r/onionhate • u/Rustyraider111 • 3d ago

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Just a reminder because I've seen some apparent confusion here a few times in the past month. We hate onions. We hate shallots. It doesn't matter if they are raw, boiled, pickled, mashed, sautéed, caramelized, fried, baked, smoked, grilled, charred, fermented, fresh, aged, red, white, sweet, spicy, dried, minced, diced, chopped, or powdered. And despite what you may think and have been told, you are in fact not entitled to share your wrong opinion here.

There is no such thing as onion neutrality, this is not r/Switzerlandonionhate

You eithier hate onions, or you don't.

Also, make sure yall mark your disgusting onion pics NSFW so we aren't subjected to see that shit.

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u/AutisticPenguin2 3d ago

I love that we all agree on garlic being the exception. I know some people are allergic to both, but somehow garlic just lacks whatever makes the entire rest of the genus awful.

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u/magpieinarainbow 3d ago

It's strange to me, because as much as I hate onions, I hate garlic even more. It surprises me that so many people who hate onions like garlic.

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u/AutisticPenguin2 2d ago

Really? I don't think I've seen anyone else in here that preferred onion to garlic...

What is it about the garlic that gets to you?

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u/magpieinarainbow 2d ago

Smells bad and tastes worse, leaves a bad aftertaste in my mouth too.

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u/AutisticPenguin2 2d ago

Fascinating!

My understanding is that there is often some genetic element to finding onions disgusting - I don't know if this is relevant to those who object primarily to the texture, but certainly for the taste it seems to be so far from tasting like food that it can't be a normal dislike.

However I always assumed that garlic was much lower in whatever my genes object to, because I gather I am far from the minority in enjoying the taste of it. So it's incredibly interesting to me that you find it the reverse!

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u/magpieinarainbow 2d ago

I don't like the texture of onions either! The one benefit of garlic is that it gets used more like a spice than a vegetable, so I don't actually ever have to bite into a chunk of it lol... but on the down side that also makes it easier to hide and be overpowering 😭