Cutting Onions...

SammyKatt
SammyKatt Posts: 363 Member
edited December 17 in Recipes
I hate cutting onions so this is for everyone else who hate cutting them....



Don't cut the root off!!!! Then you wont cry!



Why didn't I remember that when I cut the first onion I needed???

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  • Hernandeak11
    Hernandeak11 Posts: 351 Member
    Chewing gum while cutting them totally works too!
  • FlyByJuly
    FlyByJuly Posts: 564 Member
    Or you could try what I do....
    Light a little tea light and set next to your cutting board. The flame burns off the fumes from the onion. No crying!
  • HWeatherholt
    HWeatherholt Posts: 283 Member
    I learned a trick when I worked at a Subway.

    Put them in the freezer for a few minutes before you cut them. The freezer freezes the water and stuff that makes you cry, in the onions. Then when you cut them it won't release it as quickly.
  • cruiser3004
    cruiser3004 Posts: 72 Member
    Wearing contact lenses also = no tears
  • schpanks
    schpanks Posts: 468 Member
    Or you could try what I do....
    Light a little tea light and set next to your cutting board. The flame burns off the fumes from the onion. No crying!
    Ooooooo, so trying this next time! I've never found the root thing to work for me. :-/
  • k011185
    k011185 Posts: 320 Member
    I tried the matchstick between your teeth thing from The Help, not really expecting it to work. Worked like a charm!
    (Not to mention I love the look on my husband's face when he comes into the kitchen to see me biting a match stick) :P
  • TheFunBun
    TheFunBun Posts: 793 Member
    Oh man! I used to turn on a burner and now I live in a place with an electric stove. Totally going to light a candle, thanks!
  • sarah44254
    sarah44254 Posts: 3,078 Member
    I don't cry. I do eat the onion before I finish cutting it, that gets annoying.

    Also annoying, is the very slight smell left on your hands after cutting the onions. :( I have no steel wool to cleanse it.
  • daves160
    daves160 Posts: 600
    Hold your tongue out, mouth open...like a dog. Sounds ridiculous, but it actually works.
  • SammyKatt
    SammyKatt Posts: 363 Member
    I've tried chewing mint gum and it never worked. =/

    I also tried the candle thing.. it worked when I had about 5 going but now I don't have room in my tiny kitchen to do that. My counters are so tiny in the apartment its retarded!

    I have REALLY sensitive eyes I guess.
  • tigerbabe2
    tigerbabe2 Posts: 93 Member
    cut them under running water :P
  • Anyaaaa11
    Anyaaaa11 Posts: 242 Member
    My granda ma always told me to put it in the freezer a couple minutes before cutting them
    And they wouldn't burn your eyes as much. I still, to this day haven't tried it but I will soon!(:
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    I learned a trick when I worked at a Subway.

    Put them in the freezer for a few minutes before you cut them. The freezer freezes the water and stuff that makes you cry, in the onions. Then when you cut them it won't release it as quickly.

    This works very well. I used to do this when I had to hand-chop onions.

    I was using them so often that I bought a food chopper so now I NEVER have to cut them again. WIN.
  • Rover234
    Rover234 Posts: 17
    I don't cry. I do eat the onion before I finish cutting it, that gets annoying.

    Also annoying, is the very slight smell left on your hands after cutting the onions. :( I have no steel wool to cleanse it.

    Sprinkle some salt on your hands and the cutting board/knife and the smell goes away! Magic :)
  • littlelily613
    littlelily613 Posts: 769 Member
    I don't cry. I do eat the onion before I finish cutting it, that gets annoying.

    Also annoying, is the very slight smell left on your hands after cutting the onions. :( I have no steel wool to cleanse it.

    Sprinkle some salt on your hands and the cutting board/knife and the smell goes away! Magic :)

    Soap also works....for me anyway....
  • nsdjogger
    nsdjogger Posts: 39
    The only thing that works for me is, cutting them after they've been in the fridge and are cold all the way through. FYI - After you're finished cutting onions and garlic, rub all the surfaces of your hand that have touched them on stainless steel ( your sink) under a trickle of running water and it gets rid of the oniony/garlicy smell!
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    The only thing that works for me is, cutting them after they've been in the fridge and are cold all the way through. FYI - After you're finished cutting onions and garlic, rub all the surfaces of your hand that have touched them on stainless steel ( your sink) under a trickle of running water and it gets rid of the oniony/garlicy smell!

    A little bit of baking soda also takes the smell out nicely. Just scrub a little with a hot wet rag on your cutting surface.
  • jmoneycgt
    jmoneycgt Posts: 80 Member
    Saw these on the TV show Castle... had no idea it was a real thing until now...

    http://www.amazon.com/RSVP-International-Onion-Goggles-Black/dp/B0014SQU1A
  • domsmoms
    domsmoms Posts: 174 Member
    Personally, what I do to avoid crying is get my husband to chop them. ;)

    Seriously, he's the designated chopper. I like cooking but hate prepping...
  • OMGLeigh
    OMGLeigh Posts: 236
    I don't do it often, but having a fan blowing next to them keeps the vapor out of my eyes.
    If I have to cut an onion I may as well cut 3 onions. And if I'm cutting that many onions I may as well caramelize them.
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