On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 05:02:34 -0500, "bearsbuddy" wrote:


"riverman" wrote in message
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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, 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.

--riverman

Hold a slice of white bread in your mouth. You'll have to move it around a
bit, as it becomes soggy, but it works.

Oh, lawdy, lawdy...nope, not gonna touch this softball, just gonna let the
imagery linger for others' inspiration and/or comment...

As to (actual) onions, cut the root and stem ends off, remove outer peel, cut in
half from root to stem ends, and briefly rinse. Further cut as
needed/appropriate. Supposedly, a couple of strikerless matches in one's mouth
will prevent tears (I suppose if you have a sogginess problem with them, you
also have a drool issue to deal with...) but I've found the above cut and rinse
method to work.