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    What's the *secret* to chopping onions W/O crying/dying?

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    • Posts: 52
      I use my Pampered Chef Food Chopper.
    • Posts: 133 Member
      Two things that I do that always work:

      1. Keep them in the veggie crisper of your fridge.

      2. If the above doesn't work, hold a match with your teeth, the red end out.

      No clue why these work, but they always do!
    • Posts: 157 Member
      i've been told to put lemon juice on the blade.

      also, have been told to put vinegar on the cutting board.
    • Posts: 218
      I was told by my granny not to talk and to keep my mouth shut!

      I do know a trick though, if you find the smell of onion lingers on your hands after chopping, do not wash your hands in warm water. It never gets rid of the smell. You must wash them in cold water! Smelly onion hands begone! Works every time!
    • Posts: 38 Member
      i love onions...

      1. (easiest) go to your grocers freezer and find the chopped frozen onions... works great but stinks up the freezer even through 2 plastic bags....

      2. when you buy it, take the outside of it off and put it in a plastic bag in the fridge. when you are ready to use it chop like normal but stand straight so your face isn't over the onion and keep your mouth closed. (if its still a powerful onion reduce breathing if possible lol )

      I am very sensitive to the onions, my husband can be cutting them in the kitchen and i am across the house and i will tear up, but since I've done one of these two things I've only had mild irritation and i don't have to wait for someone to cut them for me.
    • Posts: 3
      Mrs Bully knows the secret! I read an article a few years ago that said to wear sunglasses or goggles while chopping onions. I tried and wouldn't touch an onion without it. Lol When people walk in the kitchen and see me with glasses on they die laughing... :)
      Goodluck!
    • Posts: 35 Member
      If it gets really bad I bend down under the bench so that my eyes aren't up above the onions, it does actually help!
    • Posts: 1,162 Member
      I use my Pampered Chef Food Chopper.
      I have that! I hate cleaning it though.
    • Posts: 1
      Have the onions chilled and if no time to do this place a lit candle on the counter by where your cutting.....good luck !!:smile:
    • Posts: 291 Member
      Once you take the outer layer of skin off, hold the onion under cold running water for a minute or two, and that usually stops it.
    • Posts: 631 Member
      We keep our onions in the fridge, I've never cried while chopping :)
    • Posts: 669 Member
      Since my husband doesn't eat onions I don't chop them anymore but when I did I would immediately stick them in a bowl of water or under running cold water for a min.
    • Posts: 518 Member
      lemon juice on the knife and cutting board
    • Posts: 600 Member
      The sure fire way is to get somebody else to chop them Failing that, maybe a food chopper or mini mincer.
    • Posts: 510
      I heard lighting a candle near where you're chopping works. I tried it while chopping THREE large onions ad didn't shed a tear!
    • Posts: 472 Member
      I just wear big sunglasses when I chop onions and it doesn't bother me at all. If I don't wear them, major crying.
    • Posts: 84 Member
      Goggles
    • Posts: 182
      chewing gum
    • Posts: 503
      I keep mine in the fridge and don't have that issue anymore
    • Posts: 849 Member
      Cut them by a sink with cold running water. Every few cuts rinse the onion with water. Only way I can cut an onion. Not sure how they do it on food shows.
    • Posts: 593 Member
      i sit down to chop (or crouch), really it works everytime! i think the juice rises, so if you are eye level with the onion it doesnt go in your eyes as much, try it!
    • Posts: 1 Member
      Wear onion goggles
      http://www.amazon.com/White-Tear-Free-Onion-Goggles/dp/B0013HVYTU
    • Posts: 7
      bite down on a match stick just leave the part that you light out of your mouth......soaking the onion in water works too.....but in all my culinary yrs. i just bit down on a match stick :)
    • Posts: 239 Member
      Keep your onion cold, and chop it as quickly as you can (safely). They move really quickly.
    • Posts: 419 Member
      hold a slice of bread in your mouth
      breath through your mouth as your chop
      wear goggles
      if that fails - get someone else to do it
    • Posts: 68 Member
      From my understanding you just need to keep your knife super sharp.
    • Posts: 8,329 Member
      sharp knife and quick cuts.that's how the pros do it
    • Posts: 790 Member
      rub the onion on your eyes,it sounds like it wont work but it does!!! I saw it on DR OZ and The Doctors
    • Posts: 2
      Have someone else cut them
    • Posts: 1,178 Member
      I wear my goggles from chemistry lab.
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