They All Rule Different.

Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone – 16 points –
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I used to tell my parents that they don't dice salad vegetables enough and as a result it tastes really bad and they've always given me the "ur a weirdo about it" stare but it's true.

Diced Is better most of the time unless you know what you're doing, specially with vegetables

Texture plays a huge part in taste, and different cuts have different textures.

It's not just that, but the number of cuts made also increases the amount of different compounds mixing after being separated by cell walls which causes them to form new compounds.

What about chewing?

Chewing will cause them to mix as well, but there's less time for the compounds to catalyze and "mature" to change the flavor very much

Building on what Lally mentions, when cutting onions for food you're supposed to let them sit a whole so said reactions can occur. About 5m from what I've been old.

But also onions release oils when the cell walls are cut so the more cut ones have a stronger flavor

A lot of the flavor of onions is released when their cell membranes are broken, so the way you cut them does change the flavor. Some cuts like minced are better for sautéing, since it will infuse more with the oil.

Funny it's just like naming all the shapes of pasta and saying they're different dishes

And I'm eating them all

And I'm picking most of them out!

...unless I'm with a pretty girl.. and I have a chance... or I'm in literally any other kind of social setting where I might feel uncomfortable and uncool

That said, I finally had a chance to try White Castle this year and purposely ate a couple sliders the way they came. Not bad. Oniony as hell, but I kinda get it. They were so well cooked it was almost like a sauce

If you're with a pretty girl and trying to get with her, skip the onions entirely. No one wants onion breath while making out.

I love onions! What I don't love is not really paying attention and grabbing an onion labeled Vidalia and making a salad only to find it was a yellow onion.

Mmmmmm. Burning. Lol