Anonymous wrote:Sorry PP, we posted at the same time. It just seems that usually you cut the onions anyway for most recipes and the outer layers are pretty easy to remove.

I cannot close the fingers enough to get the skin alone. Or else, I waste most of the onion trying.

You're narrow-minded, OP. Think more broadly. Have some empathy.

I HATE peeling and chopping onions...one of my least favorite cooking chores. I recently discovered that they sell frozen chopped onions at Harris Teeter! They work perfectly in cooked recipes and nothing goes to waste if I only need a small amount.

I buy the chopped, peeled frozen ones.

Sorry PP, we posted at the same time. It just seems that usually you cut the onions anyway for most recipes and the outer layers are pretty easy to remove.

OP here--we don't live in the DC area anymore and I don't remember if they had them in the supermarkets there, but Safeway and our other large grocery store both sell red and yellow onions already peeled. They look pretty and shiny, and cost more, but I don't get it.

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain to me who buys the peeled onions they sell at the grocery store? I never thought peeling an onion was that difficult.

I have a condition that reduces the dexterity in my fingers so peeled onions help a lot.

I never knew this was a thing!

Can someone explain to me who buys the peeled onions they sell at the grocery store? I never thought peeling an onion was that difficult.