They got them good good aromatics! The aromatics in onions and garlic are actually sulphur based, this is what makes them potent when cooked and why onions make our eyes water!!
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I thought it was because I love onions so much I cry! I'm tearing up right now...
For me its frying
Onions, celery and carrots
basically a great start to lots of dishes
This is called a mirepoix and the base of a lot of French cuisine. I agree that this combo is amazing
I knew there was a phrase or word for it but I heard a long time ago ... I learned it from my mom who was taught by French Canadian cooks, I also saw it in lots of French Canadian recipes and it was all reinforced when I noticed the same thing with recipes I learned from Italian cooking (from Italian Canadian friends who were descended from northern Italy)
Chefs even call that combo the holy trinity
Creole style "Holy Trinity" is onions, bell pepper, and celery. My first big recipe book was by Chef Prudhomme, cooked a lot of things in that book. Almost all of them started out with sauteing those veggies and than making a roux, Cajun napalm.
As a guy who was limited on cookware. Everything ends up in a big ass pot was very appealing.
I've only ever heard that term used in Cajun cooking, where it refers to onion, celery, and bell pepper.
The version with carrot is mirepoix.
Ah thanks for correction
Add ginger and tomatoes and you've got the base for most Indian food.
But I hardly know her!
Garlic and onions 🤢🤮
Nah, it's far more things than just those. I'm guessing the person who made this doesn't have anyone who's good at cooking around them. I used to have a friend who was like that, he and his gf only cooked 3 or 4 dishes and they were all bland as fuck. The only spices etc. they had were salt, pepper, thyme and a huge 1-litre box of cheap taco seasoning. Whenever I cooked for them, they were blown away, and I tried giving them some other species, but they never used them.
Im not doubting your story, but yes just those three things smell fantastic when cooking.
Onions sautéing in butter is the absolutely most fantastic smell ever.
Making me hungry
I tried giving them some other species
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