would make sense that I'd hate both.
  - unlikelymordant 4y ago
    I'm like this. Any amount of onion (cooked or uncooked) in a dish ruins the dish for me. If it completely fried down to the point of being unrecognizable its fine. I happily eat garlic though. I wonder if theres a genetic thing like with cilantro.
- ggm 4y ago
  My dad overtly hated them, but if cooked long, and hard, barely noticed. My mum used to make a point of adding garlic to things, as long as he only found black fried chunks he was content. There's food allergy, anaphylaxis, intolerance, sensitivity, and "I don't like it" all mixed up in this.
- denton-scratch 4y ago
  Rotting onions do stink. It seems to be a special trick that onions do, to rot from the inside. So the outer copule of layers of the onion are fine, but then there's two layers of mushy brownish stuff, then the onion's core is fine again. You can't tell if your onion's rotting without cutting it open. This can be super-annoying if it's your last onion, because I don't care to use rotting onions. With respect to tears: my daughter adopted the practice of slicing onions while wearing swimming goggles. I think she was about 12 years old when she first did that; she's 35 now, and is still doing it. She looks a hoot, but looking daft is better than suffering. I think I've developed immunity to sulphenic acid myself.
  - elyobo 4y ago
    Contact lenses, for those that wear them, also largely mitigate the tears and stinging.
  - Synaesthesia 4y ago
    Onions are actually toxic to many animals, clearly they developed these noxious compounds as a defense mechanism, but then humans developed a tolerance and taste for them! Just another chapter in the ongoing biological "arms race". Yeah when I chop an onion I sometimes just gotta take a little break.
  - kayodelycaon 4y ago
    I use swim goggles as well. :)
marginalia_nu 4y ago
Nah man, I love onions. Cooked, raw, I'll go full Tony Abbott on them if I have to.
- elyobo 4y ago
  Never go full Tony Abbot, not even for onions.
ls15 4y ago
> They have the taste and smell of sweaty gym socks mixed with a landfill. Old onions taste like this to me. My onions need to be fresh and young.
Natsu 4y ago
I won't eat raw onions (especially on sandwiches), but onion rings or cooked onions in various dishes are nice. Vidalias in particular make really good onion rings.
- adamredwoods 4y ago
  I can't eat raw onions, allium intolerance! I can when they are thoroughly cooked.
- pottertheotter 4y ago
  Same. I am not very picky with food, but I can’t stand raw onions. Among other problems, they overpower everything else.
leviathant 4y ago
Certain onions can trigger a gag reflex for me, just like you mention. It's not an intentional thing in my part, my throat just goes NOPE. Generally though, if onions are well-cooked and aren't the dominant ingredient in a dish, I don't notice them.
NikolaNovak 4y ago
I'm not a fan. Especially texture, I don't like the mix of crunchy and chewy / rubbery, which means I hate finding bits and pieces of them in my food. Off to the side of plate they go!
thematrixturtle 4y ago
Hitchhiking in Japan, I once ended up in Awajishima, a large but rather obscure island between Kobe and the island of Shikoku in Japan. Turns out the island's major export is onions, and I'd arrived at harvest season, when the entire place smelled of overripe and rotting onions. One night there almost put me off onions for life.
astura 4y ago
Yeah, plenty of people.

Synaesthesia 4y ago

Maybe you're sensitive to the sulfur containing compounds which onions have, which give them their "bite" and their pungency, as well as making eyes tear. No I love onions, they're pretty much used in every dish I make.

nsxwolf 4y ago
Maybe. Is it then weird that I absolutely love garlic? I've surprised some people with that one. They think that because they're in the same family, it would make sense that I'd hate both.
- unlikelymordant 4y ago
  I'm like this. Any amount of onion (cooked or uncooked) in a dish ruins the dish for me. If it completely fried down to the point of being unrecognizable its fine. I happily eat garlic though. I wonder if theres a genetic thing like with cilantro.
ggm 4y ago
My dad overtly hated them, but if cooked long, and hard, barely noticed. My mum used to make a point of adding garlic to things, as long as he only found black fried chunks he was content. There's food allergy, anaphylaxis, intolerance, sensitivity, and "I don't like it" all mixed up in this.
denton-scratch 4y ago
Rotting onions do stink. It seems to be a special trick that onions do, to rot from the inside. So the outer copule of layers of the onion are fine, but then there's two layers of mushy brownish stuff, then the onion's core is fine again. You can't tell if your onion's rotting without cutting it open. This can be super-annoying if it's your last onion, because I don't care to use rotting onions. With respect to tears: my daughter adopted the practice of slicing onions while wearing swimming goggles. I think she was about 12 years old when she first did that; she's 35 now, and is still doing it. She looks a hoot, but looking daft is better than suffering. I think I've developed immunity to sulphenic acid myself.
- elyobo 4y ago
  Contact lenses, for those that wear them, also largely mitigate the tears and stinging.
- Synaesthesia 4y ago
  Onions are actually toxic to many animals, clearly they developed these noxious compounds as a defense mechanism, but then humans developed a tolerance and taste for them! Just another chapter in the ongoing biological "arms race". Yeah when I chop an onion I sometimes just gotta take a little break.
- kayodelycaon 4y ago
  I use swim goggles as well. :)

marginalia_nu 4y ago

Nah man, I love onions. Cooked, raw, I'll go full Tony Abbott on them if I have to.

elyobo 4y ago
Never go full Tony Abbot, not even for onions.

ls15 4y ago

> They have the taste and smell of sweaty gym socks mixed with a landfill. Old onions taste like this to me. My onions need to be fresh and young.

Natsu 4y ago

I won't eat raw onions (especially on sandwiches), but onion rings or cooked onions in various dishes are nice. Vidalias in particular make really good onion rings.

adamredwoods 4y ago
I can't eat raw onions, allium intolerance! I can when they are thoroughly cooked.
pottertheotter 4y ago
Same. I am not very picky with food, but I can’t stand raw onions. Among other problems, they overpower everything else.

leviathant 4y ago

Certain onions can trigger a gag reflex for me, just like you mention. It's not an intentional thing in my part, my throat just goes NOPE. Generally though, if onions are well-cooked and aren't the dominant ingredient in a dish, I don't notice them.

NikolaNovak 4y ago

I'm not a fan. Especially texture, I don't like the mix of crunchy and chewy / rubbery, which means I hate finding bits and pieces of them in my food. Off to the side of plate they go!

thematrixturtle 4y ago

Hitchhiking in Japan, I once ended up in Awajishima, a large but rather obscure island between Kobe and the island of Shikoku in Japan. Turns out the island's major export is onions, and I'd arrived at harvest season, when the entire place smelled of overripe and rotting onions. One night there almost put me off onions for life.

astura 4y ago

Yeah, plenty of people.