Not Crying while Chopping Onions
I've been wearing contact lenses since I was 12 years old so I never quite understood why people cried when chopping onions. Then one day, I chopped onions before putting on my contacts and the tears immediately started flowing. To make matters worse, I was rubbing away the tears with my hands that had touched the onion! That day, I learned that wearing contacts prevents the gas onions release from getting into your eyes.
If you don't wear contact lenses, you can try putting the onions in the fridge for an hour before chopping them. In my tiny NYC kitchen, I had no counter space and so I always stored my onions in the fridge. That was why chopping onions never bothered me too much when I didn't have my contacts on. I spent this past summer in Turkey and we always kept the onions outside of the fridge in that kitchen. I couldn't ever get through chopping an entire onion because the tears would obscure my vision too much. It was a fresh reminder for me of the benefits of refrigerating onions before chopping them.
If you don't wear contact lenses, you can try putting the onions in the fridge for an hour before chopping them. In my tiny NYC kitchen, I had no counter space and so I always stored my onions in the fridge. That was why chopping onions never bothered me too much when I didn't have my contacts on. I spent this past summer in Turkey and we always kept the onions outside of the fridge in that kitchen. I couldn't ever get through chopping an entire onion because the tears would obscure my vision too much. It was a fresh reminder for me of the benefits of refrigerating onions before chopping them.
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