Yes, Virginia, there is a such thing as too much onion.

Made a quick tomato soup today from Cohen's "Living on Live Food", described by the author as zippy. It even took a really pretty picture.



Thats about where the things I liked about this recipe ends. Here's the biz:
4 Roma tomatoes
1/4 cup of onion
1 clove garlic
1 tsp olive oil
3 basil leaves
1/4 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp thyme

Throw it into the Vitamix and liquefy. It will only take a few seconds.
Then throw it directly in the compost heap because it's horrible. I don't frequently post the recipes on here that fall into the "personal miss" category, but I share this one because A. It could be potentially delicious without the onion and B. some of you might even like it.

I ackowledge and accept my longtime feud with and distaste for the onion. Sometimes a worthy adversary is necessary in order to form a strong, clear, and authentic sense of self. "I defy the onion, therefore I am it's master." or some other equally silly sounding affirmation. I have even mentioned in the past how I've come full circle on other distasteful concepts, like puppies. The problem here is that the onion, unlike the puppy, possesses no innate desire to win me over, and therefore it also does not overcompensate like crazy in the hopes of earning my admiration, respect, or affections. This was all to clear today.

The soup, while aesthetically pleasing, was so overpowered by the flavor of the onion that I couldn't stomach more than a few spoonfuls. We're talking, burning, tear inducing, good-lord-Marilla-what-did-you-pit-in-that-soup? Simply inedible. I thought twice about subjecting worms in my compost bin to it.

It did make a pretty picture though, too bad it was godawful.

Onion:1 Michael:0. For now.




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