> "Darryl L. Pierce" drubbed:
>
>PENMART01 wrote:
>>>Kswck wrote:
>>>>Cooks Illustrated had a piece a couple of months ago that said that the
>>>>best way to avoid tears was to burn a candle near your work surface while
>>>>working with onions.
>>
>> Sharp knife, no tears.
>
>That doesn't seem realistic. Tears are caused by the onion releasing sulfur
>compounds into the air, which land on your eye and cause tearing. The
>sharper knife may (pardon the pun) cut the number of cells actually
>ruptured by slicing, but <STRONG>I don't think</STRONG> it will reduce it
enough to stop
>tearing.

There's your problem.


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