Onions - Yes Or No?

Big Nasty

Personally I feckin' love them and have onions in practically every meal. I don't go for the little sacks of small scrawny onions but for the pack of three big fcuk off juicy spanish onions. Great with every meal!

You?

Biggins

No. Don't like them at all.

Big Nasty

Biggins wrote: »

No. Don't like them at all.

You're loosing out Biggins - big time!

shofukan

No. Never again.

mackg

This thread is going to be epic.

amacca

onions are great...all sizes and varieties...tomatoes are good too...fry them, put them in a sandwich..stir fry..salad...stew

just made a nice fresh salsa....chopped tomatoes...diced onion....fresh parsley...little coriander..some fresh ground pepper..slight drizzle of honey...juice of half a lime


god its good!

Blisterman

Raw: no
Cooked: yes

GLaDOS

Onions are magnificent

prinz

Yes. With anything and everything.

Slunk

Raw red onion in a salad or caramelised onion in the pan to go with a steak or something meaty.

CardBordWindow

I can see this thread ending in tears!

Killer Pigeon

Worst thing is when they be mashed in with them 'taters.

Onion and mashed potatos, like chalk 'n' cheese it is. Mank almighty!!

Biggins

MCMLXXV wrote: »

You're loosing out Biggins - big time!

Tried but couldn't take to them.

Zebra3

Poll fail.

Red onion only. :cool:

ICE HOUSE

I know a guy who use to put onions in his apple tart. wtf?

Kiera

Red onions in sandwich's and white onions in cooked meals

Emiko

I find them quite appealing.

Temptamperu

I love the smell of onions of my hands after cutting up a load of them, and eating them ofcourse fried onion and mushroom with a nice piece of steak and a few chips.... damn im hungry now.

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

Onions always remind me of this... crazy germans!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWVHOmbpeFw

Classic apres ski song!

pragmatic1

Used to have a pathological fear of them as a kid. Quite like em now.

Big Nasty

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Worst thing is when they be mashed in with them 'taters.

Onion and mashed potatos, it be like chalk 'n' cheese.

What? Mashed spuds, finely chopped fresh onion (or fried if you like), butter, salt, black pepper, nyom, nyon, nyom!!!

theteal

Abso-fookin-lutely

You know when you're at a soccer match and you just have a hankerin' for some curry chips from the horrible van. I put a nice dollop of the chopped onions (meant to be for burgers, i imagine) into the sauce - mmmmmm

it does get some strange looks

emeraldstar

Cooked - yes.
Raw - NEVER.

blackdog2

Onions and garlic fried are the basis of every single trouser-wettingly good dish. I actually finished myself off thinking about that.

Killer Pigeon

MCMLXXV wrote: »

What? Mashed spuds, finely chopped fresh onion (or fried if you like), butter, salt, black pepper, nyom, nyon, nyom!!!

An image of slugs squirming around in mashed potatoes comes to mind.

AnneElizabeth

I'm surprised so many people like them! I don't mind if they're used to flavour sauce but I couldn't eat one on its own.

prinz

Oh and the little roast to a crisp onion pieces ya get. I used to have to buy them on the continent but they are stocking them in Tesco now, Danish they are. Bloody gorgeous, sprinkled over anything. Add a bit of crunch to sandwiches, onto spuds, over a fry up, into a sauce, it's all good.

Owen

I used to wear an onion on my belt, it was the fashion at the time.

ronaneire

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Personally I feckin' love them and have onions in practically every meal. Great with every meal!

Even with cornflakes?

I agree though they are nice

Green Back

I'm a bit extreme but I really hate the feckers.
Dont like their smell but it's the texture that makes me gag. If I was to bite into even the smallest piece unsuspectingly I'm not sure I could stop myself from vomitting.
When I order Chinese (which I love) I have to make it clear that it should be onion free and I also check when the order arrives, if there are onions present I wont eat it and I go into a sulk for a couple of hours.
It's a real pain because it's a basic ingredient in most dishes I love, especial curries.
I wish I could like or even tolerate but I cant. Damn you God!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

ollaetta

emeraldstar wrote: »

Raw - NEVER.

Trying to show off one time I ate a half onion raw like an apple. Served me right as I had stomach cramps for a full day afterwards. Gobsh*te.

Killer Pigeon

Green Back wrote: »

I'm a bit extreme but I really hate the feckers.
Dont like their smell but it's the texture that makes me gag. If I was to bite into even the smallest piece unsuspectingly I'm not sure I could stop myself from vomitting.
When I order Chinese (which I love) I have to make it clear that it should be onion free and I also check when the order arrives, if there are onions present I wont eat it and I go into a sulk for a couple of hours.
It's a real pain because it's a basic ingredient in most dishes I love, especial curries.
I wish I could like or even tolerate but I cant. Damn you God!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

You know you could just remove them from the curry if you don't like them. I mean there's no sense in putting a whole meal to waste when there's only one ingredient you don't like (the onions), which can be easily removed.

