Why all the raw onion on everything!

[Lucywilloe]

I am wondering if I am being completely unreasonable about my utter hatred of raw onion being served on nearly everything when we eat out. I ordered what was described as a ham sandwich at a cafe today. It came served with grated carrot and onion as well as lettuce. My husband had a cheese and tuna toastie earlier in the week - it came with big slices of red onion. Every filling my local coffee shop offers seems to come with some combination of spring onion, red onion or onion marmalade. Its not so bad when they explain there will be onions on the menu but these sneaky onion ninjas that garnish a perfectly lovely salad or hide the offensive alliums in an otherwise delicious bread and filling combo are giving me the rage. So AIBU to think onions are like marmite and their stinky, repeating presence should be highlighted to unwary consumers....

Krishna, of course, is anti allium. Even in bhaji form.

Was this a Greek or Turkish place? Red onions everywhere there. Loved it when I went.

Yes I put onion in everything. It adds flavour and crunch 😋. Use it both at the beginning and end of cooking. It tastes great in tuna melt

Oh, I'm glad you asked this. I was also confused.

I don't mind a bit of raw red onion (people who eat raw white onions are monsters), but they do seem to sneak in everywhere at the moment.

Mr Monkey has a similar lament whenever we are in France, due to their habit of sneaking hard boiled eggs in to the most unlikely of sandwiches.

The worst is when they list all the ingredients except the raw onion. I recently experienced chunks of raw onion in Caesar salad.
I can taste it in my throat for at least 24 hours afterwards.

Nightowl1234 · Yesterday 19:33

Because onion, raw or otherwise, makes everything taste better.

Yes, I've never had a strawberry trifle, which wasn't improved by raw onions!

I like them, but sympathise with people who don't. I was in Romania and in most places, they put a little bowl of raw garlic cloves on the table.

Unexpected allium in the salad area nightmare. I once had to send back a Caesar salad garnished with green peppers. Bastards had not listed that abomination on the menu description.

This evening, I got a kebab. The man in front of me asked for raw onion as part of his salad (I had tomato, cucumber and lettuce.) He was given a good amount of onion - and then asked for more. I did wonder if he'd be able to taste his kebab...