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Default (2010-07-01) NS-RFC: Onions

James Silverton wrote:
> ChattyCathy wrote on Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:26:35 +0200:
>
>> I'm going to blame one of Andy's posts for this one...

>
>> Note to Squeaks: It's about 8.26am (according to my calculations) on
>> the Left Coast - so jump to it, girl!

>
> I guess I'm lucky in that I seldom have my eyes water with peeling and
> chopping a large onion or two. I do use an "Alligator" onion chopper and
> I get just enough slight irritation to suggest that I'd have trouble on
> a commercial scale. I also wash my hands in cold water after finishing
> chopping.
>


My eyes sometimes get irritated when I cut a lot of onions. I rarely use
more than one, so most of the time I don't have a problem.