Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. True or false?!


Question: Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!. True or false!?
Answers:
True!!!!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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you just won't cry as much!. my mother and i tried this already!. it was working at first but the onions eventually got to us!.
MAYBE the crying is reduced because you'r focusing on one sense more the the other!. you're tasting the gum more instead of smelling the onions!. (the onions release a gas - sulfuric acid - so when you breath it, it irritates your eyes!.

TRY THIS INSTEAD!!!:
chill the onion and your cooking utensils before cutting!. the onion contains sulfur oxide, which mixes with enzymes!. When it is cut, it releases gas (as a defense mechanism), and when it's reacted with moisture or water, it creates sulfuric acid in your eyes!.

also, have a cup of ice water near you so that absorbs the mixture instead of going toward your eyes!.

also, wet your hands before you start!. same concept as the ice water!. just make sure not to rub your eyes with it!

also, you can also stick your head in the freezer for a couple of seconds!.

also, i heard wearing swimming goggles work!.

some people cut their onions in a bowl of water!. but i don't recommend that because the ripples will distort your view of what you're cutting!. so the next thing you know, your hand'll feel weird and the water turns all red!Www@FoodAQ@Com

I peel and cut onion since I was little girl !. Some times , I do it while eating , drinking , or even chewing gum!. The constant result is tears running over my cheeks !.and red nose !. I do believe this is the price we should pay to enjoy a hearty and special dish!. So , accept that as a natural cleansing for the eyes and to temporal pain our mothers tolerate to serve us the best food ever !. Best wishes!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I believe it works, but I have found that if you use a really sharp knife, and slice the onions, rather than chopping them it isn't as bad!. also chilling them in the fridge helps!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

the only thing that i can do to help is to stick my face by the freezer!.!.!.tried the gum, tried a spoon in the mouth, tried different ways of cutting, tried chilling, everything!.!.!.nothing worked for meWww@FoodAQ@Com

true

ive tried wearing goggles <weird i know> and that DOES not work

u cry cuz i think it goes threw the mouth which is hard for me to keep my mouth closed so i hate peeling onionsWww@FoodAQ@Com

true!. also a really sharp knife and if you have a gas cooktop chopping next to an open flame works also!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

you know what else keeps you from crying while peeling onion!? wearing sunglasses!. the big bug-like ones!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I've tried it, I don't buy it!. Maybe you need a certain kind of gum!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

t r u e :)Www@FoodAQ@Com





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