On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 08:36:38 +0100, "riverman"
wrote:



I find no consistency in any strategy I try. Just last night, I was slicing
some onions and was doing the 'lean back' trick, and it worked right up
until the last second. I've heard that doing it under running water works,

Very slow and low pressure running water might make that easier.

but I can't figure out how to cut them very neatly with water running over
them. The glasses sound strange, as the air currents can move around them
easily. Certainly the fingers away from the face thing sounds logical.

Don't know what the solution is, but I know there are about as many
suggestions as there are cooks. I think the origins of superstition and
voodoo must have started with someone who came up with a method to keep
their eyes from watering when cutting onions.

There is the solution my kids found. Get someone else to cut the
onions...

Cyli
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