crying with onions

Yeah, you may use lenses or large spectacles equipped with special lenses, protective rims etc to prevent any tears whenever cutting onion ! sure working 100 percent !

There a 5 tips to cut an onion without crying or less crying..... 1.Use a sharp knife:A sharp knife will cause less damage to cell walls and fewer irritants will be released. 2. Keep the exposed cuts away from you:As soon as you cut an onion in half, turn both halves down on your cutting board 3.Cut the onion properly:Chefs have an efficient way of dicing onions which conveniently keeps the most of the exposed cuts against the board. 4.Chill the onions:With a cold onion, less propanethial S-oxide will evaporate. You'll still get some irritants,but this will help 5.Run the vent hood:Position your cutting board next to the stove and turn on the exhaust fan. Irritants will be pulled away from you and your eyes.

I cut them under water if they are too strong. But sometimes I don`t want to have them with water (as when I want to fry them). Then I cut them placing my face aside and cutting them on a board.

Though the tears from the eyes during cutting onions are one of the best ways to cleanse them. still, I too follow your way. I mean, I keep the onions to be sliced under the faucet while cutting. Another method that I occasionally try out (when there is no tap around) is slice or chop the onions when immersed in a bowl of water.

keep chewing the chewing-gum - I am not sure, while I writing, I just turned back and asked the people around, just try and let me know for the next time.

I haven't found anything that works besides having someone else do it for me. LOL.

Soak the onions in water and then put a small piece of onion in the knife edge and then cut the onions you will most probably will not cry. I think most probably after soaking onions with water you will not cry.

I also find it is difficult to cut the onions because I also cry for it. It is so uncomfortable. Later I wear a pair of goggles to cut the onions. And it is nice. At least I don't have to shed tears when I am cutting the onions. It is a very convenient way.

One time, I'm amazed that a purple onion did not make me cry and I'm almost finish chopping it but most of the time it irritates the eyes. Some even irritates the nose because it's so strong.

Hi, Cutting onions under the ceiling fans, chewing gums etc posted above didn't work for me. so I do cry while cutting onions. I also found out that when my husband cuts an onion, he doesn't cry.....so i seek help from him to cut the onions.

whenever i cut the usual red/purplish color onion, i cry too. but when I cut those white onion, i discovered that i don't cry, as in no tears! you can try using white onions instead! :-)

oh yes, it is really normal that tears will fall in your eyes when cutting an onion, unless we will find a good technique how to evade this crying. i saw once in a noontime show in the philippines a contest of not crying while slicing onions. if a contender can do this, he/she will win the in the contest. the contestants cut the same number of onions until two of them were left. the girl won because she was too witty to semi-close his eyes. i guess the hair of her eyelids prevent the juices of the onions to evaporate in her eyes. she did it with a smile in her face from the start of the game until she won at the end. i want to share this link to know why it happened like that :) http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryfaqs/f/onionscry.htm

the peel of the skins of onion and keep it in refrigerator and use it whenever you want. You wont cry. lol.. I have tried it many times.

Running water helps when cutting onions, but it is not a cure. I once heard that if you just cut the top of the onion and start slicing (but leave the root intact), that helps, and it did really help, but not that much more. However, it is the best solution I've encountered.

hi there, honestly, i also experienced what you have had. and as they say, people cries because of onion has some health deficiency. perhaps, a lack in vitamin c or something. with me here, i do lack in vitamin c that is why i got colds so often. and after inhaling the odor of the onion, my colds are gone as this also serve as my treatment.

Hi. I usually follow this method and my eyes do not water. Cut the onions into two and put them in a bowl of water for about 3 to 5 minutes. While taking them out make sure to rub the cut sides with your fingers so that the juice does not affect your eyes. Peeling the skin awaywould also be easy if this is followed.

My response is wrongly typed with response just above.

I was cry whenever I will chop onions, someone told me that wash firsst the onion before cutting but it doesn't work for me. But when I am chopping onions I am not looking at the onion.

Crying is inevitable when you're slicing onions. But there's a way to lessen it. Put a generous amount of rock salt beside you as you cut the onions. Also, if your eyes start to sting, wash with water or cool your eyes with a wet towel. Avoid putting your hand or fingers directly on your eyes. This way you won't accidentally put onion juices in your eyes. Hope these suggestions will help you the next time you cut some onions.

Put saran wrap around your eyes and if you want to improve the look (guests are over etc) you can fashion a mask with tinfoil around the edges. If you don't feel comfortable doing this, then put on some swimming goggles or a gas mask. This will also be handy if there is a mustard gas or dirty bomb attack while you are chopping the onions.