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No More Crying Over Chopped Onion

by WiredBerries Readers — February 12, 2007

A friend likes to wear swimmer's goggles when he chops onions, but Anita McKenzie has a few other suggestions for avoiding tears. These are the ones that work for her:

•	Refrigerate the onion for about an hour before chopping
•	Peel the onion under cold water
•	Hold a teaspoon in your mouth while chopping
•	Use a very sharp knife and start cutting away from the root (crushing an onion is what releases the sulfur compound that makes you cry)
•	Chew on a piece of onion or a stick of gum

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