WTF is going on with onions?

suicide_circus

For the last month or two any time i buy onions, a large proportion of them are rotten on the inside, see photo attached. This is from various supermarkets, large onions, small onions, organic it doesn't seem to matter.

Any one else having this problem?

Xander10

suicide_circus wrote: »

For the last month or two any time i buy onions, a large proportion of them are rotten on the inside, see photo attached. This is from various supermarkets, large onions, small onions, organic it doesn't seem to matter.

Any one else having this problem?

I've had that problem buying them in Aldi, but not elsewhere. I've assumed they were pass true, use by date

Dial Hard

Xander10 wrote: »

I've had that problem buying them in Aldi, but not elsewhere. I've assumed they were pass true, use by date

Onions will keep for months in the right conditions, any "use by" date on them is basically arbitrary.

Ones with a rotten core were likely grown in very wet conditions, not dried properly/long enough and then stored/transported improperly. It's very annoying but it does happen and seems to do so in batches. Unfortunately there isn't really any way for the supermarket to tell in advance if there's going to be a problem with a particular batch unless they're literally falling to mush. Generally you don't know there's a problem til you cut them.

Bring them back if it's really bothering you, the supermarket isn't going to argue with you over a 69c net of onions.

EmmetSpiceland

I get more annoyed by the little broken carrot they lob into the “organic” bags to make up the weight.

frozenfrozen

Put a nsfw warning on that goatse onion picture

suicide_circus

suicide_circus wrote: »

For the last month or two any time i buy onions, a large proportion of them are rotten on the inside, see photo attached. This is from various supermarkets, large onions, small onions, organic it doesn't seem to matter.

Any one else having this problem?

It would bring a tear to your eye

Onions are mostly 8 months old at this time. I bet that they are stored cold instead of dry

fryup

the greengrocer obviously doesn't know his onions

Quantum Baloney

Looks like a photo from the etiquette thread tbh

Sir Oxman

suicide_circus wrote: »

For the last month or two any time i buy onions, a large proportion of them are rotten on the inside, see photo attached. This is from various supermarkets, large onions, small onions, organic it doesn't seem to matter.

Any one else having this problem?

Snap!

Ubbquittious

We have become to accustomed to supermarkets as an abstraction layer between us and the natural world that supplies us our food. We take for granted that we can walk in and buy as many perfectly uniform standardised onions as you and your family could eat for a month. Behind the scenes there is a network of people scurrying around like busy mice, shifting onions from one part of the globe to the other and getting them to the shelf without them getting blemished in any way. Sometimes they fcuk up and you get an onion like in the pic

Don't like it? Grow your own (&make sure they don't rot)

Surreptitious

You should know your onions. Try adding more layers to your story. There could a sting from your posts.
Dry your eyes mate.

Sam Quentin

That bit in d middle is ok, just fry the rest until brown and then throw the middle bit in... Shir it'll be grand.


Jeeeeeeez sometimes I make myself feel sick, just to make others laugh

Ubbquittious

Ubbquittious wrote: »

We have become to accustomed to supermarkets as an abstraction layer between us and the natural world that supplies us our food. We take for granted that we can walk in and buy as many perfectly uniform standardised onions as you and your family could eat for a month. Behind the scenes there is a network of people scurrying around like busy mice, shifting onions from one part of the globe to the other and getting them to the shelf without them getting blemished in any way. Sometimes they fcuk up and you get an onion like in the pic

Don't like it? Grow your own (&make sure they don't rot)

I think you’re not really getting what he doesn’t like. He’s likes the standardisation.

An Ri rua

Unyuns or young uns? I dunno WTF is going on with either lately!

Cordell

frozenfrozen wrote: »

Put a nsfw warning on that goatse onion picture

and if anyone of you are young or fortunate enough to not know, don't search.

Ubbquittious

Deleted User wrote: »

I think you’re not really getting what he doesn’t like. He’s likes the standardisation.

Boring. Who doesnt like the occasional bit of adventure when you get up in the morning to make the fry and you get a ferocious stink-egg or something similar. Standardisation just means your food is bland all the time. Occasionally one could get a really tasty onion as well, have to take the good with the bad

Surreptitious

Sam Quentin wrote: »

That bit in d middle is ok, just fry the rest until brown and then throw the middle bit in... Shir it'll be grand.


Jeeeeeeez sometimes I make myself feel sick, just to make others laugh

You didn't actually make anyone laugh though