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>only need half or a quarter of an onion
>don't know what to do with the rest
>end up throwing it away
What do you do with a used onion?

>> No.16778743
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16778743

>>16778737
find another use for it

>> No.16778744

>>16778737
Stop being a little girl and use all of it

>> No.16778745

>>16778744
If I'm making egg or chicken salad I don't want a whole onion

>> No.16778747

>>16778737
Onoin sandwich.

>> No.16778753

>>16778737
do you own a refrigerator

>> No.16778781

>>16778737
Save it for the next time you need half an onion. Save the ends and scrap bits for stock. Buy smaller onions. These are all viable techniques, but you knew that before you made the thread, didn't you?

>> No.16778783

Ziplock bag
Cling film
Hell you can leave it unwrapped if you use it in 24 hours

>> No.16778789

Saute it with some butter and mushrooms and just eat it? It's a fucking onion not fresh thyme

>> No.16778820

>>16778753
Then my fridge is going ot smell like onion.

>> No.16778824

>>16778737
Cook it and eat it

>> No.16778840

The pandemic is over so great timing. Put raw onions on everything. Then think your a great homecook

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>>16778820
just get a box of this fag

>> No.16778856

>>16778820
wrap with saran wrap. i save half an onion that way all the time. then cook it the next day or shortly thereafter

>> No.16778859

put it in some tupperware and then the fridge. Put it in something else. Dehydrate it and make your own onion powder. stop using recipes that use less than a whole onion. Chili dogs for example can put as much onion as you can fit on them.

>> No.16778966

>>16778737
Are you fucking serious?

>> No.16778972

>>16778820
holy shit, have you ever heard of ziploc? i swear to fucking god, half the population of this board acts like they just found out what food was yesterday.

>> No.16778981

>>16778972
Plastic gives you cancer though.

>> No.16778984

>>16778737
>Slice
>ziplock bag
>freezer

Freezing the onion breaks down the structure which means they caramelize easier as well. I shouldn't share this with retards but maybe it will bring you out of onion retardadom.

>> No.16779375

>>16778737
Only correct answer follows. Fuck these big plastic shills.
>slice thin
>50/50 vinegar/water boiling.
>add to mason jar
>seal
Enjoy pickled onions

>> No.16779627

>>16778820
I never had a problem with that and I just put it cut face down on a side plate. Onions don't make much smell unless you're actively crushing them.

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16779749

>>16778737
If I know I won't use it in anything else. I put a dash of seasoned salt on it and eat it. I'd rather not waste any food

>> No.16779762

>>16778972
this board is 90% baitposts because everyone treats this fucking shithole like a /b/ YLYL thread.
all these faggot zoomers and newfags are too addicted to dopamine hits from receiving (You)s.

>> No.16780024

>>16778737
hock it onto your neighbors roof, that's always fun.

>> No.16780409

>>16778820
what's wrong with that?

>> No.16780420

>>16778820
just get plastic sandwich bags. don't even need ziplock, just wrap it properly.

>> No.16780434

>>16778781
Yeah use a shallot next time, OP. God damn this board is dumb today.

>> No.16780438

>>16779749
An onion is like 40 cents, dude. Throw it outside for the rodents to eat if you're that worried about it going to waste.

>> No.16780452

>>16778820
you don't need to refrigerate onions my nigger

>> No.16780460

>>16780434
>God damn this board is dumb today
>today
Fuck off, reddit tourist.

>> No.16780486

>>16778737
If I don't have an immediate use, I chop up the rest and freeze it in a vacuum sealer bag.

>> No.16780582

>>16780460
I have been on reddit since like 2014. Slice your belly open faggot.

>> No.16780604

>>16778743
/thread

>> No.16780605

>>16780582
haven't*************************
fuck.

>> No.16780644

How long is half an onion in the fridge good for? Don’t they lose flavor pretty quick?

>> No.16780669

>>16780644
2-4 days, no

>> No.16780695

>>16780582
Cool please stay there. Or put your trip on so I can filter you. I know you have one. All redditors do

>> No.16780731

>>16778737
Not sure why everyone else is being retarded here. I tend to have the same issue - If you don't use the onion immediately, it goes soft and dries out. The only workable thing I've found is to cling wrap it, throw it in the freezer, and finely chop it later for caramelised onion. But even that is questionable. Between the time, effort, and cost of wrapping and freezing it ... It's probably better and tastier to just use a fresh onion every time, and try to buy the smallest ones (not that this is always an option, especially if you're buying a bag of onions at a time like a normal person).

