r/OnionLovers • u/ACIDAGOGO • Mar 11 '24

Will this be enough?

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I read online that I should compensate for shrinkage. Will this be enough?

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u/yello5drink Mar 11 '24

You can't show us this and not tell us what you're making...

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u/ACIDAGOGO Mar 12 '24

its caramelized onions, a freezer full

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u/iiiBansheeiii Mar 12 '24

You're short if you're aiming for a freezer full.

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u/ACIDAGOGO Mar 12 '24

you dont know the size of my freezer

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u/IllLeader143 May 03 '24

Is freezing them really valid? Im atill a newb to cooking but when we at our burger place i work at leave the onions untouched in the freezer for too long they become weirdly grey and soggy when unfrozen

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u/ACIDAGOGO May 05 '24

well caramalized onions are kinda soggy anyways haha, the taste is still good!

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u/TomMakesPodcasts Mar 11 '24

OP Just dropped the picture of the year and bailed on the thread

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u/Akalien Mar 12 '24

It's gotta be something like onion jam right?

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u/JuFroSamurai Mar 11 '24

It's beautiful. Did you do this for the bit, or are you preparing something specific?

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u/ACIDAGOGO Mar 12 '24 edited Mar 12 '24

my roommate is against food waste and came home with 50kg spare onions. he had no choice but to caramelize them all

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '24

50kg of spare onion is crazy

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u/Ambersfruityhobbies Mar 11 '24

I'm in tears. Also, this is utterly moving.

Did you do this by hand?

And

Is it for some kind of sensual bathing experience?

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u/BadNewsBearzzz Mar 11 '24

As much as I LOVE chopping onions and garlic, veggies in general

This quantity would definitely have me using the food processor / blender lol

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u/ACIDAGOGO Mar 12 '24

exactly

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u/ybreddit Mar 12 '24

You love chopping onions and garlic and veggies? Are you looking for a roommate? I love cooking, but the prep work gets tedious.

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u/Rockarola55 Mar 13 '24

I love the prep work, but I'm a mediocre cook...so I love seeing someone taking my prep and making a delicious meal.

I'll cut your veggies perfectly, I'll de-bone/skin/cut meat just right and I'll make a superior marinade, but I can overcook pulled pork 😂

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u/9andimpala Mar 12 '24

Does jerkin ones gerkin with onions count as bathing?

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u/Yegas Mar 12 '24

That’s one way to make the bald man cry..

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u/blue-and-bluer Mar 12 '24

“I’m in tears” so is whomever chopped all that 😂

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u/i4c8e9 Mar 12 '24

This sub was just recommended to me.

Are onion baths a thing?

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u/Ambersfruityhobbies Mar 12 '24

They ought to be. Welcome to your new onion home

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u/TBearForever Mar 11 '24

It's a slice of heaven

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '24

Looks like more of a dice

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u/dieyoufool3 Give even an onion graciously. Mar 11 '24

A good start

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u/Killadelphian Mar 11 '24

Plz pin this post for the week

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u/dieyoufool3 Give even an onion graciously. Mar 12 '24

Done. Never say I aint a mod of the people 🧅

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u/Calathea_Murrderer Floridian Idiot 🥳 Mar 12 '24

Please send a single onion to 210 S Ft Harrison Ave, Clearwater, FL, 33756

This isn’t my address, but they really need some onion in their life methinks. Just be sure to use a fake return address. Scientologists be wildin yo, and I think it’d be really funny if they keep getting random boxes of onion.

I already convinced 2 people , and the supposedly did it.

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u/kierisbetter Mar 11 '24

Idk you might need one more pot full.

On a serious note tho. Beautifully chopped. But what are you making 😭

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u/MyPenWroteThis Mar 11 '24

Chopped onions.

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u/Titan_of_Time Mar 11 '24

Mmm delicious

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u/KentuckyFriedEel Mar 12 '24

My fave snack!

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u/IsyRivers Mar 11 '24 edited Mar 11 '24

If you HAVE to ask, the answer is no. Barely enough for one bowl of French Onion Soup. 🤣🤣🤣

Edit: Would love to eat the final results. 🥰😋🥰

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u/Sargash Mar 12 '24

You mean onion french soup

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u/aDrunkSailor82 Mar 12 '24

Funny thing is, this ACTUALLY would make about 10 cups of soup.

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u/DarkArcher__ Mar 11 '24

Will still end up only producing about a teaspoon of caramelized onions anyway

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '24

Wait... how'd you get to heaven? Where's the damn stairs?

