One can never trust a person who loves raw onions. This is next level shit.

Edit: aww come on, it was a joke

I like eating raw onions dipped in ranch.

They give me terrible heartburn every time, but I still do it cuz they are tasty af. Sweet onions like walla walla don’t have that heartburn problem as much but they also don't make me regret my life choices, so its not the same. Red onions are the sweet spot, still regrets but better flavor-to-misery ratio.

My dad ate them like apples, but only the super potent small white home grown ones. I didn't get this from him, at least not behaviorally, cuz I didn't really know him from 5-18. So its either in my genes, which is my present hypothesis, or onions are just actually great.

I've actually read comments from people who say they enjoy them that way!

I would certainly guess red, though. Eating a white one would almost be like macing yourself, methinks.

I put thinly sliced purple onion on my burgers. It adds a mild onion flavor I like and extra crunch. Pretty much the opposite of your opinion.

Oven-roasting is wasted on a veg you like but perfect for one you don't, like broccoli. Cut into large bite sizes, put in a bowl and drizzle with a couple tablespoons of good oil, toss well. Spread over parchment or foil on a baking pan. Sprinkle with your favorite seasoned salt and pepper. Bake/roast at 400°F/200°C about 10-15 minutes or more if you like, until they are well charred, caramelized, shrunk, soft, and hardly taste like broccoli at all. To make them even better cut up an onion in big chunks and mix it in the same bowl.

Raw onions come on burgers and also tacos fairly often.

I've rarely experienced that at commercial places across two major cities. Closest thing would be maybe red onions on some tacos. Red onions, because they're the mildest ones raw.

Usually I'll see raw onions on burgers at cookouts and such, for practical reasons. Nobody's forcing me to eat them if I don't want to, however.

And broccoli and cauliflower come on veggie platters.

Yes, I know. But unless you're like an art tourist or professional cocktail party goer, then I think you'll usually see those things cooked. Yeah, try them steamed, for example. They'll retain most of their vitamins, minerals, etc, while being less crunchy and more tasty.

Anyway, I'll leave you to it.

My local cantina does habanero-pickled onions. There is hardly a meal I get there in which I don't add them!