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

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  • mrsnathanandrew
    mrsnathanandrew Posts: 631 Member
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    We keep our onions in the fridge, I've never cried while chopping :)
  • PayneAS
    PayneAS Posts: 669 Member
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    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.
  • BaDaSsBrUnEtTe
    BaDaSsBrUnEtTe Posts: 518 Member
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    lemon juice on the knife and cutting board
  • weevil66
    weevil66 Posts: 600 Member
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    The sure fire way is to get somebody else to chop them Failing that, maybe a food chopper or mini mincer.
  • futurestarz
    futurestarz Posts: 510
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    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!
  • josavage
    josavage Posts: 475 Member
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    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.
  • sharpeoplepc
    sharpeoplepc Posts: 84 Member
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    Goggles
  • _beautiful_disaster_
    _beautiful_disaster_ Posts: 182
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    chewing gum
  • MLgarcia3
    MLgarcia3 Posts: 503
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    I keep mine in the fridge and don't have that issue anymore
  • TheresaC928
    TheresaC928 Posts: 849
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    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.
  • rudegyal_b
    rudegyal_b Posts: 593 Member
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    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!
  • barbaramassie
    barbaramassie Posts: 1 Member
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    Wear onion goggles
    http://www.amazon.com/White-Tear-Free-Onion-Goggles/dp/B0013HVYTU
  • darc_kay
    darc_kay Posts: 7
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    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 :)
  • kcmcd
    kcmcd Posts: 239 Member
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    Keep your onion cold, and chop it as quickly as you can (safely). They move really quickly.
  • Maurice1966
    Maurice1966 Posts: 438 Member
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    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
  • Sam_Hain
    Sam_Hain Posts: 68 Member
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    From my understanding you just need to keep your knife super sharp.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,326 Member
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    sharp knife and quick cuts.that's how the pros do it
  • DieVixen
    DieVixen Posts: 790 Member
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    rub the onion on your eyes,it sounds like it wont work but it does!!! I saw it on DR OZ and The Doctors
  • Mods_can_lick_me
    Mods_can_lick_me Posts: 2
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    Have someone else cut them
  • peachyxoxoxo
    peachyxoxoxo Posts: 1,178 Member
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    I wear my goggles from chemistry lab.

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