Big Nasty

Here's one for you - wrap an onion up in tin foil and feck it into the open fire for a good twenty minutes. Take it out with the fire tongs, let cool until you can touch it, remove foil and first layer or two of onion, chop in quarters or eighths, ad salt and butter and eat. Nyom, nyom, nyom!

Green Back

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

You know you could just remove them from the curry if you don't like them. I mean there's no sense in putting a whole meal to waste when there's only one ingredient you don't like (the onions), which can be easily removed.

Done that too many times but you cant always get the feckers plus it spoils the enjoyment of something I've been looking forward too.
I know it's a first world problem and a pretty specific one but I really really dislike the *****.

du Maurier

ICE HOUSE wrote: »

I know a guy who use to put onions in his apple tart. wtf?

Heh. I could top that one - someone once told me of a guy that 'enjoyed' a bowl of onions and milk, as though it were a cereal. He's probably enjoying them in an asylum now.

Larianne

Oh yes please! Love onions, esp. the red ones.

amacca

ICE HOUSE wrote: »

I know a guy who use to put onions in his apple tart. wtf?

hoy d'ya like dem onions?

(sorry)

du Maurier

Add cheese and apparently it's our nation's pasttime!

petes

White onion and tomato(optional) sandwich with a bit of salt!! Lovely!!

Killer Pigeon

Green Back wrote: »

Done that too many times but you cant always get the feckers plus it spoils the enjoyment of something I've been looking forward too.
I know it's a first world problem and a pretty specific one but I really really dislike the *****.

Wait, wait! Ireland and Europe are in economic chaos, most of Ireland is unemployed and saving up every penny they have, Italy and Spain are about to get a bailout, all of Europe will soon default followed by the US, which will drive the first world into another Great Depression, and YOU'RE throwing away meals just because they contain onions!!

What is the world coming to?

If you don't like the onions, put them in a envelope and send them to Somalia. If you don't, you're a monster.

The King of Moo

I don't mind them when they're chopped up nice and small and used to flavour food, especially a sauce. They give things a nice little kick of flavour.
But I hate just eating them, or big chunks of them, on their own. I remember having curry once in a friend's house as a kid. There were loads of onions in it, in huge pieces, which I wasn't used to at home. I very carefully avoided eating them (they seemed to make up about half the dish) until the end, when I mistook a huge chunk with lots of sauce on it for a piece of chicken. I gagged and tried to simultaneously avoid vomiting and hide my disgust.

I feel similarly about tomatoes. Great for adding flavour, especially to pasta dishes, and I love a good Italian tomato sauce, but eating a sizeable piece of raw tomato is just disgusting for me. Same with most mushrooms too.

admiralofthefleet

i hate them, i cant eat any food if onions are in it

annascott

I would use them as a base for a lot of dishes but always cooked and NEVER raw. I wear gloves when chopping them and also have a seperate chopping board. I am extra careful to ensure that nothing ever touches where raw onion has been.

While I would gladly ban raw onions. I really don't understand people eating raw onions when they are out or during a work lunch. Can't understand why they aren't embarassed that their breath smells of raw onions. Dam anti-social of them. I'll leave the horrors of garlic for the R&R page...

x_Ellie_x

Onions, mixed peppers, sweetcorn, mayo and spicy chicken in a wrap... ****in' delicious!

amacca

annascott wrote: »

I am extra careful to ensure that nothing ever touches where raw onion has been.

a c'mon now..they're not radioactive

annascott wrote: »

While I would gladly ban raw onions. I really don't understand people eating raw onions when they are out or during a work lunch. Can't understand why they aren't embarassed that their breath smells of raw onions. Dam anti-social of them. I'll leave the horrors of garlic for the R&R page...

breathmints?

Calibos

I hate the feckers. I had a mad painful one on my foot a while ago....

Oh Sorry....I thought you said bunions !!

Lets put it this way. I made a shopping list last week with 5 dinners listed for the remainder of the week. When I started collating the ingredients needed I ended up writing down

10x 250g packs of Closed Cup Mushrooms
3x Bags of Cooking Onions
2x Net of 3 big White Onions
1x Net of 3 Big Red Onions

I'd decided on all our Mushroom and Onion dinners in a row. (Feeding 7 People)

We likes our Onions!

Killer Pigeon

Calibos wrote: »

I hate the feckers. I had a mad painful one on my foot a while ago....

Oh Sorry....T thought you said buonions !!

Eh, how could you make a mistake like that? I mean this thread clearly refers to 'onion', not 'bunions'. When was the last time anyone said 'onions' to refer to 'bunions'? Jeez.

tayto lover

As my name suggests -- Cheese & Onion.

Love onions with steak or raw red onions in a salad. They give flavour to a meal.

Absurdum

Onions for the Áras

amacca

Absurdum wrote: »

Onions for the Áras

yeah....until they dig up some dirt on them!

J. Marston

No, no, no. I fúcking hate them, disgusting things.