• cattywampas@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    If you don’t like onions you should try cooking them in butter on low heat for 30-45 minutes until they’re a deep amber and mixing them with sour cream, a bit of mayo, salt and pepper, and a pinch of cayenne pepper. Boom, caramelized onion dip.

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      3 days ago

      This is genuinely good culinary advice. Thank you for sharing. I may try it soon.

      That said, you bastard! You took all the delicious mustard gas tingle out of the onion! Poor ex-delicious onions.

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      Yeah. Raw onions are just about the only food ingredient I absolutely can’t stand to eat. But I love sauteed onions. I work at a fire house and do a lot of the cooking on shift. If anyone bitches about a lack of onions, I tell them I’ll add onions at the same time I add Habaneros. I love crazy hot stuff, but contrary to popular firefighter belief, most of the guys are huge weenies when it comes to spicy.

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        Same actually. But I later discovered the reason why I don’t like raw onions is because I have an allergy that gives me migraines when I eat them. Cooking them is fine and delicious though.

        But yeah, used to be teased incessantly by family for being “Picky.”

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        Why do I keep seeing removed instead of some words? If anyone removed about a pack of onions?

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        You probably know this since you work in a kitchen, but a buddy recently taught me that the trick for taking the edge off raw onion—e.g. to put on a salad or burger—is to soak the slices in cold water for a few minutes. Keeps the sweetness and flavor, but seriously reduces the sulfuric burn!

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          Nope. Had no idea.

          I’m a firefighter. So I only sort of work in a kitchen. Whenever I’m the one making dinner for us all.

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            Lmao I’m sorry, the caffeine was hitting and my reading comprehension failed me — I saw “fire house” and interpreted that as the sub shop.

            Thank you for your very important public service and for keeping your crew fed!

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                In my mind, you’re the one in charge of doing the “cooking” tasks at a fast food place, you’re probably well within your right lmao

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        I used to be that way. I think you’ll eventually find that you like them. Not enough to take a bite out of a raw onion but being cool with them on a burger at least. Sometimes stuff like this just clicks for me as I get older. No idea why lol.

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          Odds aren’t that high at this point. I’m not all wrinkly, but I’m old enough to remember the before times, when the Internet didn’t exist.

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          No, that’s not how that works. Your own personal experience is fine and valid, but try not to make the assumption it’s true for anyone else.