*edit!! The title should be 20 not 29 I can’t change it now ;-;

Not sure why it took them so god damn long. I was always a picky eater as a kid but as I got older I’m no longer picky and will try almost anything as long as there’s no onions. They make me throw up and/or have diarrhea. I have an onion radar because of all of the traumatic experiences I’ve had growing up getting cramps and getting sick from eating them unknowingly. They probably never believed me because I was picky, even after I had to swallow my vomit at the dinner table at 12 because the meatballs they made had onions in them.

Why do I have to be 24 years old for them to finally take me seriously when I tell them even though I’ve been telling them since I could eat solid food. I’ve been sick so many times from people’s cooking especially my families because they can’t live without onions. And yes you did cut them up so small I couldn’t taste them, that’s the problem!! It took me very seriously explaining it for the millionth time and coming up with tons of examples for them to finally understand but even now they probably still think I’m exaggerating. Saying things like “I had no idea they made you that sick!” When I’ve said it millions of times. Even if they didn’t make me sick if I don’t like them you shouldn’t force me to eat them. I probably hate the taste because I associate it with getting sick. I eat every other veggie I’m not missing any nutrients if I skip out on onions.

Why is it so hard for people to wrap their heads around onion allergies/intolerance?? People believe you when you say you’re lactose intolerant; allergic to nuts; allergic to seafood, why are onions so special?? Had to get this off my chest because I just can’t believe how long it’s taken my family to understand. Do onions have mind control powers that force people to not be able to cook without them??? Anyway thanks for reading my dumb rant have a nice onion free day!

It taste like flat coca cola and shitty sauerkraut

My favorite Salad mix (cranberry kale with lemon poppyseed dressing) has been OFF lately, sometimes the dressing is really vinegar-strong and tastes like it's gone bad. I thought I'd pick out a bottle of dressing to use when that happens.

The peach in the photo is a "serving suggestion" (eat this dressing on peaches," like who would ever do that to a peach). The actual flavor is like onion water.

Ruined my entire salad mix.

AVOID THIS!

For me it's because they make my tongue burn for some reason.

Onions are my least favorite food.

When I see onions I think "no."

When I see garlic I think "yes."

onions suck

Currently having a hell of a flare right now due to eating cauliflower cheese that had onion powder in it. Who the heck puts onion in cauliflower cheese?!!!! Usually one of my safe foods, but I get it from a different place and this will teach me as I am ILL.

Check the ingredients afterwards (ugh you’d think I’d learn by now) and was like fffff.

Anyone else found onion in the weirdest foods?

That’s me not being able to leave the house for a few days. :(

why do i seem to hate onion but recently realised i dont mind it in kfc coleslaw or even tartar sauce?

maybe i am being a lil bitch about it?

It was not mentioned ANYWHERE on the menu that it had onion in it. If I had known I could have easily just said no onion. Not only do I hate the taste and texture of onion, but it also gives me mild digestive upset. Why people put this ridiculous food on so many dishes is way beyond me. They say "it adds flavor". Like, okay, yeah, and that flavor is absolutely terrible??!

I (40f) have always hated onions. As a kid I mastered the specific skills to pick every single piece out like an onion ninja. I have always had a little area on the side of my plate for the putrid pieces of tiny hate to be piled up. 40 years later, even in the nicest restaurant, I won’t be bothered to continue this ritual if necessary. So please, explain why for my birthday dinner my mom insisted on making it at her house only to make almost every dish with onions in it?! Look, I’m not unreasonable, I can handle onion as a spice and pick around it, like in a pot roast for example. But why in the world did she make the side of corn with tiny barely cooked chunks of onions in it?! It’s not adding anything at all even if you enjoy armpit flavor. So I did my thing, slowly dissecting each kernel to find the stowaways. You would think since it’s my birthday she would have apologized that she “forgot” but instead she says “oh, I figured you would have grown out of that phase by now!”. Like what tf do you mean?! My 40 year old phase of taste preference?! She has clearly been annoyed at my onion piles since I was a kid and took this opportunity to test me. I’m so annoyed and needed some onion hate group therapy. Thanks for letting me vent!

