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simplejack@lemmy.world 8 hours agoDon’t get me wrong, I love onions as an adult. That said, I had a procedure a few years that fucked my ability to digest allium.
I’m trying to eat fist fulls of probiotics to see if I can get back in the game.
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 hours ago
If it’s the oligosaccharides or fructans that are fucking you up, you can heat (not fry) onions in however much oil you’re okay with in your final dish, and then just remove the onions. The flavor compounds are oil soluble, but the oligosaccharides/fructans aren’t. Smaller pieces = more intense onion flavor.
simplejack@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Yeah, I’ve been experimenting with that as a solution. I can also mildly tolerate them if they’re cooked high hell or used as a powder. The more raw it is, the harder it is to digest.
If I can dial the fructans down, I do a lot better.
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
Fingers crossed for you finding a solution that lets you get all the onion you want! Intestinal issues are so miserable
Agrivar@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
This was such a delightful comment chain! Equal parts pleasant and informative.