Onions?

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Oooh, oooh! Me, me! I like onions!

I hated them as a child, but now I love them. We put them in pretty much every dinner we have (that, and garlic ...).
 

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When I was a kid I hated onions. Now - I love them. Raw, cooked - doesn't much matter.

I love fried onions on a hamburger too.
 

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I like white onions if they are cooked in or on something or sauteed until golden brown and served as a side dish. I also like them in onion rings. But I don't like them raw.

I like red onions raw, but not in large quantities. I usually put red onions in my salad or on my burgers.
 

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Originally Posted by Rosiemac

A cheese and onion sandwich, lovely!!
You and my Dad...that was his pet, too.


I love onions -- pretty much any variety, pretty much however you want to serve them.

I do have to remember to hide them well if I'm doing anything for a gathering of Rob's family, as one BIL won't eat onions if he knows about them. Rob's sister is good at hiding them, though, so K undoubtedly eats more than he knows about.
 

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I feel compelled to stand up for the honorable raw onion!
I can't handle them cooked, though, except in spaghetti sauce.

My mom used to travel to Ohio once a year to visit her family, and she would always arrange the trip so she'd have time, while making connections at the Atlanta airport, to head out by taxi and fill her extra suitcase with freshly-harvested Vidalias to bring home!
 

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I love onions. They have to be cooked or if raw chopped really really small...if on a sandwich really thin. I don't want to take a big bite of a raw onion.
 

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I am not an onion person. I can't cut them up or even be in the kitchen while they are being chopped without them making tears run down my face so bad I can't even see!! haha! My husband loves them.
 

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Love 'em! I'll cook them into almost every dish (it's a good compromise for us in our relationship because DH loves garlic and i don't. This way we can both stink to high heaven!)
 

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I used to hate onions when I was a kid too and most other veggies. Now I'll eat practically anything, especially if it makes DH cringe
including munching on a big piece of raw onion.

I cook them into any meal I can and mostly just eat them raw on burgers. The smell sticks to my hands for days when I cut them too.
 

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Oh, I have to have onions! I go into withdraw if I don't eat something with onions at least 3 times a week.

My great grandfather used to eat at onion like it was an apple. Peel it and take a big bite! He would eat the whole thing! Now, I'm not that crazy about them.

My old boyfriend would not eat onions, but he loved the taste of onion powder on steak. For some people I think its the texture or the idea of onions...kind of like mushrooms (love them too!)
 

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Originally Posted by catloverin_ks

Me me me!! I looove onions!! In fact my hands smell like an onion from cutting one up last night,lol. I also love tomatoes and peppers and DH thinks they are nasty!! Oh and mushrooms as well.
He calls all that stuff *fungus*
You forgot to mention garlic.

I rarely cook a meal that doesn't contain onion in one way, shape or form. I love the sweet onions the best.
 

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I like onions grilled, like with potatoes. This is really good: take a whole onion, slice it bloomin' onion style, place onion and lots of barbeque sauce inside tin foil and cook it on the grill.

I do not like them raw and many people have digestive problems with raw. But I have discovered that raw onions are very beneficial for bronchitis and asthma, so I've started eating them raw. The supplement quercetin which is highly recommended for allergy treatment comes from the skin of red onions.
 

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I love 'em! Cooked, raw, it doesn't matter. And they are good for you (but not for cats!).

My husband HATES raw onions. I can't imagine a cheeseburger without them, though.

MargeCat
 

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I like them IF they're cooked. I don't like raw at all. Funny, bf has been pestering me to make some from scratch French Onion soup....maybe today will be the day.
 
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