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How To Chop Onions Without Crying, Burning Eyes?

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Sweetfudge
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i put my onions in the freezer for about 5 minutes before choppin' em, but that doesn't seem to help much. how do they do it on the cooking shows, without getting all blotchy and teary? lol!

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Guhlia Rising Star
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Wash the onion in cold water. Then, turn on burners on your gas stove (or light a candle) and cut it next to that. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

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lonewolf
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I wear my swim goggles. No kidding.

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I wear swimming goggles too. LOL!

I'm going to try the burner thing. Must be it burns up the oils.

My eyes are terribly sensitive to onions.

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bluejeangirl
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i put my onions in the freezer for about 5 minutes before choppin' em, but that doesn't seem to help much. how do they do it on the cooking shows, without getting all blotchy and teary? lol!

You probably have to put them in the freezer longer. I won't have problems if I keep the onions in the refridgerator but if I cut a room tempeture onion I'll have tears running down my cheeks. If I do have to cut an onion that way I'll get a small fan and aim it so it blows the gasses away from me.

Gail

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kbtoyssni
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I wear my sunglasses. My mum has one of these onion choppers: Open Original Shared Link

It's like a mini food processor and works great with no tears.

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You probably have to put them in the freezer longer. I won't have problems if I keep the onions in the refridgerator but if I cut a room tempeture onion I'll have tears running down my cheeks. If I do have to cut an onion that way I'll get a small fan and aim it so it blows the gasses away from me.

Gail

I agree. When I cut an onion at room temp, I also have tears just streaming down my face, and snot too (sorry). But I noticed when I grab a leftover half an onion out of the fridge and cut that up, I rarely have any problem at all. I think they need to be really cold.

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Sweetfudge Community Regular
Sweetfudge
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hm, defintely gonna give these tips a try :D thanks

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take a sip of cold water and hold it in your mouth while chopping!!

it works, if you need to swallow take a step back from onion and take another sip and hold it while you continue chopping

have fun!

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