Today I'm
addressing the problem of onions making you cry. I have seen that people adopt many different
ways of dealing with this. I understand
that if you knife is really sharp that there is less of a problem but I can't
say that I've really noticed a difference myself.
Some people
wear goggles – somewhat cumbersome I would have thought.
One thing
that does work for me is to put the onions into the fridge for an hour or two
first and then chop them. I discovered
this trick by accident when I had half an onion left over and put it in the
fridge in cling film. When I used it the
next day, what do you know? No
tears.
Hopefully
this will work for you too.
Huh, thanks for the idea!! I will definitely try it!!
ReplyDeleteYes, the beauty of an onion is all the sulfur compounds that give it the taste we look for...the problem with onions is all those sulfur compounds vaporizing as we cut a room temperature onion which creates sulfuric acid when it reaches the moisture in our eye. getting them cold just before cutting reduces that
ReplyDeleteI will definitely try this!
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