Do your eyes water when you chop onions?

[Shell Beau]

Some people's eyes aren't bothered at all. I was boo-hooing yesterday trying to chop some onions. My eyes just can't take it. :cry: :shrug:


:silly:

[jandrok]

1. Yeah, but not when I use the sweet 1015 onions.

Those don't burn my eyes.

[Shell Beau]

2. Only the yellow ones bother me!

They are pretty stout!

[jandrok]

3. But they're soooooo good for you!

Onions are great for the digestive tract. They help prevent certain types of cancers, and they taste wonderful!

[Shell Beau]

5. I love onions. When I was little, my mother told me I would

eat them like an apple! Which I find kind of disgusting now, but I put onions in everything! :9

[jandrok]

18. I use 'em in quite a few dishes.

Always plenty of good onions in the house. We use a lot of garlic, too.

[tyedyeto]

4. Wearing soft contact lenses keeps the eyes in good shape

Years ago, I used to wear the hard lenses and I was bothered by onions :cry: but when I switched to soft, I never cry around onions any more. B-)

[Shell Beau]

8. That is weird. We discussed that

while we were making our Thanksgiving dressing (we get together each year and make it). My friend was saying that onions never bothered her before she had her lasik surgery (she wore contacts). But now, the onions kill her eyes. We thought maybe the contacts helped! :shrug:

[tyedyeto]

12. Contacts seem to do the trick.

Of course, I'm the one who always has to chop the onions since people know they don't bother my eyes.

[Left Is Write]

6. Depends on the onions.

Regular yellow onions, yes. Lovely sweet onions, no.

[Shell Beau]

9. Yes, only yellow onions do it to me!

[Err]

7. Not when I'm chopping onions...

but today when I went out in the sub-zero temps, my left eye started to water.

It was weird.

[Shell Beau]

10. Wind really bothers my eyes. Especially cold wind!

:shrug:

[fight4my3sons]

29. onions, wind & the heater in the car

all really bother my eyes!

[peekaloo]

11. Place a piece of bread in your mouth when chopping onions.

Seriously. Let it protrude a little past your lips and it'll keep your eyes from watering.

I am crapping you negative.

[Shell Beau]

13. "crapping you negative"

:rofl: Is that a nicer term for "I shit you not" or "I'm not shitting you"?

[peekaloo]

14. Yes. Courtesy of 'Raising Arizona'.

:D

[Shell Beau]

15. I don't remember that part!

Of course I haven't seen it in a while! :rofl: :)

[peekaloo]

24. Desert scene, after the picnic, when Glen is suggesting swapping wives

with Hi. Before he plants his face in the cactus. :D

[tyedyeto]

16. A tidbit I found while googling this important subject

"One further bit of information. The chemicals which I described above are both volatile AND water soluble. This means if you cut the onion while holding it under a spray of water, the chemicals will wash down the drain and will not enter the air in as great an amount to cause your eyes irritation."

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/bio99/bio99086.htm

On edit: another suggestion:


"Using a knife, cut a cone out of the bottom of the onion (where the roots come out). The diameter of this cone should be about a third of the diameter of the onion, and about 1/3 deep. Take this piece and throw it away (don’t put it down the disposal!). This piece contains the part/gland that makes baby Jesus and everyone else in the room cry when you’re chopping it up. Once you’ve gotten that piece out, chop off the top, peel, and slice the onion.

Been doing it for years, and it works like a charm. You know your cone is too small if it doesn’t work, because you’ve cut into that teargas grenade."

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/life-hacks/how-to-avoid-crying-when-chopping-onions-103803.php

[Shell Beau]

17. I usually will run some water while I am chopping them.

I have found that it does help some! :thumbsup: :)

[underpants]

19. Put toothpicks under your tongue

works just as well

[tjwmason]

20. Yes - very much.

I've tried every trick in the book and they do nothing for me at all.

I have very sensitive eyes, and the slightest things will make them water. How I ever managed to get used to contacts I'll never know.

[flamingyouth]

21. Sometimes.

I chopped one the other day that was so strong, it even hurt my eyes while I was sauteeing it. :o

[kick-ass-bob]

22. Some onions are stronger than others.

Some don't bother me, and some make me not be able to see.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

23. Like a baby

its awful :cry:

[begin_within]

25. Use a fan to blow the vapor away from you.

[Left_Winger]

26. Have you ever tried Vidalia onions?

[Shell Beau]

27. Yes! Mmmm! They are kind of sweet!

[BrotherBuzz]

28. No. Julia Child taught me how to properly chop an onion

I haven't shed a tear for years until her death.

[Shell Beau]

31. And how is that?

[BrotherBuzz]

32. Sharp knife and knowledge of onion anatomy is the secret

Always use a very sharp knife. The edge should grab or bite a fingernail surface at a low angle with very little pressure, rather then slip off - the object is to cut the onion tissue without crushing the cells. Sharp is very important.

Always slice onion in half - top to bottom - not along the equator. Peel skin and place cut face down. If you want finely choped onion, make quick slices (here's where the sharp knife is imperative) from bottom leaving all attached to top, then cross cut. If you want julian slices, skip the longitudinal slices and just cross cut. Finished onion pieces falls away without tears.

Hey, it was a lot easier watching Julia do it then explain it. Hope this tease helps.

[Shell Beau]

34. LOL! I am sure it is a little difficult to explain!

I will try it though! Thanks!! :)

[BrotherBuzz]

35. LOL, I now appricate why cookbook authors make the big bucks...

;)

[Patiod]

30. Always

How do you dice an onion under water?

[suzbaby]

33. My eyes water when someone

three rooms away is chopping onions. My eyes are uber sensitive!