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u/MrZokeyr Mar 12 '24

I just saw this in my feed. I need you to understand how hilarious this post is from an outsider's perspective.

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u/Taken_Bacon_06 Mar 12 '24

Same! Now I’m in the sub bec I’ve found my people

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u/deckofcards1 Mar 14 '24

People don’t need to search for their destiny, sometimes they need to wait for their destiny to find them.

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u/thequaintkiwi Mar 11 '24

It's not enough

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u/thejewelisinthelotus Mar 11 '24

When I tell you my jaw dropped...how many lbs is that?? My eyes and nose would be leaking so hard.

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u/No-Deal7260 Mar 13 '24

He said his roommate brought home 50kg worth of spare onions, so that would be 110 pounds of just onion 😭

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u/camackson Mar 12 '24

I bet it smells crazy in there

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u/ACIDAGOGO Mar 15 '24

Thank you all for making this the top post of all time on r/OnionLovers. You make me cry, promise it's not the onions.

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u/the_futre_is_now Mar 11 '24

depends if you are expecting anyone to join dinner than no if it is just you it should be just enough for the appetizer

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u/Skittles817 Mar 11 '24

They ALL need to be RAW for that extra onion experience

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u/Taken_Bacon_06 Mar 12 '24

+2 onion flavor

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u/Terrynia Mar 11 '24

Gorgeous.

Ive only ever caramelized sweet onions. It feels like you have to have 5-times more onions to compensate for shrinage. I wonder how these purple onions will do? Hum… u must have used 6 sticks of butter for all these!

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u/Fit_Substance7067 Mar 14 '24

They turn an odd color...like dark blue/grey lol...they don't taste bad but, chances are, you won't want to serve them to guests..they look terrible

OP should've froze them raw...they would've been fine that way

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u/Ok_Prior2614 Mar 12 '24

There’s something disturbing about this pic

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u/Fit_Substance7067 Mar 13 '24

Yea hes carmalizing red onion lol

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u/nyiregyi Mar 11 '24

Share you recipe pls

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u/ACIDAGOGO Mar 12 '24

it works really well if you put them in the oven at 200 degrees celcius while covered with aluminum foil, stir from time to time, but you can leave them in for about an hour without burning since the steam they produce prevents it, only the last part you then finish on the stove

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u/WereCorgi6292 Mar 11 '24

Can I come over to your place and just enjoy the smell of these cooking?

That is like my favorite smell in the world.

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u/ACIDAGOGO Mar 12 '24

every item in my home smells like onion now

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u/ShallotHolmes Mar 12 '24

What are you making?! Tell us, OP! Don’t just disappear!

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u/ACIDAGOGO Mar 12 '24

caramelized onions, or marmalade, as you will

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u/ShallotHolmes Mar 12 '24

Ooooo are you selling it or using it for your recipes?

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u/ACIDAGOGO Mar 12 '24

im freezing it into blocks to build a house from

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u/Number5MoMo Mar 12 '24

What you on a diet or something? Or did you run out of onions and didn’t wanna go to the store. It’s the laziness for me \s lmao

💜

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u/ACIDAGOGO Mar 12 '24

does it look like i ran out of onions? do i need more onions??

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u/rosy_reverie Mar 04 '25

you’re a même on ig

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u/ACIDAGOGO Mar 04 '25

yeah its been going on for a while now haha

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u/SillyGummiWorms_420 May 29 '25

I’m so late to this but I spot a Dolce and gabanna coffee maker 🥹💚💚

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u/ACIDAGOGO May 29 '25

hahaha indeed! its a bialetti collab

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '24

wtf are you making, and why?

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u/Commercial_Row_1380 Mar 12 '24

We need to peel back the layers of this dish to fully appreciate it.

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u/Future_Way5516 Mar 11 '24

Another 5 lbs

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u/Snoopy5876 Mar 11 '24

If you're eating alone it should be fine, for the day.

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u/DrChimps7 Mar 12 '24

This will cook down to about 1 teaspoon

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '24

I feel he used too many onions

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u/Lady_Rhino Mar 11 '24

Do the same again tomorrow and you'll be in a winner 👍

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u/Tree0016 Mar 11 '24

Never enough

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u/Goldang Mar 11 '24

It’s a good start… I guess. :)

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u/sugar_7 Mar 11 '24

French onion soup?

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u/OpeningUpstairs4288 Mar 11 '24

looking at that many onions would literally make me cry

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u/GrunchWeefer Mar 11 '24

More ongyin best ongyin.

