left Over Onion is Poisonous

It's not nearly as dangerous as you've been lead to believe by the email.

http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/cutonions.asp

All I can tell you is that I keep partial onions all the time, sometimes for weeks. If they get moldy, I toss them. Otherwise I use them. Never had a problem. Ever...

I have never heard of this, but I wouldn't doubt that it's true. My husband and I aren't really fans of onions though, so I don't think we have to worry about that. We eat onions in our meatloaf (atleast I'm pretty sure there's onions in it), but it's cooked in the meatloaf, we actually just got done eating that today!

Very interesting stuff about mayonnaise, I was actually wondering how long mayonnaise could last, and why it's not directly put in the fridge when we get home, why it's not even in the fridge section!

i am sorry but to me this is garbage, I have used onions and store cut ones in my refrigerator for several days and have never been ill. as long as they look fresh and firm, I will keep them and cook as needed. this I just do not believe at all. I have
used onions for years,and stored them for several days, so I
thing somebody has something wrong here. I do bet a lot of other mylotters will all tell you the same thing. Of course anything unrefrigerated will spoil in a few hours but my food was refrigerated and kept really cold.

Hi cynthiann, well I have to say I do as you do, I cut an onion, slice what I need and wrap the rest in a plastic bag in the fridge for the next time I want a slice, but I have never had any food poisoning from it. If an onion is sprouting though I bin it, or if one is slightly soft. However when my mustard mayonnaise is open in the fridge the top can look a little darker and congealed if it's been left for a few days, so I usually spoon the top off into the bin. The only time I've ever been cautious over mayonnaisse is when I was pregnant and then I didn't touch it at all. But I believe that you can tell when an onion needs binning and don't really see the need to change what I do now as I've been doing it for years.

Hey there, Cynthiann. I have not heard this and always have cut onions in my fridge. I put them on salads and in prepared foods nearly everyday! I have never been sick from them and probably will not stop this practice. I may be livin' life on the edge!LOL

I am a firm believer in snopes.com. I "snopesed" this and here is what it says:

http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/cutonions.asp

They feel this is undertermined about the onions but that your friend is right about mayo!

Have a great day, my friend!!

I believe it's possible for onions to become infected with bacteria but the same can happen to any food if it's not stored properly. I usually wrap a half used onion in cling film or foil and store it in the fridge and I've never suffered any problems from doing this. If a half used onion is left exposed and not refrigerated then it will harbour germs the same as anything else.

My sister that is a nurse just recently shared this same info with us......that onion is dangerous! I actually buy the dried onion to use as living alone I throw out more then I use so buying the dried works better for me! Good of you to share this though....everyone should know!

yes i think i will check out the snopes report. altho i've even heard they dont know all they claim to. all i know is that the whole family have used onions for years that was cut and stored left over. my dad didnt even bother to put them in frig. sometimes. and have never had the problem. is that the company that makes mayo in your country, huh? Mullins is my dads name my maiden name. from scotland? are they?

I have never heard anything like that, and I am no professional cook or chemist or anything, but I do like to think I know a few things about food! I read about it, I watch cooking shows... I love to cook and experiment, and I also love to save all my leftovers!

Onions are a staple in this house. 2 of my kids LOVE onions, it's their favorite food. So we eat them a lot, and will eat them raw too.

None of us have ever gotten sick from an onion.


But not refridgerating mayonaise?? Now that's a new one on me! I would never eat mayonaise that hasn't been properly refridgerated... I mean it's made out of eggs!!