Why do onions make my eyes water? How do I stop it?!
Don't cut to close to the bottom as this is where most of the gas giving substance is.
P.S. I think the rest of you are all cunts.
Answers: It's all the bad gas. If you eat to many onions then fart in a crowded room, everyones eyes will water.
Don't cut to close to the bottom as this is where most of the gas giving substance is.
P.S. I think the rest of you are all cunts.
Wear glasses and breathe through your mouth when cutting/peeling them.
After you have peeled them,run them under hot water.just before you chop them.
The best way to Stop making your eyes water is to not cut onions, give the job to someone else
When you cut up onions they spray a very fine mist that irritates the eyes. You get the same liquid on your fingers so rubbing your eyes makes it worse.
Most of the problem comes from the pointed end of the onion, so when you peel it, leave the skin on this end, hold it by the stalk and chop it starting at the root end. This doesn't solve the problem completely but it makes life a lot more comfortable.
Cut from the root end and leave the stalky bit on.
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Not sure why they make your eyes water but if you put an onion in the refridgerator the day before you cut it, the rumor is it won't make you cry
Watering eyes during onion chopping is a reaction that happens in the tear ducts. Not sure why it happens though...
While you are cutting up the onion, make sure a tooth pick is in your mouth.
I heard off a cooking show (cant remember which) that if you rip a piece of bread, push it tight against the roof of your mouth whilst chopping onions, it should stop your eyes from watering.
Hope this Helps.
Try peeling the onion while you hold it under water. Believe me, it works.
Funny you ask this, i just learned the very interesting answer to this question a couple days ago in my Environmental Science course. The defense mechanism of the onion in the wild is to release a sulfide vapor that is released when it's skin is broken. This sulfide reacts with the water in you tears to form sulfuric acid. So the burning in your eyes is sulfuric acid! Disturbing, isn't it. :]
I've been told that cutting an onion near an open flame (gas burner or candle) helps to eliminate or burn off much of the airborne irritants.
I usually just use an food chopper/processor. If I have to chop an onion by hand, I slice off as much as I need, and turn the base of the remaining onion cut (wet) side down (or skin side up). Then I chop as quickly as possible for less exposure to the irritants.
I've heard having a lite candle nearby helps?!
I don't know the why - but to stop it, I always cut it by the sink and run cold water in the sink while I'm cutting. It seems to work for me, and it's not rocket science :)
i dont know y but jus stik a chunc of bread under ya top lip
A fact..if you refrigerate the onion it will not cause the watery eyes.
There are juices and chemicals inside the onion's tissues; when your knife breaks the onion's cells a certain compound becomes airborne in a really thin mist. This compound is called propanethial-S-oxide, which is a type of sulfoxide. When the misty droplets encounter a wetness(your eyes or nose membranes) it dissolves into a form of sulfuric acid, which is irritating. When cutting onions, make sure your knife is reeeallly sharp, breath through your mouth, and chop the onion under running or still water. Fire does elimnate this gas, but one candle wont do to much. An effective thing to do is chop next to a gas range and turn on the burner. Under still water works best out of the water idea. And don't rub your eyes, the gas on your hands from cutting makes it worse.
Well, I wanted to do a few buckets of pickled onions.....
Happened I was in the Navy at the time, and had my Gas Mask handy, put it on..... No problem at all, worked a treat!!!!
Had a little laugh, cat was outside kitchen door and wanted to come in..... cat came in, stopped, started washing face like mad!!!! Got poor moggy out fast.
Get a Gas mask from an ex-gov store.....end of problem.
Easy - just leave the root intact as you are cutting it and it wont make you cry. Honest - it works every time xxx
my mum says to stop ur eye watering apparently u leave the tap on whilst ur cutting th onions. well hope this works