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Cooking smells good (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

They got them good good aromatics! The aromatics in onions and garlic are actually sulphur based, this is what makes them potent when cooked and why onions make our eyes water!!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

I thought it was because I love onions so much I cry! I'm tearing up right now...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

For me its frying

Onions, celery and carrots

basically a great start to lots of dishes

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is called a mirepoix and the base of a lot of French cuisine. I agree that this combo is amazing

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

I knew there was a phrase or word for it but I heard a long time ago ... I learned it from my mom who was taught by French Canadian cooks, I also saw it in lots of French Canadian recipes and it was all reinforced when I noticed the same thing with recipes I learned from Italian cooking (from Italian Canadian friends who were descended from northern Italy)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Chefs even call that combo the holy trinity

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Creole style "Holy Trinity" is onions, bell pepper, and celery. My first big recipe book was by Chef Prudhomme, cooked a lot of things in that book. Almost all of them started out with sauteing those veggies and than making a roux, Cajun napalm.

As a guy who was limited on cookware. Everything ends up in a big ass pot was very appealing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I've only ever heard that term used in Cajun cooking, where it refers to onion, celery, and bell pepper.

The version with carrot is mirepoix.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Ah thanks for correction

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

But I hardly know her!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

Add ginger and tomatoes and you've got the base for most Indian food.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 3 days ago

Garlic and onions 🤢🤮

[+] [email protected] -8 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Butter is great, and garlic is good but doesn't smell that much. Screw onions though.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

Garlic smells great. And you must be a fucking alien if you dont like onions.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I always say this to my friends when they say they don't like onions .... I agree with them, onions are terrible if tried to eat them raw. However, if you cut them thinly and fried them with butter (but basically any oil) on low heat for about 10-15 minutes or longer .. you could eat it like a bread topping.

Fry them faster on higher heat to caramelize them and they taste like candy ... fry them with mushrooms and they go fantastic with any meat dish or barbecue.

Nothing in the world of cooking better than frying onions

But saying all that about onions ... they are good eaten raw in the right way ... the Spanish love making cheese and onion sandwiches. I thought it was a terrible idea but it is absolutely amazing. Now I make my grilled cheese sandwiches with very thin sliced onions. But even just a plain cheese sandwich with thin slices of onion is great.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Big fan of thin sliced raw onion on hot sandwiches or grilled cheese. A single tomato slice is also super good with raw onion on sandwiches.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Learned that one from trips to southern Spain. Thin sliced Spanish onions with strong Manchego cheese on a bun ... the locals live on it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

wow dude that must be hard, everything has onions in it!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

It honestly bugs the fuck out of me how much I hate onions. I'm genuinely mad at all the delicious things I could try or make with them and I have to exclude them. I've tried caramelized, sauteed, fried, deep fried, raw, yellow, red, white, chopped, finely diced, blended, and all sorts of ways. Don't get me wrong, I eat the dish they are in, but somehow I can taste them and it honestly bugs me.

It's crazy to hear people hate this much on mushrooms and I think they are more of an aromatic and flavorful staple than onions.Umami flavor forever!

[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Nah, it's far more things than just those. I'm guessing the person who made this doesn't have anyone who's good at cooking around them. I used to have a friend who was like that, he and his gf only cooked 3 or 4 dishes and they were all bland as fuck. The only spices etc. they had were salt, pepper, thyme and a huge 1-litre box of cheap taco seasoning. Whenever I cooked for them, they were blown away, and I tried giving them some other species, but they never used them.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Im not doubting your story, but yes just those three things smell fantastic when cooking.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Onions sautéing in butter is the absolutely most fantastic smell ever.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Making me hungry

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

I tried giving them some other species

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