how do i stop onions from burning my eyes?

Answer 1

The reason your eyes tear is because you breathe through your nose and the juice of the onion irratates you sinus cavity. Breathe through mouth when cutting onions

Answer 2

Run the onion under cold water when cleaning it. When slicing or chopping it, have someone else do it or....hold your breath so the smell does not go up your nose (that's what causes your eyes to burn). Walk away as needed (to catch your breath). I have The Magic Bullet I use to chop my onions. We use alot so I chop a whole onion at a time (when I can't talk someone else into doing it for me)!

Answer 3

There are LOTS of different methods, but not all work on everyone. If you have a hay-fever allergy, as I do, almost nothing will work. Because i work with onions every day, I simply invested in a pair of swim goggles. I look silly while cutting onions, but I can go for hours without tearing up.

Answer 4

Burn a candle on the counter nearby you while you chop the onion, the fire burns off the sulfites in the air that irritate your eyes, works every time for me.

Or, if you have no candles, chop the onion in a food processor!

Answer 5

light a small votive candle next to your cutting board, this burns the gas produced by cutting the onions and saves the eyes.

Answer 6

Before cutting the onion in pieces, rinse it with water. That helps me alot.

Answer 7

A really sharp knife helps. It actually cuts into the onion instead of tearing it & releasing the chemicals that make you all teary like a dull knife.

Answer 8

Plase a slice of bread next to the cutting board to aabsorb the fumes.

Answer 9

I love to cook so i stay in the kitchen... try chewing gum while you cut an onion... works eveytime! I read it in one of my cook books!

Answer 10

If you can keep your mouth shut while peeling them your eyes will not tear at all, but you can't open it once, even for a second or you will cry...!! I learned this from a chef in a restaraunt and it works.