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Garlic & Onions love or hate

(35 Posts)
62Granny Fri 29-Aug-25 17:18:56

Do you have a problem with them? Some people seem to treat them a the devil's food, I honestly can't cook savoury dishes, unless I am using either or both and my family love to have the aroma around the house. I don't think food has any flavour unless they are used, that might be my
Mediterranean routes. What about you?

BlueBelle Fri 29-Aug-25 17:21:33

Love onions hate garlic

Chocolatelovinggran Fri 29-Aug-25 17:31:44

I love both- almost as much as chocolate.

crazyH Fri 29-Aug-25 17:44:19

Love both - use both a lot - Indian heritage. As a matter of fact , for my dinner, I am having Yogurt Rice, fried salmon (marinated with chilli powder, turmeric, garlic and lemon juice), green beans fried with onions, chilli flakes and curry leaves.

windmill1 Fri 29-Aug-25 17:49:25

Spring onions only.

jusnoneed Fri 29-Aug-25 18:09:01

Love both in lots of things, I use onions cooked and raw.

Norah Fri 29-Aug-25 18:22:33

Love both.

Redhead56 Fri 29-Aug-25 18:26:30

Garlic onions and chilli food would be boring without all these ingredient’s.

TerriBull Fri 29-Aug-25 18:27:57

I use and like them both

Charleygirl5 Fri 29-Aug-25 18:46:58

I agree, I love them both. I was born in the wrong country, I could happily have curry for breakfast.

merlotgran Fri 29-Aug-25 18:48:20

Love both, especially garlic.

grandMattie Fri 29-Aug-25 18:54:12

I absolutely love all Alliums, except perhaps chives. Can’t live without them!

Rosie51 Fri 29-Aug-25 19:02:27

Love them all! Chives included grandMattie grin
So many things I cook start by sweating a sliced or chopped onion, and roasted garlic is especially nice.

Ziggy62 Fri 29-Aug-25 19:07:28

Yummy to both. Grow my own spring onions, taste much stronger than shop bought

JamesandJon33 Fri 29-Aug-25 19:14:20

Love both, but DH intolerant so have to go easy.

Casdon Fri 29-Aug-25 19:17:38

I love them, but I have gastritis, and onions in particular do not love me. I have to cut them large when I’m cooking, and fish them out of my portion.

ginny Fri 29-Aug-25 19:38:03

Use and like both.

karmalady Fri 29-Aug-25 19:45:38

onions sliced and marinated in cider apple vinegar, very beneficial. and easy on the stomach. I last used garlic cloves in with red cabbage, carrot and ginger when I made sauerkraut.

Unfortunately onions and garlic are triggers for heartburn, quite a lot of people are affected

AskAlice Fri 29-Aug-25 19:53:13

"karmalady" my Mum always sliced onions very thinly and marinated them in vinegar for use in salads (our traditional Sunday tea with brown bread and butter.) Cider apple vinegar was unknown to us then - 50s and 60s - so it was plain old brown malt vinegar. An acquired taste!

I love both onions and garlic and they are the base of many of the dishes I cook. Luckily neither I or my DH have a reaction to them.

teabagwoman Fri 29-Aug-25 20:12:30

I love both but my digestion doesn’t so I have to limit the amount I eat.

Cossy Fri 29-Aug-25 20:19:07

Love both, both raw and cooked!

Greyduster Fri 29-Aug-25 20:41:56

The Romans couldn’t do without either and neither can I😊!

valdavi Fri 29-Aug-25 22:08:44

I can't eat raw onion, but I use lots of onion & garlic when cooking, in recipes & also fried or caramalised onion as a side.& I adore pickled onions too.

rubysong Fri 29-Aug-25 22:29:14

I don't like garlic and use it rarely. I always use onions in cooked dishes but not raw. If we eat out and there is raw onion in a salad I pick it out and give it to DH. If I eat it I can still taste it for hours after.

Ziplok Thu 04-Sept-25 16:53:12

I like both and use them a lot in my cooking.
It’s strange about raw onion, I like it, but it doesn’t like me so I avoid (same with pickled onions) - like rubysong, the taste lingers for hours.