tears rolling down my face

[entropygirl]

AIBU to chop onions for dinner?

Safety goggles in future?!

Buy ready chopped

Wear sunglasses!

Bite on wooden spoon? Or is it metal?

Try both!

i keep a bowl of cold water nearby and keep dipping the onion in it,seems to work.
ds1 said he hates onions because they make mummy cry

I learned a good tip recently - the oils that hurt your eyes are all in the bottom of the onion, if you cut that last you should be ok.

chop top and bottom off, peel, wash ubder cold running tap for 10-15 secs, no more watery eyes!

Peel under running water [hwink]

Put wrists under water and then chop the onion while they are still wet. If they dry, wet them again. Hands can be wet too, but wrists must be - not hands only.

It really works for me.

if you put them in a sink of cold water, peel them and cut the top and bottom off underwater, you can then take them out for chopping with no ill effects

(or at least, I can)

nom nom its worth it for fajetas!!

YABVU

If you have an extractor fan, then peel them on the counter as close to the fan as you can do. Put the fan on as high as it will go and the vapours which irritate your eyes get sucked away.

HTH x

metal spoon!

contact lenses help according to my friend! and my glasses do help a little.

Put a piece of kitchen roll in your mouth. The kitchen roll acts like a shield and catches the onion 'fumes' before they reach your eyes unfortunately you also look like a bit of a muppet.

bean let me guess - to get the full effect you also have to take a picture and post it on the interwebs?

Whistle!

I've been putting a tea towel on my head for years (when I'm chopping onions, obvoiusly)

it doesn't really work

Really? It doesn't work, you say, springy?

Wearing contact lenses really helps. Sadly, you get used to wearing them and the one time you chop onions without them

Yanbu. My DH does them coz he wears contacts

Contact lenses work :) I thought onions had been genetically modified to not make our eyes water any more Then I chopped onions wearing glasses and my eyes were streaming....

Lots of crossed posts! :)

Chew gum....tastes foul all onion-y but it works!!