"itsjoannotjoann" > wrote in
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> Dimitri wrote:
>> OK what is your favorite hint that really works well:
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> Here's mine. When slicing or chopping pungent onions have a tabletop
> fan or perhaps a box fan pointed at yourself and those teary onions.
> The fan pretty much keeps those sulphurous fumes from reaching your
> eyes and nose and the tears at bay.
> (The over the stove vent fan doesn't work in this instance.)


If you chill the onion in the freezer for awhile, it won't make you tear
while you slice or dice. Some practical science about molecules in slow
motion.

Andy