Why onions make me cry?!


Question: Why onions make me cry!?
before 2 days i was cutting the onion then my tear come out i don't know why!? please answer meWww@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Unless you've avoided cooking, you've probably cut up an onion and experienced the burning and tearing you get from the vapors!. When you cut an onion, you break cells, releasing their contents!. Amino acid sulfides form sulfuric acids!. Enzymes that were kept separate now are free to mix with the sulfuric acids to produce propane S-oxide, a volatile sulfur compound that wafts upward toward your eyes!. This gas reacts with the water in your tears to form sulfuric acid!. The sulfuric acid burns, stimulating your eyes to release more tears to wash the irritant away!.

Cooking the onion inactivates the enzyme, so while the smell of cooked onions may be strong, it doesn't burn your eyes!. Aside from wearing safety go ogles or running a fan, you can keep from crying by refrigerating your onion before cutting it (slows reactions and changes the chemistry inside the onion) or by cutting the onion under water!.

You can also place salt or a slice of bread in your chopping board so that the salt will absorb the onion's fume!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

to put it in a nutshell, it makes sulphuric acid in the air which stings your eyes and makes you cry!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

They release invisible fumesWww@FoodAQ@Com

cemical reaction (i thing)Www@FoodAQ@Com





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