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fun fact: the reason onions make you cry is that tiny amounts of sulfuric acid are forming on your eyes. -- nm

Posted by Reagen Oct 13 '11, 07:57

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I keep swim goggles in the kitchen for when I cut onions. -- nm - loosilu Oct 13, 07:57 14
- Chewing on a hunk of bread seems to work good enough for me. -- nm - kelly Oct 13, 08:13 4
  - Not being a girly man works fine for me - Guigue Oct 13, 08:27 2
    - I've always used the "suck it up and deal, this is really not a big problem" method. - TFox Oct 13, 08:32
    - tried your IM! and you can be a macho man, I'd rather not be cutting blindly with a sharp knife. :) -- nm - loosilu Oct 13, 08:31
  - that's another one I tried. :( I believe I have truly tried every single method. -- nm - loosilu Oct 13, 08:16
- Or just do this. -- (link) - Inigo Oct 13, 08:03 [youtube] 4
  - what is it? (can't see) -- nm - loosilu Oct 13, 08:03 3
    - put on your goggles -- nm - Beaker Oct 13, 08:04
    - Carefully cut out the onion core before you slice or chop. -- nm - Inigo Oct 13, 08:04 1
      - oh, that doesn't work for me. Tried that, and cutting under running water, and using cold onions, - loosilu Oct 13, 08:06
- no you don't. (you do? because that is hilarious.) -- nm - TFox Oct 13, 08:00 1
  - absolutely. Alton Brown told me to do it. -- nm - loosilu Oct 13, 08:02
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  - MOPP gear is just a little unwieldy. -- nm - loosilu Oct 13, 07:59

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