Onions: Best way to peel an onion & how to keep from crying when cutting an onion?!
Cooking Meatloaf tonight ( Yummy!) and I have been cutting a large red onion. It got me to thinking, what is the best & easiest way to peel an onion and what is the best way to keep from crying when cutting an onion?
Ideas???
Thanks! Back to the Kitchen!
Jennifer
Cottonwood, CA
Answers: Hi!
Cooking Meatloaf tonight ( Yummy!) and I have been cutting a large red onion. It got me to thinking, what is the best & easiest way to peel an onion and what is the best way to keep from crying when cutting an onion?
Ideas???
Thanks! Back to the Kitchen!
Jennifer
Cottonwood, CA
run it under cold water
or chew gum
the gum works for me
I put a piece of bread or crackers in my mouth.
I understand that if you avoid cutting the actual center or "core" of the onion, it won't make you tear. That being said, though, red onions make me tear more than yellow ones.
Paula Hebner
www.CandleMom.com
How to peel an onion:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2122442_peel-oni...
Refrigerate your onions so they're cold when you cut them works for me.
i put my onion in the fridge for like 15 mins and it helps
I usualy cut each end off and then cut a slit down one side, then just rip off the top layer. i tried cutting it in a gallon ziploc bag, but it was easier just to deal with the tears. putting the onion in the freezer for a few minutes works ok, but I usually forget to put it in there, or forget I put it there and then I can't find the onion... DERR!!! I can't tell you how funny my boyfriend thinks it is when I lose produce!
I tried an idea,and it worked pretty well, I cut the onion very near to the gas stove burner, when it was lit(cooking something else) and the onion smell sort of got pulled over to the flame area instead of strait up. weird! seemed to help.
THE COLD WATER WORKS GOOD.
the only way is to have a very sharp knife the sharper the better makes the job quicker
I put the onion in the freezer just long enough for it to get real cold. when its cold, there are no tears!!
five to ten minutes in the freezer
I have found that if I put a toothpick in my mouth and hold it between my lips, the wood in the toothpick catches the gases the onion gives off. Works for me. . .