How do you cut up onions? Can't stop crying!

[helle]

Put them in the fridge for a bit before you cut them! I haven't tried it but apparantly it works - also breathing through your mouth, and using super sharp knives so you can get it done as quickly as possible is what I do ! !

Thefridge works that's where mine go as soon as they come home from the grocery shop!

[beckoes]

i heard that the 'onion juice' that makes your eyes sting is attracted to the moisture in your eyes so putting a glass of water next to the onions or sticking your tongue out attracts the stingy stuff else where.

OR get DH to chop them....especially as her bought them!!!

[Hayden_Sam_Adam]

i cut mine in half and run it under water works everytime for me but run it under the water for a while (not just a quick swipe under)

[feeb]

Choices are A get DH to do it as he bought them!!

Or hmmmm not sure LOL

I love my tupperware happy chopper.

[krystals]

After you've got them from the fridge....
Cut the top and bottom off, peel them, then cut them in half vertically (with me so far??? LOL)
Then cut your vertical slices, and dice from there.

Hope this makes sense??? It's how I do it and I never cry anymore.
Leeks on the other hand make me BAWL

[Netix]

I've noticed that some onions are more teary than others. I don't know why. I just try and do it as quick as I can with a really sharp knife. I've heard the running them under water helps.

[Liz]

Do you have blue eyes? apparently us blue eyed people are more susceptible to crying from onions LOL.

Agree - first option would be to get DH to do it!!

I've tried the fridge... hasn't worked for me.. the theory with that I think is that there is less vapour from the onion if it's cold.

For that many onions I would get out my v-slicer thing. Or if you have a chopper blade thingy for a food processor (magic bullet comes to mind! hahahha) then use that. No way would I stand there manually chopping 5kg of onions. ugh.

Have fun!

[Miss.September]

I'm a shocker for the tears when chopping onions - I run them under cold water once I've peeled it and then chop them while breathing in through my mouth. Only thing that works for me.

[~Trish~]

My trick that works every time is to not breathe through my nose. If you kind of shut off your nasal passage and just breathe through your mouth, the vapours bypass the nerves near your tear ducts. If I get distracted by something and start breathing through my nose I instantly get tears!