I once had a coworker who just took a bite out of a raw onion right in front of me. They were completely unfazed, like it was an apple or something. I'm still a little emotionally scarred.

[–] wren@sopuli.xyz 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Do you happen to work at a mid-sized paper company?

[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No, that was a potato… or a beet.

[–] wren@sopuli.xyz 4 points 11 months ago

But you gotta admit, it’s a very Creed thing to do

[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There are actually onions that you can do that with. I think the soil where those are grown is low on sulfer or something so the onion cant make the chemical responsible for making your eyes water.

[–] leanleft@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

1015

[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Was he Eastern European?

[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

No, I don't think so. He was a younger guy from the southern US, if I remember correctly. Is that something east europeans do on the regular??

[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Younger guy from the southern US here, I have done this just to fuck with people. I'm just not very sensitive to the "bite" onions are supposed to have. I can chop quite a few of them before my eyes start to water.

[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 1 points 11 months ago

Your cutting technique can make a huge difference too, avoid cutting the base and there's less of that sticking l chemical released

[–] thumbman@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Southern guy probably was eating a Vidalia onion. The soil is low in sulfur, I believe, and has a more neutral acidity, so the onion is pretty uniquely sweet. I heard one older southerner call them dirt apples.

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

Sweet onions were consider a desert by the Romans and they would eat them like we do apples.