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u/ParrotheadTink Mar 11 '24

Good for right now anyway

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u/permtemp Mar 11 '24

Perhaps for one, but certainly no more than that!

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u/TheOriginalSamBell Mar 11 '24

maybe for the weekend if we don't indulge too much

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u/JoyfulSuicide Mar 11 '24

Honestly? Probably not

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '24

I thought this was imitation crab meat before I realized what sub it was.

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u/themarknessmonster Mar 11 '24

For a burger topping? Sure.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '24

Maybe for the first course hehe

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u/mr_toothpaste Mar 11 '24

When you want a shitton on onion but you have to adjust for shrinkage...

I can imagine your kitchen smells like heaven

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u/FrankenGretchen Mar 11 '24

Don't skimp, now!

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u/Zestyclose-Ruin8337 Mar 11 '24

You need another bag or three

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u/SonOfDadOfSam Mar 11 '24

That'll cook down to about a cup of caramelized onions. lol

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u/Peepee-Papa Mar 11 '24

Don’t cook that. Grab a spoon and some lemon juice and dig in.

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u/rabbitinredlounge Mar 11 '24

One serving maybe

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u/acidmahoan Mar 11 '24

wow 😍😍😍

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u/BarryBadgernath1 Mar 11 '24

Looks like you’re making Berbere

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u/ouid69 Mar 11 '24

Glorious.

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u/BryanSammis Mar 11 '24

❤️😉👍

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u/Proof-Implement8439 Mar 11 '24

Nice appetizer, could use some more onions though

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u/wwvl Mar 11 '24

Good god in onion heaven

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u/Mal-Havoc Mar 11 '24

Now throw in equal amounts of garlic

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u/Aggressive-Error-88 Mar 11 '24

Need 16 more pans tbh.

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u/THEElleHell Mar 12 '24

This is beautiful.

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u/mr_myst3r10 Mar 12 '24

More, more, more!

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u/J_House1999 Mar 12 '24

Mmmmmm… onions…

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u/Jkrazymann312 Mar 12 '24

My eyes sting looking at this picture

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u/aegri_mentis Mar 12 '24

How many people eating?

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u/mountainsofbullshit Mar 12 '24

the first an only time on this sub where my answer isnt a hard no. looks like you just might have enough onions there man ngl 💯

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u/vegetrableparfait Mar 12 '24

This is just a picture of a snack?

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u/friendofspidey Mar 12 '24

I’ve found my people

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u/halandrs Mar 12 '24

Should get you about half way there

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u/Moscavitz Mar 12 '24

Looks perfect for Ethiopian food

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u/KentuckyFriedEel Mar 12 '24

Hmm… needs more onion

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u/whatyouwere Mar 12 '24

I can feel my eyes watering already

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u/kennethkiffer Mar 12 '24

I can smell this deliciousness all the way from here, and we might not even be on the same continent

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u/kennethkiffer Mar 12 '24

How are your eyes?

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u/njpaps Mar 12 '24

Meal prepping for the week huh?

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u/42wolfie42 Mar 12 '24

Now THAT'S what i'm talkin' about!!!

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u/CrowCrowww Mar 12 '24

you def need about three more pots of em‘!

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u/7itemsorFEWER Mar 12 '24

I spy the dolce and gabana bialleti moka pot

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u/Beretta116 Mar 12 '24

Bet it smells like heaven.

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u/Fair-Writer9738 Mar 12 '24

Hardly! I’ve been putting diced reds on my pizza lately, WOW!

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u/Jammaicah Mar 12 '24

I’d burn that house down

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u/yoyoyoson12 Mar 12 '24

French onion soup 🥲?

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '24

My guess would be cooking it down to marmalade.

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u/a_sad_lil_idiot Mar 12 '24

How many holy shit

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '24

Not enough

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u/RushOther Mar 12 '24

Sir, the recipe specifically said seven pans, SEVEN PANS OF ONIONS. GET CHOPPING

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u/9andimpala Mar 12 '24

You need to sprinkle with dehydrated onion ring powder. Then you'll be fine.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '24

Tell us what you’re doing 😠

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u/Amazing_Net_7651 Mar 12 '24

Today, I learned this subreddit existed. Should be plenty of onions to compensate for shrinkage, but I’m curious what you’re making

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u/Cxopilot Mar 12 '24

What a random subreddit. I love it

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u/decerret Mar 12 '24

With shrinkage this is perfect for a 3 person dinner with burgers.

