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>>>>>> I love onions. I put them in nearly everything. My favorite are the
>>>>>> white onions but currently I have yellow ones because they were
>>>>>> cheap.
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>>>>>> What do you like to do with onions?
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>>>>> Red onions in salads for me. White or brown in cooked stuff. I use
>>>>> onions pretty much every day. Lunch & dinner salads plus in every
>>>>> savoury dish I make. Sometimes have them fried with steak especially
>>>>> if bbq'ing. I also make onion gravy (brown gravy with lightly fried
>>>>> onions). Nice with sausages. I roast them whole with roast meats.
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>>>> Thanks! I try to put red onions in salads but they are often
>>>> overwhelming. The best salads I ever had were in Half Moon Bay CA and
>>>> thereabouts. Two restaurants there used very thinly sliced onions. I
>>>> don't know if they soaked them in cold water or what but they came out
>>>> tasting sweet and not hot.
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>>> My mother always soaked sliced onion in vinegar for an hour or so before
>>> using them in salads, takes the heat out. I find if I refrigerate onions
>>> it takes heat out too.
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>> I always soak my red onions in ice water for ten minutes before I put
>> them in a salad. We like all onions. I like red or the Vidalia on burgers
>> and hotdogs.
>> I put the green ones in my potato and pasta salads. I fry them with
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> My long lost twin! Do you like your onions raw or cooked on burgers and
> hot dogs? I like fried onions but also rather partial to raw red onions on
> a burger. On the rare occasion I have a Maccas burger I always ask for raw
> red onions and tomato
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I like them both ways but prefer raw. When I make chili beans, I cook onions
with the ground beef. Then when serving I also offer raw finely chopped
onions to put in the chili, Two totally different flavors