I have heard of a couple of senseless ideas like placing a cut onion head or a slice of lemon on your head while chopping onions – duh! Have you heard chewing gum while working with onions – blah blah.. the list can go on, but some tricks I’ve actually tried are:
• Placing peeled onion halves in a bowl of water
• Washing onions in a running tap of cold water – just wastes water!
• Freezing the onion
• Wearing goggles
Yes, don’t laugh because I actually used my hubby’s safety glasses (the industrial types) in the kitchen as a newly married novice and it worked a little. I understand you can also buy ‘onion goggles’ specially created for the purpose in some upmarket kitchen stores for around $26 (can you believe, it’s a rip off!)
The best so far is placing your peeled onions in a freezer bag in the freezer for just 15-20 minutes – no longer that that as you don’t want to freeze it. Now you can go ahead and chop your onions without any goggles – and without any tears !
No more tears.
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