Many tears were shed making pickled onions. Any tips that actually work to not cry your soul out
Many tears were shed making pickled onions. Any tips that actually work to not cry your soul out
by __wisdom__1
39 Comments
WetBandit06
Goggles
No_Taste1698
Open window, good ventilation and don’t wear a hat with a brim. Signed, an experienced kitchen worker. Edit: if you have a workplace with a dress code that includes a brim hat, turn it backwards when you’re in the back.
fabmar
I take a sip of water and keep it in my mouth while peeling and cutting. Works great for me.
Massive-Warning9773
Open window with a strong fan. Only thing that has legitimately helped me.
MoreThanWYSIWYG
The only thing that works is eye protection or strong enough ventilation that prevents the particulates from getting in your eyes.
Skow1179
You could have super good ventilation with a few fans going for airflow. It’s the gasses that cause crying
persnickety69
Probably placebo but chewing mint gum helps me
DDESTRUCTOTRON
Squirt onions into both your eyes and build a tolerance
slapstik007
Refrigerating the onions and cutting cold, makes for a much better time.
Shmiggams22
I wear my snow board goggles. Always gets a giggle from the wife, but it works!
retailguy_again
I guess I’ve built up a tolerance. They don’t bother me as long as I don’t rub my eyes.
hyperspacevoyager
Contact lenses
LunaBeanz
Damn those could make a lot of tomato
TempehTantrums
I found that using an anaerobic chamber works best. A little pricey, but it looks cool as hell!
MalignantLugnut
Refrigerate the onions. VERY Sharp knife.
I_DRINK_GENOCIDE_CUM
Don’t cut them
ElvisKnucklehead
Cutting board on a counter next the a widow with a fan blowing out.
Ancient-Chinglish
M_Ludi
Get a mandolin.
therekamniar4891
Keep biting a toothpick and you won’t cry.
Blurstingwithemotion
Sharp ass knife
DMmeyourRegina
Chewing gum
uthewu_
Just breath through your mouth, not your nose. Scents travel up through your nose and irritates your tearducts
truthysweettoothy
Ice mist machine blowing in your face, ventilation, googles…
Freezing onions or putting them cold will only make the soggy but if you are pickling them…
Put them in the freezer a bit …
scraglor
How much tomato?
cheese-glitter-treea
Wear ski/snowboard/swim goggles
MisterBelial
An old woodshop foreman of mine used to tell a participatory joke that I’ve always enjoyed, which is tangentially relevant to this question. It first came up after I told him that the night before, I had chopped an onion that made my eyes water.
It went like this:
Alvin: “Did you know that if you cut onions under water, they won’t make you cry?”
Mr Belial: “I’ve never heard that, Al, is it true?”
Alvin: “Yes, but you have to be careful that you don’t drown.”
nonconsenual_tickler
Keep them in the fridge prior to cutting
axethebarbarian
I find a sharp af knife is enough to keep it from hurting my eyes.
Egg_of_Nog
Swimming goggles
BottomTalent
Switch from glasses to contacts.
Metavari
I used to think I was immune from onion tears. Turns out I was always wearing my contacts and I’m pretty near sighted at -9.0 script. Cut onions with glasses on for the first time in 15 years of being immune and had to tap out.
Super-File-8918
Does chewing gum work or is that an old wives tale?
Oil-of-Vitriol
It’s been so many years since this has bothered me, chopping onions and hot peppers doesn’t do anything to me anymore. Thanks for the reminder.
albygoing
Sharp blade, not serrated
smegma_stan
Thia is gonna sound stupid, but grab a spray bottle with water and give them a spritz before you cut them, also spritz ymthe too of your hands. Idk why, it seems to attract the gas (?) That the onions emit and yeah thats basically it. You can also put a bowl of water near your cutting board if you dont have a spray bottle
Jerrysmiddlefinger99
A piece of cut onion in your mouth helps.
spicy-acorn
Chewing minty gum or altoids. I have also kept a candle near my and that seemed to help a bit
39 Comments
Goggles
Open window, good ventilation and don’t wear a hat with a brim.
Signed, an experienced kitchen worker.
Edit: if you have a workplace with a dress code that includes a brim hat, turn it backwards when you’re in the back.
I take a sip of water and keep it in my mouth while peeling and cutting. Works great for me.
Open window with a strong fan. Only thing that has legitimately helped me.
The only thing that works is eye protection or strong enough ventilation that prevents the particulates from getting in your eyes.
You could have super good ventilation with a few fans going for airflow. It’s the gasses that cause crying
Probably placebo but chewing mint gum helps me
Squirt onions into both your eyes and build a tolerance
Refrigerating the onions and cutting cold, makes for a much better time.
I wear my snow board goggles. Always gets a giggle from the wife, but it works!
I guess I’ve built up a tolerance. They don’t bother me as long as I don’t rub my eyes.
Contact lenses
Damn those could make a lot of tomato
I found that using an anaerobic chamber works best. A little pricey, but it looks cool as hell!
Refrigerate the onions. VERY Sharp knife.
Don’t cut them
Cutting board on a counter next the a widow with a fan blowing out.
Get a mandolin.
Keep biting a toothpick and you won’t cry.
Sharp ass knife
Chewing gum
Just breath through your mouth, not your nose. Scents travel up through your nose and irritates your tearducts
Ice mist machine blowing in your face, ventilation, googles…
Freezing onions or putting them cold will only make the soggy but if you are pickling them…
Put them in the freezer a bit …
How much tomato?
Wear ski/snowboard/swim goggles
An old woodshop foreman of mine used to tell a participatory joke that I’ve always enjoyed, which is tangentially relevant to this question. It first came up after I told him that the night before, I had chopped an onion that made my eyes water.
It went like this:
Alvin: “Did you know that if you cut onions under water, they won’t make you cry?”
Mr Belial: “I’ve never heard that, Al, is it true?”
Alvin: “Yes, but you have to be careful that you don’t drown.”
Keep them in the fridge prior to cutting
I find a sharp af knife is enough to keep it from hurting my eyes.
Swimming goggles
Switch from glasses to contacts.
I used to think I was immune from onion tears. Turns out I was always wearing my contacts and I’m pretty near sighted at -9.0 script. Cut onions with glasses on for the first time in 15 years of being immune and had to tap out.
Does chewing gum work or is that an old wives tale?
It’s been so many years since this has bothered me, chopping onions and hot peppers doesn’t do anything to me anymore. Thanks for the reminder.
Sharp blade, not serrated
Thia is gonna sound stupid, but grab a spray bottle with water and give them a spritz before you cut them, also spritz ymthe too of your hands. Idk why, it seems to attract the gas (?) That the onions emit and yeah thats basically it. You can also put a bowl of water near your cutting board if you dont have a spray bottle
A piece of cut onion in your mouth helps.
Chewing minty gum or altoids. I have also kept a candle near my and that seemed to help a bit
Mmm, cutted red onions to make special tomato.