# Any tomato and onion haters in the house? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 3, 2001, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074 "2001-07-03T11:12:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074/21 "2001-07-04T00:27:58Z")
ick to both. tomatos only in ketchup or extremely pureed. onion powder only, i even sift the onion bits out of lipton’s onion dip mix. i can’t be around onions cooking. my face melts. eyes and nose drip like a faucet gone amuk. ---
**Author:** ![Stella\_Fantasia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@Stella\_Fantasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stella_Fantasia)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074/22 "2001-07-04T00:37:44Z")
Tomatoes, onions, garlic, shallots, chives…I love them all! A world without onions is like a world without butter…it might be possible to live there, but I certainly don’t want to. IMO, any savory dish needs some member of the allium family, or it hasn’t got any kick to it. I can understand hating tomatoes if all you’ve ever had are those pinkish, Styrofoam-like orbs that you find at the supermarket, or slice on your Whopper. Those things are an abomination in the eyes of the Lord. However, a perfectly ripe, juicy, bright-red specimen is a thing of utter beauty and perfection…especially, as has been noted here, sliced & served with mozzarella cheese, fresh basil, a drizzle of good olive oil & a splash of vinegar (I like to use sherry vinegar, though purists insist on balsamic.) Go to an Italian market & get some REALLY fresh mozzarella & it’s an experience approaching Nirvana… ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074/23 "2001-07-04T03:29:32Z")
I like onions in certain dishes, on a burger, chopped up on a burrito, whatever, but I don’t like the texture of tomatoe by itself. My whole family loves them though, lunches of sliced tomatoes and cottage cheese were common… I love onions. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074/24 "2001-07-04T03:45:11Z")
\*\* I Hate tomatoes \*\* If they’re cooked I can choke them down but raw? UGGGGHHHHHH The flavor, the texture…not one good thing about them. I do like onions though. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074/25 "2001-07-04T04:06:36Z")
I’m a picky eater, so my list of loathed vegetables is pretty long, but tomatoes are at the top of the list. Only peas top them, but that’s just because they’re so hard to pick out of food. I can deal with ketchup and pizza sauce so long as they’re in reasonable quantities but I can’t stand raw tomatoes. One of my great dreads is that someday, as a guest in someone’s house, I will be served a fish, tomato and pea dish. I would have excuse myself to the bathroom and sneak out a window. On the other hand, I love onions, especially red onions on sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![R3nergy8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e99b99/32.png) [@R3nergy8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3nergy8)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074/26 "2001-07-04T04:10:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whiterabbit \* > \*\*As a child I hated onions in any form but now I find them okay, as long as they’re cooked. > > Tomatoes I hate. Ketchup makes me gag. Marinara type sauces without chunks are fine. In fact, I have been known to really enjoy them. But don’t give me pieces of tomato, raw or cooked. Ewwwww…just give 'em to my grandma. She loves them and doesn’t see why I don’t. \*\* ``` Well gee whiz **whiterabbit** you took the words right out of my ..uh..keyboard? ``` What I mean to say is, that’s pretty much how I feel 'bout onions(hated them as a child,like 'em now) and tomaotes(yuck!)I’m also not good with pizza made with alot of sauce, I always scrape that gunk off. ---
**Author:** ![City\_Gent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a87d85/32.png) [@City\_Gent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/City_Gent)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074/27 "2001-07-04T09:19:23Z")
Thinly sliced fresh tomatoes. If you’re like me and don’t like the gloppy seedy shit, use Romas. They’re much meatier Thinly sliced sweet onion. Two slices sourdough Olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, and pepper to taste. That’s all, folks ---
**Author:** ![Broken\_Doll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Broken\_Doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Doll)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074/28 "2001-07-04T14:29:58Z")
Mmmhh…onions are my best friend. There’s nothing better than a raw onion, cheese and mayonaisse sandwich. Tomatoes however…well, I hate them raw, but cooked I can stand them. That’s about it. Yay for onions, nay for raw tomatoes. ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074/29 "2001-07-04T15:37:44Z")
I’m part of a mixed marriage. I feel that there are few entrees that can’t be improved by adding a little bit more onion; my husband claims that onions are evil incarnate. So, I feel deprived that I end up leaving onions out of a lot of things I cook, or substantially cutting back on them, and he feels put upon that I include them in the few things that I continue to put them in. (I refuse to leave them out of my spaghetti sauce, although I have cut back on the amount. He happily ate my spaghetti frequently while we were dating; it was just after we got married and he saw me cutting up onions and putting them in that he had a fit about how terrible they were.) He also claims that the oatmeal I eat most mornings is just liquid cardboard, and that there are no foods worth eating that begin with the letter “O.” (Ignoring my refutation that Oreos are one of nature’s most perfect foods…) As for people who hate 'maters: I hated them as a child, but started to love them starting with a really good BLT at around age 10. I think part of the problem is that most people haven’t been exposed to a really good (freshly grown and vine-ripened) tomato; they have only seen those pale imitations with no taste and texture that you buy in the grocery store. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074/30 "2001-07-04T19:45:00Z")
