Am I doomed to cry....every single time?

Mercenary1914

I usually have a cry baby chop up my onions.

PuggleLover

throw it in the freezer about 10 minutes before you chop, or keep them in your refrigerator. Something with the cold keeps you from tearing up.

Genius!

kayleesays

I've never cried around an onion! I never understood. I can peel them without so much as a tear... which is funny, because my nose runs all day by itself.

plantgrrl

Refrigerating the onion reduces the release of the volitile chemicals, also, most of them are released by cutting into the root end. Ever since I started leaving the roots intact 'til the very end and keeping the onions in the fridge, I cry very, very little. I don't think I did at all last time come to think of it.

ScientistStudy

I stick my tongue out. Doesn't really work though :laugh:

GoldenGirl1979

i've heard chewing gum works!

LastMinuteMama

:laugh:

Wear swimming goggles.
A swimming mask is even better because it covers your nose.

I think I'm gonna try this with the snorkle attached...I wonder if my husband will call for the men in white coats to haul me off to a padded room?

I've tried all the tricks...I just plan on balling my eyes out when I chop 'em!:sad:

torygirl79

Buy pre cut onions ;-). Mind you I very rarely eat onions as I'm not a big fan of them...

musicmrse

The matchstick works but you have to keep your mouth open (just your teeth closed around it) and you have to put it in before the first cut, or it won't work.

harrietlg

strangely as a chef I don't have this issue very often. I did last time but I hadn't had this issue for a while before that, i think it might be to do with the way you chop it tbh !

Trail_Addict

You need to find onions that are more sensitive to your feelings. :-P

But seriously, I once heard a chef say to cut them under water. Never tried though.

RainRedfield

I'm all for giving it a few minutes in the freezer before cutting as well.

There are a great many things in this world that inspire tears... I don't need to have onions on that list too

Awkward30

In undergrad I had to purchase safety goggles (the kind that seem to suction to your face) for chemistry lab, and now I use those when I chop onions. I haven't had any problems! And my fiance loves to laugh at me when I'm wearing them. (:

Here's what I'm talking about:
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LOL! I've never thought of that! I still have mine from chemistry, I'm gonna try this today.

Di3012

When I have to peel an onion? :sad: I have tried every single myth, old wives tale, you name it that I have ever heard and still the tears fall down. What are some of the dumbest things you've done to keep the tears at bay while peeling onions?

Have you tried wearing swimming goggles whilst dealing with onions? It'll stop the thing spraying into your eyes when you cut it.

mes1119

basically when you cut an onion sulfur vapors are released in the air and mix with the liquid in your eyes to form sulfuric acid. thats why it burns and you cry.

Me? I don't cry. EVER. I think it is genetic or something. I have no idea.

amplahitko

All you have yo do is not breathe through your nose while cutting. Breathe through your mouth and your eyes won't tear up.

andrea198721

I have a mini chopper. Whenever I cut things like onion, garlic, bell pepper or anything that that I put it in the mini chopper and I freeze a good bit to use later. I do cry when I smell the onion but at least in the chopper its very quick!

taso42

The trick is to cut the root end out, and with it, the bulb inside
http://www.gardenwife.com/how-to-cut-onions-without-tears/

mollsred06

wear swimming goggles. lol

nabooru1017

-Hold matchstick in mouth (unlit)
-Chew gum
-Run to boyfriend with tears in eyes for instant fun

hdmamma09

Put your onion in freezer 20-30 minutes before chopping. See if that helps...

juliee274

Fridge or freezer, as posted here by several others. Works like a charm.

lucyford22

I learned from an Alton Brown cooking show to cut an onion near an open flame. I chop mine next to a burner on my stove. Apparently it oxidizes the chemicals released from the onion...or something along those lines. It works wonders for me.

darrensurrey

Purposely stepping on an upturned plug before cutting onions helps. If only because you're already crying when you start cutting.

lisars135

I use the spoon method and it works. You hold a spoon upside down tightly in your mouth with a good amount of pressure. My mom told me this a long time ago and it's always worked for me.

megmay2591

My mom bought me a food processor for Christmas and ever since then, it's been tear free! You can find them pretty cheap, I have a black and decker that was about $25.

california_peach

Swim goggles do work, but that is kind of a pain. Just try and cut them up faster, just be careful. I can get through a half an onion pretty damn quickly at this point, and my eyes don't start stinging until after I am done.

I've got some tips for safe onion chopping here, http://tinyurl.com/6vgfb25

tramaine81

I wear contacts and it helps. When I would wear one contacts, that eye (without the contact) would tear up.

superstankazz

Use Vidalia onions. They have more sugar and a lot less sulfur. The sulfur fumes are what burns your eyes. I have never cut into a vidalia that burned my eyes. Hope this helps:)

SteffieMark

I haven't had this problem in a long time. But, I used to, and cutting it under cold running water cured it. Something about the 'fumes" that make you cry, being washed away before they can reach your eyes.