Onions

>Why are they in everything?
Onions are cheap, weedy, healthy, and flavorful

inb4 they are like ogres

i think of it as as versatile as garlic for flavoring. its like a basic ingredient.

Minority opinion reporting in, but I definitely agree. Onion seems to be at the heart of all dishes, like garlic. Understood, but should be used very gently; just a taste, my man...I like to taste other things besides those two flavors...Chives are similar; take it easy, son...Like for example, basic store bought hummus would be so much better without garlic and onion. LET ME TASTE THE FUCKING CHICKPEA before I get flavor blasted....Same with most other dishes...

what kind of basic store bought hummus are you buying that has a ton of garlic and onion it it? most basic hummus brands only have a bit of garlic powder in them, if at all.

They also don't use leeks, shallots and scallions i believe

Not a ton, but it leads with it, you know? Say Sabra versus Ziyad--the latter by the way will get you much more for much less, price-wise. With Sabra, it's like "football party dip!" and with Ziyad, it's more of a neutral base...you can add to it. Another example--bought some yucatan guac recently...mild. Expecting to taste the avocado first...what I got was onion, salt, garlic...and finally avocado...Why, man? Why....

i don't know. i find most store bought hummus tastes like what its advertised as - if i get the roasted garlic kind, it should taste like garlic. red pepper kind should taste like red peppers.

if this really bothers you, you should make your own hummus. all it takes is chickpeas, tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, and salt.

I do! I use Ziyad as the base; ingredients from the can are as follows, in this order: chickpeas, tahini, citric acid, salt. To me, that's how it should be--you buy what you want to taste first, then add accordingly. But to OP's point, that often gets smothered by onion and garlic. I make my own guac for the same reason...mashed avocados, little salt, little garlic...done. Three ingredients, one leading, two in the distant background. No onion.

Yeah this sounds like bullshit. Maybe it's something that certain sects of Buddhism believe, but I doubt it's a very widespread practice. I mean, not all Buddhists are vegetarians. Such an extreme position surely isn't widely practiced.