It's difficult to pinpoint a single entire culture that never uses onions. However, certain religious and philosophical traditions within cultures abstain from onions for specific reasons.
While no culture universally avoids onions, specific practices within some cultures limit or prohibit their consumption:
- Taoism: As the provided reference states, the monastic traditions of Taoism, which originated in China, often prescribe abstaining from garlic and onions "because of their potential to interfere with mental clarity."
Therefore, it's more accurate to say that certain groups or traditions within larger cultures may avoid onions rather than entire cultures shunning them completely. No reference shows that any culture, as a whole, avoids onions entirely.
