return2ozma@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoWhat life hack is so simple yet so effective, you're shocked more people don't know about it?message-squaremessage-square539fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareSaintWacko@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoWhen cutting onions, set the cutting board on the stove and turn on the extractor fan. No more tears!
minus-squareHammocks4All@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoIs it weird I kind of like the tears?
minus-squareStThicket@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoI worked at a factory that produced food with onion as one of the main ingredients. The best trick was to breathe with the mouth. Breathing with my nose would always make my eyes cry.
minus-squareAnnoyed_🦀 @monyet.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoChill the onion before cutting will helps too, either put it in the fridge or put it in a tub of ice water.
minus-squareHonkyTonkWoman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoSo does rinsing the onion slices. I slice a ring off, rinse the ring, & then chop.
minus-square18-24-61-B-17-17-4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoWearing those little eyeball-sized swim goggles works too.
minus-squarePyrrhichios@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoHold a teaspoon in your mouth while you do it (upside down so you don’t poke yourself in the eye or whatever works best). Nullifies it instantly.
When cutting onions, set the cutting board on the stove and turn on the extractor fan. No more tears!
Is it weird I kind of like the tears?
I worked at a factory that produced food with onion as one of the main ingredients. The best trick was to breathe with the mouth. Breathing with my nose would always make my eyes cry.
Chill the onion before cutting will helps too, either put it in the fridge or put it in a tub of ice water.
So does rinsing the onion slices. I slice a ring off, rinse the ring, & then chop.
Wearing those little eyeball-sized swim goggles works too.
Hold a teaspoon in your mouth while you do it (upside down so you don’t poke yourself in the eye or whatever works best). Nullifies it instantly.