Eureka! (or how to cut onions with no tears)

[bloviatrix]

I was also surprised to discover that green onions can cause me to tear up, as well.  Granted I was chopping up about a crate full, but by the end I was crying like a Tammy Faye Baker.

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Even chives can make me tear up!!! Blovie keeps razzing me that as long as I tear over onions I'll never be taken seriously as a home cook. And contrary to Soba's comment that he's less suseptible to the fumes, I've gotten more sensitive over time.

So those of us with perfect vision will just have to continue suffering while chopping onions.....   

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Have you ever wanted an excuse to change your eye color with tinted lenses? This is your chance.

[dougery]

I just watch a Seattle Mariners game while cutting onions... If I'm going to cry it might as well have a purpose.

[tsquare]

I'm a swim goggles and very sharp knife woman myself - the bread [or cracker] in the mouth never worked for me - I think the theory is that breathing through the mouth minimizes tears

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If tears = flavor, okay. (Ala "Like Water for Chocolate")

A very experienced and reliable cook recently told me that newly harvested, fresh onions don't make you tear - old onions do. I've found this to be true - and the sweet fresh onions have plenty of flavor.

[scott123]

If tears = flavor, okay. (Ala "Like Water for Chocolate")

A very experienced and reliable cook recently told me that newly harvested, fresh onions don't make you tear - old onions do. I've found this to be true - and the sweet fresh onions have plenty of flavor.

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I disagree. Fresh onions have a higher water content than older onions. More water = less flavor.

[Kapuliperson]

Damn, what about us who don't need glasses? Or should we just borrow? :p