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Posted on 5/14/12 at 4:51 pm
Posted by Fight4LSU
Kenner
Member since Jul 2005
9810 posts
Posted on 5/14/12 at 4:51 pm
How do you handle these people? 99% of everything I cook has onions.

My fiancé and I invite different friends and family over fairly often. In large part because we are a young couple that actually cooks, unlike most young couples we know who wouldn't attempt to boil water, so they eat fast food and microwave pizzas all the time.
Anyways, we invite them over for some good home cooking, something I've just spent hours on, and then the question comes, "does it have onions?".

Why is there always one in every bunch? Now I have to politely keep my mouth shut while watching them slowly picking out every small visible piece of onion, or spend more time trying to fix up another batch without onions.

Do you guys ever have this problem or am I just making too big of a deal out of this?
Posted by c on z
Zamunda
Member since Mar 2009
128467 posts
Posted on 5/14/12 at 4:52 pm to
I hate onions myself.
Posted by iAmBatman
The Batcave
Member since Mar 2011
12382 posts
Posted on 5/14/12 at 4:52 pm to
just lie...I'd be surprised if they even noticed the onions
Posted by coloradoBengal
Member since Sep 2007
32608 posts
Posted on 5/14/12 at 4:54 pm to
quote:

we invite them over for some good home cooking,


Stop inviting onion haters. /thread
Posted by Lester Earl
3rd Ward
Member since Nov 2003
281799 posts
Posted on 5/14/12 at 4:57 pm to
never trust someone that doesn't like onions. Cant stand picky eaters.
Posted by DEANintheYAY
LEFT COAST
Member since Jan 2008
31975 posts
Posted on 5/14/12 at 5:08 pm to
Just lie. Most of the time they will never notice, especially in Cajun cooking.
Posted by eleventy
inner city
Member since Jun 2011
2056 posts
Posted on 5/14/12 at 5:13 pm to
I have a family member who cannot abide ANY onions(or spices or seafood). It is a tremendous pain in the arse.

I have started having some bland second dish for him which is in line with what I am serving. Like boil some noodles and open a jar of alfredo sauce. Almost purposely icky, yet he is happy as a clam. Once got him a box of Cane's to snack on while we were enjoying crawfish etoufee and Sensation Salad.
This post was edited on 5/14/12 at 5:14 pm
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
27617 posts
Posted on 5/14/12 at 5:15 pm to
Are they cooked or raw? I'm not a fan of raw onions, but love the taste of cooked onions.
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
38304 posts
Posted on 5/14/12 at 5:19 pm to
Ask em if they like wearing onions. Then dump the concoction atop their head and ban them from your residence.
This post was edited on 5/14/12 at 5:21 pm
Posted by bdevill
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Mar 2008
11906 posts
Posted on 5/14/12 at 5:25 pm to
quote:

How do you handle these people


Leave out the onions. Duh.
Posted by Eddie Vedder
The South Plains
Member since Jan 2006
4438 posts
Posted on 5/14/12 at 5:27 pm to
i'll accommodate things like food allergies...something that is out of their control. and i'm not going to purposely cook things that i know my guests don't like. but what i won't tolerate is people acting like a child because they don't like some specific ingredient in a dish.

i have a friend that refuses to eat onions, peppers, or mushrooms. trying cooking anything for that dude...

there are certain ingredients that i don't care for but i'd never refuse to eat a dish or pick out the ingredient...that is pretty rude, especially if you are a guest in someone else's house. act like an adult, and just eat it...it isn't going to kill you.
Posted by NATidefan
Two hours North of Birmingham
Member since Dec 2008
36498 posts
Posted on 5/14/12 at 5:39 pm to
quote:

Leave out the onions. Duh.


NEVER, frick them. Then can bring McDonald's if they don't like it.
Posted by NATidefan
Two hours North of Birmingham
Member since Dec 2008
36498 posts
Posted on 5/14/12 at 5:40 pm to
quote:

there are certain ingredients that i don't care for but i'd never refuse to eat a dish or pick out the ingredient...that is pretty rude, especially if you are a guest in someone else's house. act like an adult, and just eat it...it isn't going to kill you.


Exactly!
Posted by marie antoinette
Member since Nov 2007
6012 posts
Posted on 5/14/12 at 5:40 pm to
quote:

never trust someone that doesn't like onions.


Posted by LSUAfro
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2005
12775 posts
Posted on 5/14/12 at 5:57 pm to
I agree.
And I'd probably lie if they asked because cooked down onions are usually unnoticed to the eye in heave sauces and many dishes.
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
102239 posts
Posted on 5/14/12 at 6:00 pm to
I'm not a huge fan of onions and rarely cook with them personally, but come on, if you're a guest somewhere just eat them.
Posted by bigberg2000
houston, from chalmette
Member since Sep 2005
70259 posts
Posted on 5/14/12 at 6:14 pm to
Yeah boo I am with you. I don't put them on burgers or sandwiches but if they are cooked into something I will eat it.
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
48325 posts
Posted on 5/14/12 at 6:23 pm to
When I invite a guest over who I know doesn't like something, I don't prepare what that person doesn't like. It's not like the person is eating with me everyday. The person is my guest.

If the person can tolerate onion powder, use that.

I have some friends who are very eclectic eaters and cook all the time, very well. The wife doesn't eat bell pepper or mushrooms. They do just fine. They simply leave them out of dishes they cook.
Posted by glassman
Next to the beer taps at Finn's
Member since Oct 2008
116849 posts
Posted on 5/14/12 at 6:36 pm to
Gris I see where you are coming from. But, do these people ever eat soup? How many aren't started with a mirepoix or a trinity? The answer is none.
Posted by Patrick O Rly
y u do dis?
Member since Aug 2011
41187 posts
Posted on 5/14/12 at 6:39 pm to
I'll pretty much eat anything that isn't fish, even if I'm not crazy about it, especially if someone took the time to cook for me.
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