What are your thoughts on onions?

[Ideologue]

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.

Bell peppers are kinda sour, and have little taste otherwise.  I mean, they're okay, but banana and jalapeno are far preferable.

Onions are great.  I haven't prepared a dish in a while, but I would include onions if appropriate.

[Norgy]

I can agree on the greasy batter, but if you're able to make tempura batter, it's less greasy and nasty.

Onions are in almost any dish I make.
If you have a problem with the raw, Meri, one option is soaking them in a little olive oil first. Add some dried parsley, lemon juice and ground black pepper.

[Capetan Mihali]

You know, strangely enough I was just contemplating my relationship with onions the other day.

On the one hand, I really like them in any form.  But they can overpower other flavors when they're raw or mildly cooked.  And I also think that sautéeing them in every dish as a go-to -- e.g. always starting out with oil/butter, salt, garlic, onions -- gets a little boring, even though it is a simple way to end up with something that tastes decent, no matter what you're putting in it.

I've starting adding diced celery to my diced onions a lot of the time.  It's subtle, but I think it livens it up a little.  And I'm a little more sparing with the onions, if they are just for background.  If they aren't for background, I've been trying to cook them less -- not always putting them in with the first ingredients -- to retain more of the raw flavor.

[Capetan Mihali]

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

I'm enjoying the mental image.

[Barrister]

You know, strangely enough I was just contemplating my relationship with onions the other day.

On the one hand, I really like them in any form.  But they can overpower other flavors when they're raw or mildly cooked.  And I also think that sautéeing them in every dish as a go-to -- e.g. always starting out with oil/butter, salt, garlic, onions -- gets a little boring, even though it is a simple way to end up with something that tastes decent, no matter what you're putting in it.

I've starting adding diced celery to my diced onions a lot of the time.  It's subtle, but I think it livens it up a little.  And I'm a little more sparing with the onions, if they are just for background.  If they aren't for background, I've been trying to cook them less -- not always putting them in with the first ingredients -- to retain more of the raw flavor.

You definitely have to be careful with raw onions, but disagree that using onions as a base ingredient gets "boring".

However, I have been throwing diced celery into a lot of dishes, even if not specifically called for.  It does add a different something.

[garbon]

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

I'm enjoying the mental image.

I think these women's glasses are them. Acquired on a drunk outing.

[garbon]

Celery, ugh.

[Jacob]

Sorry, mistyped that. Meant to say onion rings.

Gotcha

[merithyn]

I can agree on the greasy batter, but if you're able to make tempura batter, it's less greasy and nasty.

Onions are in almost any dish I make.
If you have a problem with the raw, Meri, one option is soaking them in a little olive oil first. Add some dried parsley, lemon juice and ground black pepper.

I dislike them raw AND cooked. But thanks for the suggestion.

[The Brain]

I love onions. What kind of freak doesn't?

[merithyn]

I love onions. What kind of freak doesn't?

This kind!

[The Brain]

You're too kind.

[Barrister]

You're too kind.

Not to onions she isn't.

[Ideologue]

Celery, ugh.

Concur.

[viper37]

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.

You have two solutions for this:
1) peel them as usual them, rince them heavily under water, then cut them.  It will avoid the worst
2) do the whole thing under water, peeling&cutting