r/onionhate • u/PrinceJehal • Mar 22 '26

But why

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Is onion a traditional pierogi ingredient? Why is that the "one more thing" they always have?

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u/quietlycommenting Mar 22 '26

Forever in search of pierogi without dreaded onion. One day I will bother to make them myself.

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u/ibugppl Mar 22 '26

Mrs T's don't have onion

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u/semaht Mar 22 '26

Ooh, is this still true? I thought at one point they changed recipes.

Not to doubt you! But I remember being disappointed and I'm so excited if I am wrong!

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u/ibugppl Mar 22 '26

There is one flavor called something like "classic onion" those do have them but as long as it doesn't explicitly say onion they don't. Fun fact my gf is from the town where they make them 😹

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u/semaht Mar 22 '26

Great! Thank you.

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u/avelineaurora Mar 22 '26

..Yes? They've had multiple onion-free flavors forever. I'm a big fan of the four cheese.

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u/semaht Mar 22 '26

One reply to all.

Thank you for your responses. We used to get Mrs. Ts pierogies many years ago and, because I am allergic, my husband is great about checking ingredient lists every time.

One day he came home with the bad news that they'd added onion.

This is my recollection and, yes, I can go to the store and xheck for myself, but haven't bothered because, frankly, as delicious as pierogies are, I haven't missed them*.

All this to say: thank you all for your responses. I'll look intobit myself if I decide to.

*This isn't strictly true. About every five years I think about them. But I think about gyoza more.

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u/Key-Ad-9065 Mar 22 '26

i just went to their website & every flavor i looked at listed onion in the ingredients :(

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u/avelineaurora Mar 22 '26

There might be flavoring but I can guarantee you as a regular Mrs T's consumer there is absolutely 0 physical/tangible onion in any flavor that doesn't specifically say "Onion".

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u/ibugppl Mar 23 '26

As someone who doesn't mind the flavor (as long as it isn't overpowering) but can't deal with the texture if there is onion in it it must be microscopic because I haven't even got a hint of it.

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u/avelineaurora Mar 23 '26

Right? I also enjoy the flavor if there's no texture and there is no way in hell I'd have said onion was used in any of this lol.

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u/Open_Grapefruit6675 Mar 23 '26

Yes, they do. I could totally taste it...

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u/T3chn1colour Mar 23 '26

Homemade ones are 100% worth it!!! They are much better, even outside of the onion thing 🙂‍↕️

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u/bosorka1 Mar 22 '26

i make mine from scratch and they are safe and onion free. because fuck onions.

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u/newbie527 Mar 22 '26

The best thing about learning to cook was the onion free life it opens up.

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u/StabbingHoboReturns Mar 22 '26

I mean it's listed on the label, and least it wasn't some bullshit fine print or unlisted and end up in there. 

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u/hypotheticaltapeworm Mar 23 '26

It is kind of fine print. The flavor is called "potato and cheese" with the text reading "onions" being much smaller and mention in a blurb.

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u/PatysRozrabiaka Mar 23 '26

Yes. As a Pole, onion is always in pierogi. That being said. My mother does always without because of me

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u/DIAXMEN Mar 22 '26

Yeah unfortunately onions are a traditional ingredient in pretty much every savory pierogi filling

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u/Eat_Carbs_OD Mar 23 '26

So.. they've ruined them?
What a shame.

https://giphy.com/gifs/bqZadRhjePrJeqONfL

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u/DifferentIsPossble Mar 23 '26

Traditionally, ruskie do indeed have onion. If you look for Ukrainian made ones (pielmeni), though, the potato and cheese ones are more often onion free!

Source: onion free Polish

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u/Ok_Hour_1923 Mar 25 '26

My grandmother while still alive would set a big batch of potato filling aside for me when she was making them each Friday. She added deadly onions to bug batch for the family and then mine were pure. I miss her

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u/buffalocoinz Mar 22 '26

The potato and cheddar Kasia’s don’t have onions!

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u/PrinceJehal Mar 22 '26

A quick search of the ingredients says they do

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u/buffalocoinz Mar 22 '26

Idk which you’re looking at but potato and CHEDDAR are the kind I buy. No onion listed. https://imgur.com/a/EMAlGeF

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u/PrinceJehal Mar 22 '26

I'm looking at this

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u/badnewsbets Mar 22 '26

disturbing stuff. like why do that. onion doesnt even seem like a real food.

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u/Neurapraxia Mar 22 '26

Buy Mrs. T.

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u/PrinceJehal Mar 22 '26

Those also have onion

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u/avelineaurora Mar 22 '26

If they have any degree of onion it's completely unnoticeable. It's certainly not a tangible piece and I can't even taste it. It took this thread to even be aware the non-Onion flavors even have it listed as an ingredient and I eat them all the time.

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u/PrinceJehal Mar 22 '26

For some people it doesn't matter, they still can't eat it.

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u/Neurapraxia Mar 22 '26

Barely. I don't notice it and eat them regularly.

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u/awake283 Mar 22 '26

Wed notice.

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u/Neurapraxia Mar 22 '26

No I've eaten them on Wednesdays and don't notice then either.

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u/awake283 Mar 22 '26

no offense Im sure you're a nice guy, but I have onion paranoia, and I dont.. no.. CANT trust you lol

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u/Free_Electrocution Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26

Yeah, I never knew they had onions in the ingredients list until I checked just now. If you don't eat onions due to taste/texture aversion, I'd consider these safe. If it's an allergy/sensitivity, probably not.

The garlic parmesan flavor doesn't list onions in the ingredients, for anyone that's ok with garlic and not onion.

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u/Neurapraxia Mar 22 '26

Exactly. I didn't know until I checked as well. Ate some today for lunch.

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u/avelineaurora Mar 22 '26

It's an EXTREMELY common pierogi ingredient lol. Sadly. Most of Mrs. T's doesn't have them though.

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u/Fresh_tomatos Mar 22 '26

Ok as an avid onion hater and a Polish person, I must say…the onions must be there. It’s sacred and canonical. They are usually really well fried to the Point of caramelization.