Has anyone made onion powder before? Maybe you can save up half onions in the freezer then make a batch of onion seasoning powder.

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>> No.16780875

>>16778737
dice it, put in freezer bag, put in freezer.

>> No.16780895

Onions are basically free so I just toss them in the garbage

>> No.16780969

>>16778981
>Plastic gives you cancer though
You should fucking know

>> No.16780979

What recipe calls for half a fucking onion

>> No.16780983

>>16780460
>do I fit in yet

>> No.16781127

For me it's always fried egg with sautéed onion

>> No.16781152

>>16778972
>use a $0.10 bag to save $0.05 of onion. There's just no winning, is there?

>> No.16781499

>>16778737
put it in the fridge fucking retard

>> No.16781506

>>16781152
>the bag cannot be reused
your IQ is on the floor

>> No.16781549

>>16778745
Have you seriously not heard of a ziplock refrigerator bag you absolute simpleton

>> No.16781625

>>16779749
You motherfucking retard, have you never heard of a vegetable stock puree broth soup

>> No.16783020

>>16778737
Same think i do with used soap. toss it in the trash. Who uses used soap?

>> No.16783638

>>16779749
Please don't force yourself to eat raw onion. It's better to waste part of an onion than to harm yourself. You are a human being and far more precious than an onion.

>> No.16783649

>>16778824
Or...just eat it

>> No.16783668

>>16778820
>Oh no, my refrigerator smells like food!! What ever will I do???

>> No.16783972

>>16778737
Have you tried just putting in too much onion.
Failing that double your meal and reheat the extra tomorrow.
Failing that it's find for a couple of days in the fridge. But you probably should plan your meals such that you don't have a one off ingredient that you use a quarter of.
I have issues getting through enough celery desu, since it's only sold by the head.

>> No.16783974

>>16778745
You definetly want a side of fried onions with your egg. As for the salad maybe try shallots or pickled onions, unless you eat salad every day or have another use for the onion.

>> No.16783980

>>16778981
They stopped using that plastic like 20 years ago. And that was only when used in the microwave.

>> No.16784209

>>16778737
Onion jam
Onion rings
Onion powder
Fried onions

What’s your fucking problem?

>> No.16784218

>>16778737
>>end up throwing it away
>What do you do with a used onion?
Jesus, that's like asking about leftover water.
I can't remember the last time I went two days in a row without using onion.

>> No.16784233

>>16778737
Chop it all up, put in Tupperware then freeze it

>> No.16784246

>>16784233
>then freeze it
I've honestly never done this.
How many months is OP supposed to go without using more onion?

>> No.16784829

>>16778737
I put it in the fridge in a plastic bag and use it the next day. Are you retarded or something?

>> No.16784919

Try eating it.
You stupid bitch.

>> No.16785031
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16785031

If you bury the other half in soil with fish heads (they are nitrogen rich) and water it every couple days, making sure it has access to sunlight, another onion will begin to form on the raw side like a little tumor after about a week or so. Another 10-14 days and it will grow to the size of a full onion and you can cut that off and restart the process
>t. has been doing this for years for free onions

>> No.16785039

>>16780845
alright great, worst thing I've seen today

>> No.16785116

>>16778737
Or you could just use a whole small onion instead.
Retard.

>> No.16785715 [DELETED] 

>>16778737
>What do you do with a used onion?
it usually ends up in the toilet the next day.

The half of an onion I did not cut goes in the fridge in an air tight container for later use.

are you stupi... or right.

>> No.16785723

>>16778737
>What do you do with a used onion?
it usually ends up in the toilet the next day.

The half of an onion I did not cut goes in the fridge in an air tight container for later use.

are you stupi... oh right.

>> No.16786460

>>16778737
Fry and whack in the next pasta dish i make, easy

>> No.16786474

>>16778737
Put in fridge in ziploc. Slice and use on sandwiches.

>> No.16787609

>>16778820
store it on a small container or plastic bag you retard

>> No.16787615

>>16778981
only if you heat up or freeze in plastic, though

>> No.16789079

>>16778737
freeze it

>> No.16789088

>>16781506
Why would you reuse a plastic bag coated with onion toxins?

>> No.16789095

>>16784246
you can saute onions straight from frozen

>> No.16789116

>>16789095
>you can saute onions straight from frozen
You miss my point entirely.
I've never in my life had to store an onion long enough that it would require freezing, and I'm fucking 56 years old.