Raw onion is just plain nasty. I would no sooner eat raw onion than I would eat raw garlic. However they are both useful and necessary in cooking, and there I use them often. I like the flavor of tomatoes, but I can see where the icky gloopy jelly-like stuff can turn people off. That can be discarded if it bothers you; just use the flesh of the tomatoe on your sammich. ---
**Author:** ![sliv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@sliv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sliv)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074/31 "2001-07-04T20:39:22Z")
Love onions. Boy, do I ever. Few things better than frying onions and garlic. Yum! But tomatoes… that’s where things get odd. I love the flavor, but cannot stand the texture of raw tomatoes. And I’ve had the “really really good” tomatoes, strait from the garden. The texure just gives me the screaming willys. Cooked? NO problem. I love tomatoe sauces of all kinds. Especially with onions and garlic… ---
**Author:** ![Tokiwoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@Tokiwoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tokiwoki)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074/32 "2001-07-04T21:17:31Z")
I’ve heard that onions are nature’s valiume and I know that tomatoes are really good for you, but I just can’t do it. It’s something about the consistency. It makes me weak just thinking about it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Medievalist2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@Medievalist2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medievalist2)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074/33 "2001-07-04T23:34:41Z")
I hate tomatoes. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074/34 "2001-07-04T23:41:12Z")
I love tomatoes. Onions are ick. I should clarify. I cook with them. I like the flavor they add. I just cannot bear the texture, the nasty feel of biting into one. Cooked or raw either way if they’re in my mouth, I’m hard put to not act like a child and spit them into a napkin. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074/35 "2001-07-05T02:59:45Z")
Onions are a Good Thing. When they’re cooked. Tomatoes, on the other hand… I’ll eat ketchup on french fries. But that’s about it. No tomatoes for me. ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074/36 "2001-07-07T08:17:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bughunter \* > However, I do have a particular peeve about tomatoes: \*\* Most restaurants slice them too thick. \*\* > > … > > Tomatoes should be sliced only a couple of millimeters thick, at the very most. If they fall apart, it’s because you’re slicing them wrong. Slice across the stem axis, not parallel to it.\*\* I can explain the thickness problem. Usually when tomatoes are sliced, they are not placed and stacked neatly in the canister. They are thrown in and dropped into the canister. That’s where they fall apart, no matter how right or wrong they are sliced. Instead of taking the time to place them neatly, they just slice them thick so they don’t fall apart when they are thrown in the container. ---
**Author:** ![demanton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@demanton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/demanton)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074/37 "2001-07-07T15:16:39Z")
Tomato hater here. My theory is that the tomato _(Lycopersicon lycopersicum)_ has not crawled up the evolutionary scale far enough to be ready for human consumption. It seems that a tomato’s inside with it’s jelly-like consistency and seeds with that slime on 'em needs a few million more years to firm up or get ripe, whatever. Sheeesh, it gives me the willies just thinking about those seeds. I am all good with onions, though. White ones, purple ones, green ones, shallots. It’s all about texture. And that seed issue. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074/38 "2001-07-07T15:26:48Z")
Onions: Raw, love 'em; cooked, hate 'em. I just can’t handle their sliminess when they are cooked. Only exception would be crispily cooked onion rings or onion blossom type things. But if the onion is slimy, I will pull it out and eat just the coating. Tomatoes: Can’t stand the sliminess of them raw or cooked, for that matter. Will eat them in salsas or if in smaller pieces in a salad. One thing that I did discover I loved–Sun dried tomatoes!! They are delish!! Taste almost like candy. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074/39 "2001-07-07T16:15:30Z")
I can’t stand onions, (excepting when they are dipped in batter and deep fried 🙂 ) Otherwise, the little guys are left off of ANYTHING that I get. Tomatos I used to hate. They are growing on me little by little… they used to be the epitome of evil… now I eat them on hamburgers and sandwiches. But only because they add texture… I can’t really taste them. In salads and stuff I still pick them out. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074/40 "2001-07-07T16:41:41Z")
Tomatoes, onions and garlic are great. Especially with a little basalmic vinegar, but it has to be basalmic. And none of that immitationg french crap, but real Italian Basalmico. Awesome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tomato-and-onion-haters-in-the-house/71074.md?page=3)