What are your thoughts on onions?

[Barrister]

We usually buy pre-minced frozen onions from Kroger to avoid the whole tearing up thing, not to mention the tedium of cutting up onions.  In most dishes it doesn't make that much of a difference to not use fresh onion.

And you call yourself a foodie.

[Malthus]

We usually buy pre-minced frozen onions from Kroger to avoid the whole tearing up thing, not to mention the tedium of cutting up onions.  In most dishes it doesn't make that much of a difference to not use fresh onion.

And you call yourself a foodie.

You are criticising a guy who eats gas station "fud" ... 

[garbon]

I love them. Disliked them as a child but now include them in many dishes. Not a fan of fried onions though, likely because it is really just fried batter. Do love French Onion soup.

[Jacob]

We usually buy pre-minced frozen onions from Kroger to avoid the whole tearing up thing, not to mention the tedium of cutting up onions.  In most dishes it doesn't make that much of a difference to not use fresh onion.

And you call yourself a foodie.

No kidding.

Anyhow, I like onions and they feature in much of our home cooking; but not all.

[garbon]

I put a little bit of onion anytime I use bell pepper, which is pretty much anything with sausage or ground beef /turkey.

Yeah, I don't like bell peppers, either.

[Jacob]

I love them. Disliked them as a child but now include them in many dishes. Not a fan of fried onions though, likely because it is really just fried batter. Do love French Onion soup.

What do you call it if you fry them without batter? Sauteed onions?

[garbon]

I love them. Disliked them as a child but now include them in many dishes. Not a fan of fried onions though, likely because it is really just fried batter. Do love French Onion soup.

What do you call it if you fry them without batter? Sauteed onions?

Sorry, mistyped that. Meant to say onion rings.

[Savonarola]

The only vegetable-type thing I don't like is zucchini, because it tastes like nothing to me and it's disturbing to me to eat something, but have it taste like nothing.  It's like chewing on a solid mass of air or something.

Try adding curry powder to recipes that call for zucchini.  My wife doesn't usually like zucchini, but she enjoys the things I make with zucchini and curry.

[garbon]

Fried onions are great. Love to fry them with potatoes and eat with ketchup.

[Grey Fox]

Now, I love onions, they are in almost every meal I cook. I, like Mery, don't like Bell Peppers. Damn things are everywhere

Also, Onions don't make me cry, they make me sneeze.

[derspiess]

I love them. Disliked them as a child but now include them in many dishes. Not a fan of fried onions though, likely because it is really just fried batter. Do love French Onion soup.

Kind of the same way re: fried onions.  I'll have an onion ring from someone else's plate every now & then just to remind myself how much I hate the greasy batter.  This one place back in Delaware used to serve an awesome fried onion appetizer that was made with little or no batter.  Still a little greasy, but whatever they seasoned them with made them like crack.

[derspiess]

I can understand not liking onions-- the strong odor and taste is not something everyone gets accustomed to.  But what is there not to like about bell peppers?

My go-to veggie pizza is topped with onion, mushroom, and bell pepper.  Perfect balance.

[Capetan Mihali]

(doesn't affect me one bit)

Contact lenses.   I wouldn't have thought so intuitively, but I believe it's true.  When I wore contacts all the time I was like "wow, my sensitivity to onions went away!" but now that don't wear then as much I still get a little teary.

[garbon]

I wore sunglasses the other day when I was chopping a bunch of onion.

[viper37]

My question, for those who cook, however, is just how necessary are onions in your own cooking? Do you guy them by the bushel and put them in everything? Or do you only use them in the odd dish as needed?

I use them because I like them!  They ain't essential, but I find they give a good taste to most meals and are a pretty good complement to any vegetables serving.  However, if you don't like them, don't use them, there are tons of alternatives.