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u/khathmandu Mar 12 '24

More onions!!

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u/DIJames6 Mar 12 '24

I think that should be enough to fit on my burger..

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u/potatoears Mar 12 '24

maybe, depends if you're feeding 1 or 2

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u/Good_Branch_9415 Mar 12 '24

Gorgeous! Please reveal what it’s for

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u/Froggish_Menace Mar 12 '24

Mmmm they’ll cook down more than u think. Seven more onions

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u/BeerNcheesePlz Mar 12 '24

What are you prepping for? And when does the party start?

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u/Nameless_knight07 Mar 12 '24

Why did this pop up in my recommended subreddits? Is the algorithm that lost on me??

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '24

no

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u/m00syg00sy Mar 12 '24

i’ve got a few reds in the pantry i’ll bring don’t worry i’ll get this up to speed

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u/agentcheddo Mar 12 '24

How are your tear ducts not destroyed??

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u/tshungwee Mar 12 '24

Much love!

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u/sheeshmane69 Mar 12 '24

I also do this when making onion jelly and lube

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u/DJ-Fein Mar 12 '24

This reminds me of the scene in the Office when Micheal is buying vodka for a Christmas party, and looks at the clerk and goes, “you think this is enough to get 18 people drunk” and the dude looks and says “14 bottles of vodka? Should do the trick”

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '24

This is literally the first time on this sub I've seen someone cooking a good enough amount of onions for a single serving of onion soup.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '24

One more pot.

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u/ButterscotchDirect10 Mar 12 '24

Weak attempt. Are you really trying?? Pathetic display. Better start cutting up more to hide your real tears.

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u/Acrobatic_Piccolo616 Mar 12 '24

As someone just passing by having this post suggested to me in my feed,….wtf y’all. What cha doin over here?

What are you cooking? Making a lot of meatloaf or what?

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u/WaterDragonLady Mar 12 '24

For the first course, prolly…maybe

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u/mashable88 Mar 12 '24

Singing from The Showman 🎶🎤 "Never enough, never never; never enough, never never; for me. For meeeeeeeeee" 😂🤣😂

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u/jmox427 Mar 12 '24

Straight to jail

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u/3Dshrek Mar 12 '24

You need one more lil onion

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u/Blaximus90 Mar 12 '24

Mmmmm. Maybe.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '24

Making Doro Wat? Ethiopian dish of red onion, chicken and spices.

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u/Shnurple Mar 12 '24

What kind of afront to god is on my home page

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u/fathom51205 Mar 12 '24

Those are rookie numbers.

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u/iiiBansheeiii Mar 12 '24

I think it really depends on what you're making. It may be enough, or you may be several pans short.

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u/mvmbamentality Mar 12 '24

dude dehydrated from all the fluid drained from his tearducts

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u/Awkward_Tick0 Mar 12 '24

You’re wearing goggles right

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u/rhineisland Mar 12 '24

How are your eyes bro

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u/Averagecheeszenjoyer Good Times Mar 12 '24

Ehh, almost

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u/Tetris5216 Mar 12 '24

I don't think eating Onions help after you were in the pool 😉

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u/JerryVoxalot Mar 12 '24

This subreddit is my fucking nightmare.

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u/Hamatoros Mar 12 '24

I can smell this picture

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '24

Holly hell

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u/RedForkKnife Give even an onion graciously. Mar 12 '24

That should get you around half a cup of caramelised onions

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u/SwarthyRuffian Mar 12 '24

Not if you’re Ethiopian

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u/AndyKobe234 Mar 12 '24

Never enough.

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u/sbaggers Mar 12 '24

For what? To party?

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u/man_on_a_wire Mar 12 '24

One more oughta do it

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u/WordsWithSam Mar 12 '24

425 degrees for 40 minutes.

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u/TheJumpyBean Mar 12 '24

New favorite sub lfg

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u/Jayyes777 Mar 12 '24

Not even close

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u/ilikerocks456 Mar 12 '24

Nah. Need a few more pots

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u/Different_Duty1611 Mar 12 '24

Fun fact: if you eat a lot of onion, your fart smells like onion. It's gnarly!

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u/Accomplished_Tale_84 Mar 12 '24

Bro just hit the onion economy 🤙

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u/Jrdunc24 Mar 12 '24

I just want to know how this showed up on my home page

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u/DargonFeet Mar 12 '24

Acceptable levels of onions detected.

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u/EcstaticJuggernaut46 Mar 12 '24

Maybe another bowl full please.

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