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To think life is too short to slice onions

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Oneunslicedonion · 22/01/2022 17:02

Spaghetti for dinner. DH bought whole onions. Sob.

AIBU to think ready made sliced onions are a marvellous invention? And never buy whole onions again?

OP posts:
NerrSnerr · 24/01/2022 22:15

@JudgeJ

Cooking from scratch yet too lazy to chop an onion!
That's me! That's one of the great things about being a grown up, you get to pick and choose what you can be bothered to do.
ILoveAllRainbowsx · 24/01/2022 22:22

I use this to chop onions:

Russell Hobbs 24662_BK Chopper/Grinder in Black

SantaClawsServiette · 24/01/2022 22:24

In my experience the ready sliced onions lack a lot in the flavour department.

But I sympathize. I used to have a job that involved slicing pounds of spanish onions in a french fry maker every morning. It was awful.

Arnia · 24/01/2022 23:00

I now just not buy frozen onions. Haven't sliced an onion since 2015. The stink on my hands was the worst part.

hulahooper2 · 24/01/2022 23:05

I always have frozen ones in store , occasionally chop a ‘real’ but really not worth the stinging watery eyes

Twillow · 24/01/2022 23:12

It's so quick to do! Plus the ready sliced/chopped ones stink like gas...

Fromthebirdsnest · 24/01/2022 23:14

get a Food processor with the money you will save buying whole onions ! It does it for you , I chopped the vegetables for our soup in less then 3 minutes tonight x

PriamFarrl · 24/01/2022 23:15

Today out of interested I timed myself chopping an onion. From unpeeled to a chunky chop was 35 seconds. I didn’t rush or do it any differently to normal. It might have taken slightly longer had I chopped it finer.
But I have no disability or other additional needs.
Also, I don’t care about other people’s onion buying habits. It certainly doesn’t take 2 minutes though.

Arnia · 24/01/2022 23:15

Lots of things are quick to do but combined it all adds up so that's a pointless arguement. You're still saving time by not doing the thing when there's a perfectly acceptable, more convenient alternative.

LemonadeSunshine · 24/01/2022 23:47

Price comparable actually, frozen onions and peppers, make a midweek fajita enjoyable rather than a slog of chopping.
Plastic bag gets recycled, similar size and material to plastic bag the fresh onions are packaged in.
No guilt over making life easier here.

Lalliella · 24/01/2022 23:54

I can’t bear to touch them, I have an intolerance of raw onions. I always buy the ready chopped version. YANBU

MaybeHeIsMyCat · 24/01/2022 23:57

I have a mini chopper, absolute game changer and was cheap too!
You can whizz anything in it from chopping onions to making pesto and it takes seconds. Easy to clean too

Gooseysgirl · 25/01/2022 00:10

Frozen chopped onions all the way

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