On May 3, 6:56*am, John Kuthe > wrote:
> On Thu, 3 May 2012 07:52:36 -0500, "Polly > wrote:
>
> ...
>
> >I need to know more about onions. *Sometimes they are very mild. Sometimes
> >they are so powerful they'll set your eyebrows on fire just in the slicing.
> >Polly
>
> Only way I've found of preventing slicing onions from making my eyes
> water, etc. is to have a fan blowing the fumes away from my face. My
> kitchen has a big ceiling fan and I turn it on high speed blowing down
> while I'm slicing onions and nary shed a tear!
>
> John Kuthe...

I put the onion in the freezer for about 30 minutes.