My latest method for chopping an onion tears-free........

Here are a couple things U can do to chop onions without crying==>

1) Keep onions in the refrigerator. Cold onions don't give off as many noxious fumes as do those at room temp and/or

2) Peel your onion and slice off its top BUT NOT the root end. Then slice or chop up the whole onion leaving on the root end and the gases will stay contained. Also--

3) Keep a candle burning right next to where you are cutting up onions and that will help to absorb the gases that are given off.

 
I''m going to try this candle trick. I assume the flame sucks up some oxygen from the onion juice.

as it's spitting it out. Nothing else has worked for me and I refuse to put my scuba gear on to slice onions.

Thanks Wigs

 
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