Why Do Onions Make Me CRY?!


Question: Why Do Onions Make Me CRY!?
Answers:
When you slice through an onion, you break open a number of onion cells!. Some of these cells have enzymes inside of them, and when they are sliced open, the enzymes escape!. The enzymes then decompose some of the other substances that have escaped from sliced cells!. Some of these substances, amino acid sulfoxides, form sulfenic acids, which then quickly rearrange themselves into a volatile gas!.

The gas reaches your eyes and reacts with the water that keeps them moist!. This changes the chemical's form again, producing, among other things, a mild sulfuric acid, which irritates the eyes!. The nerve endings in your eyes are very sensitive and so they pick up on this irritation (this is why our eyes sting when we slice onions)!. The brain reacts by telling your tear ducts to produce more water, to dilute the irritating acid so the eyes are protected!. Your other reaction is probably to rub your eyes, but this will actually make the irritation a lot worse, of course, if you have onion juices all over your hands!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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It's the chemicals they release when they are cut open!. They dissolve in the air and your eyes watering is your natural defence!. Scientists are researching into making genetically modified onions that don't make you cry!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

If the onion chopped you up Im sure it would cry!.!.!.!.thanx 4 2 points!Www@FoodAQ@Com

The juice is acidic and contains an enzyne that effects th tear glands!. You can avoid this by peeling under cold running water!.
or wearing swimming goggles!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com

its the fuems from the onion than reacts with the water in your eye to make hydrochloric acid which irritates your eyes!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

onion oil contains “1-propenyl sulfenic acid, which is thought to be the lacrimator in onions!.” A lacrimator is something that makes your eyes water!.
Now we know what the chemical is!. But I am not sure that helps very much when we have to peel onions!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Good question, and I'd like to know that answer too!. Just from trial and error, I have found out that you can reduce this effect by breathing through your mouth rather than you nose while chopping and also the root end of the onion seems to be more potent!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

if you chew gum while chopping onions or wearing gogles you won't cry!.!.!.!.!. tried it and it worked =]Www@FoodAQ@Com

its the chemicals in the onion!.!.!.!.sulfur, you don't actually inhale the odor of the onion!.!.!.instead your eyes absorb the chemicals and probably make you cry!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

They want to punish you for cutting them!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

The smell of onion make everyone to cry in order to avoid this you can insert a potato in your knife to prevent crying while you are cutting onions its a very good trick to get rid of crying from onions:)Www@FoodAQ@Com

It's the volatile sulfur compounds that are released when an onion is cut!.!.!. they are strong irritants to they eyes and mucous membranes!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Inside the onion cells there are some chemical compounds which contain sulfur!. When you cut an onion its cells are broken and those chemical compounds then undergo a reaction that transforms them into a more volatile sulfured products, which are released into the air!.

These sulfured compounds react with the moisture in your eyes forming sulfuric acid, which produces a burning sensation!. The nerve endings in your eyes are very sensitive and so they pick up on this irritation!. The brain reacts by telling your tear ducts to produce more water, to dilute the irritating acid!. So you cry to keep your eyes protected from the acid!.

There are some tricks to make onion-dicing less problematic:
- Chop the onion under cold water!. The volatile sulfured compounds will be released but then they react with the water, instead of reaching your eyes!.
- You can freeze the onion for 10 minutes before cutting it!. The cold temperature of the onion will slow down the chemical reaction which forms the volatile sulfured compunds!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

The chemicals that onions release when it is cut makes a perosn cry!.

You can cut an onion near a burner that is turned on, the fire cancels out the chemicals!.

Or you can wear goggles!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I use only sweet onions like Vidalias!. They have less effect on my tear ducts, if any at all!. Keep root end intact until last cut, also helps!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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