Dinner time issues

[KFN1987]

My step son is 10 years old. I have been living with him for two years now. We have an issue with dinner times. He eats certain foods that contain onions, for example sage and onion stuffing. When I make a dinner than contains onions, he sits there sifting through it and basically refuses to eat most of it. This will be various dinners, spaghetti, cottage pie, chilli, curry, ect. I have tried cutting the onions up really small but the outcome is the same. On some occasions he has just eaten his dinner which contained onions, but most of the time acts up about it. Sometimes when people are looking at him he will start gagging (seems pretend). There are other small children at the table and his eating sets a really bad example to them. No amount of reasoning seems to improve this situation. He received consequences but again this doesn’t make any difference. AIBU to increase consequences?

Yet he eats onion rings?! Just deep fry onions in batter first!

Alright OP - why bother posting then?! 🤣

I hate onions. I hate the flavour, and the texture whether fried or boiled so cooking them soft doesn't help. My mother spent approximately 45 years 'just putting one in, for flavour '. I don't like the flavour! I will however, eat onion bhaji, and I actively like leeks which aren't that different. No, I don't understand it either. So don't assume he doesn't mean it because he'll eat them in one form but not others. I really hate onions.

OP why are you so determined to make your stepson eat something he doesn't like? Would you have an adult round for food and deliberately cook something you know they don't like?

He doesn’t like onion.

Ignore it. Let him dick around with his food and ignore it.

I have a ninja mini chopper and it chops onions etc really tiny
maybe give this a try? It’s about £30 and really good

Blend the onions, still adds the same flavour. So if making a spag bol and doing a sofrito base, blend your celery carrots and onions and fry that off

You are determined your way is right. You aren't taking on board any of the suggestions because you are confident you are right to continue to serve the poor child onions regardless of wether he likes them or not.
Why even bother posting if you aren't looking for advice, just justification for what you are going to do anyway?

I am taking on the advice. Like many people have said it’s really not worth the argument and isn’t getting anyone anywhere. So I will make a change.

If it's the flavor of onion you so desperately want, grate your onion and add the onion juice. You'll get the fresh flavor without the onion pulp/pieces.

Does he live with you permanently?

I would just not put onions in anything for a while or leave them big so he can fish them out.

He'll grow out of it eventually.

Yes he does live with us permanently.