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    241 month ago

    It’s not just that, but the number of cuts made also increases the amount of different compounds mixing after being separated by cell walls which causes them to form new compounds.

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        161 month ago

        Chewing will cause them to mix as well, but there’s less time for the compounds to catalyze and “mature” to change the flavor very much

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        31 month ago

        Building on what Lally mentions, when cutting onions for food you’re supposed to let them sit a whole so said reactions can occur. About 5m from what I’ve been old.