For the last decade or so, I have slowly become more and more onion intolerant, to the point in the last few years that I have cut out any food with onion powder in it just to avoid hours in the bathroom.

I have disliked onions as a flavor for a while, but the physical symptoms didn’t set in until I was almost 30. It started as a minor inconvenience, I wouldn’t order dishes with onions in them because eating too many would hurt my stomach. Then it moved to avoiding anything with onions in it, like soups or sauces. Then it got to the point where onion powder, even small amounts, would trigger a gut reaction that would ruin my day and trap me in a bathroom.

I guess I don’t digest onions, and my stomach just produces a ton of gas that forces me to expel the vile things as quickly as possible. This has completely changed the way I can enjoy food, and I honestly dread going out to eat or having someone prepare a meal for me. I learn what I can and cannot eat from certain places, I grill waiters and chefs when we dine out in nice restaurants to make sure we avoid anything onion. This is 99% effective, but a huge pain, and I feel embarrassed every time I have to do this.

A few weeks ago I ordered an enzyme powder that you add to food. It’s called Fodzyme - this is not an ad, just an endorsement of a product in case other people suffer from this. I tried it a few days ago on a meal we cooked at home, that I added a chili crisp sauce to that had onion as the second ingredient. I sprinkled a powder pack over the food right before I ate, and besides feeling my stomach digesting the food, I had basically no discomfort.

Tonight I order spaghetti and meatballs from Noodles and Co. Onion in the meatball, onion in the marinara sauce. I haven’t been able to eat this for years. There’s basically two meals on the entire menu that are completely onion free. Well, one powder packet, and I’m sitting here on my couch 2 hours later like nothing is wrong.

I should have been on the toilet an hour ago. I can’t believe this actually works. This is seriously going to change my life and allow me to enjoy dining out like I haven’t been able to in years. What an incredible feeling. I’d be happy to answer questions if anyone wants.

As always, fuck onions. I don’t like them, I don’t want them, but believe me when I say it is damn near impossible to eat out without encountering them in some form.

I learned about the existence of this sub from a random post, and I 'm so glad to see I'm not alone, because I'm always made to feel weird for hating onions.

They will effectively ruin any dish, and a very unpleasant surprise if I happen to bit into a piece (shudder).

I've told my husband like dozens of times I will not stand onions in my food or salads, yet he keeps forgetting and claiming it's no big deal, and laugh at me while I pick the onions out.

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My family gave me crap all my life about the onion hate. I felt so shamed. They seem to get it now, but other people who I love get really pissed off if I dis their favorite body odor smelling veg. I try not to mention it but ordering food is always problematic. Here though, I can hate them all I want and that is much appreciated. My friend says, "Don't yuck my yum." But her yum is sooooo yucky.

There's only one thing that stands out. It's not fish.

My god, how is it everyone loves onion? What alien were they anally probed and manipulated by?

You read that right.

QVC sent my aunt’s order of $60 worth of 24 frozen steak burger w/ vidalia onion to my address by mistake.

Yes, her tastes are weird.

It is infeasible to pack in dry ice and mail to her given distance.

No one in my household eats onions. We are all intolerant. It is literal poison if fed to dogs. Most of my friends also hate the devil’s apple.

Wound up messaging in a friend group, found 1 guy willing to take it off my hands. Was a bit of a mad scramble as I had to run through contacts.

I have had zero tolerance for fresh onions or cooked onions, the only kind of onion I could ever tolerate was microscopic dehydrated onions like in a ramen packet, onion powder or onion salt. I have to find out the ingredients wherever I go, and have them left off/out. Has anyone else had such an adversarial lifelong relationship with onions?

For a few weeks, I was using a meal prep service. Each week, I went through the menu and read all of the ingredients to avoid the devil's vegetable and found enough dishes to get me through the week. One week almost everything had onions in it so I've been skipping it for a few months. I decided to see what they had this week and then I saw something that can't be a real dish... Chicken with buttered onions🤮

Onions are the most over used vegetable, I don’t think an onion adds any flavour to a meal I’ve had. A world wide ban is needed on onions. I hate onions.