>> No.16789128

>>16789095
Water crystals contract and burst the cell walls of the onion when you freeze, 100% do not freeze onions

>> No.16789134

>>16789116
good for you I guess?

>>16789128
sauted onions aren't meant to be crispy

>> No.16789169

>>16789134
I'm not talking about sautéing, I'm talking about freezing. It damages the onion and releases onion toxins which are dangerous to humans at high concentrations and also make the onion taste like ass.

>> No.16789177

>>16778737
I cook onions almost every day or 2 how?

>> No.16789250

>>16789134
>good for you I guess?
Good for anybody.
Really lost on how anyone who cooks most days could go long enough without using an onion that it would be an issue.

>> No.16789260

>>16789169
>releases onion toxins
I'mma need to see paperwork on this.
Not saying you're wrong, just not clear how I got this far from 1964 without hearing about "onion toxins" until now.

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>>16789169
>onion toxins

>> No.16789283

>>16789260
Fenwick GR. Onion toxicity. Mod Vet Pract. 1984 Jan;65(1):4. PMID: 6727836.

>> No.16789298

>>16789283
Wow. Maybe a link instead of alphabet soup?

>> No.16789313

>>16789298
Googled it myself, gotta explain, I'm not a dog.
https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/onion-garlic-chive-and-leek-toxicity-in-dogs

>> No.16790147

>>16789313
i am. this is terrifying.

>> No.16790428

>>16790147
I bet fireworks and thunderstorms scare the shit out of you too, huh?
Don't worry. Cuddle up, and I'll rub your belly until it's over.
No onions, no chocolate, I promise.

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>> No.16791070

>>16790688
But why? Chocolate with onion sounds disgusting already but you might want to at least peel it first.

>> No.16791076

>>16778737
stick it in a bag and throw in fridge.
Onions have a much longer shelf life compared to other veggies.
Don't be wasteful.

>> No.16791081

>>16778981
You're giving me cancer right now.

>> No.16791084

>>16778981
>>16778972
I just use paper bags whenever I need to store half an onion.
>I go through onions a lot
>but usually only half an onion at a time
>my fridge doesn't smell bad
>I don't like using plastic when I don't have to
get over it anon, your fridge is going to smell just fine.

>> No.16791129

>>16778737
Make a big amount of spaghetti or some shit and give it too family or friends, too much onion fucking sucks for small meals yea

>> No.16791834

>>16779749
>I won't use it in anything else. I put a
White people, when will they learn

>> No.16791884

>>16791834
>racism, on an sfw board
Will "you people" ever learn?

>> No.16791900

>>16791884
Haven't you learned yet? You can't be racist towards white people. You can insult us as much as you want and people will just chuckle.

>> No.16791967

>>16791900
>You can't be racist towards white people.
Funny, that seems super racist.

>You can insult us
"Us"? Really? You seem kinda "low albedo" to me, my ethnic friend.

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16791982

>he doesn’t have vegetable-specific containers in which to save unused portions of a vegetable
Cooklet.

>> No.16792029

>>16791967
I'm the whitest whitey that has ever lived. Even here in Northern Europe I burn every summer.

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>>16792029
>I'm the whitest whitey that has ever lived.
Color me super doubtful, my high-melanin colleague.

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16792293

>this whole thread

>> No.16792608

>>16779749
>seasoned salt
nigger?

>> No.16792649

>>16778737
Trow it on the pile

>> No.16792670

Throw all of it in. Fuck the recipe I make rules here

>> No.16792702

>>16778783
>sandwich baggy
>bubble popwrap
>bathroom tissue

>> No.16792715

LAZILY SLICE ONION, CARAMELIZE IN PAN, ADD TO BURGERS

PROBLEM SOLVED

WHY IS THERE 100+ RESPONSES TO THIS THREAD

>> No.16792794

>>16779762
you're welcome

>> No.16793702

Stab it with a big grill fork and use it to clean and season the grates of your grill.

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16793757

>he doesn't candy his onions

>> No.16794090
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16794090

>>16785031
Give a man a meal and he'll eat for a day
Give a man a onion and he'll eat every 10-14 days for the rest of his life

>> No.16794108

>>16778820
Ziploc, glad wrap, tupperware, etc.
You are a tard.

>> No.16794119

>>16778737
Just saran wrap and use the next day

>> No.16794959

>>16778840
Pandemic isn't over. Masks will still force people to smell their stanky ass breath, thank jesus imho

>> No.16794979

>>16789128
Retard

>> No.16795029

>>16789128
water expands when frozen, one of the only substances to do so.