You can also wear clear glasses, or sunglasses while cutting the onion; it helps to block the enzyme from reaching your eyes. it works for me, but I'll try the gum trick next time.
Get someone else to cut the onion for you and make sure they aren't fat so no one will make fun of you on Digg then bury your comment./scarcasmHey, digg me out of here! I'm getting buried!!LOL!
Why you would ever throw away that much onion away is beyond me. Granted, onions are cheap, but you still have to work your job to pay for onions.The method of cutting an onion like that takes so much time. You would need an especially sharp knife also. And of course, the danger of slipping.Im not a troll on digg or anything, I just think that this is one of the worst/slowest ways to cut an onion.If the root is in the center of the onion, then why not just cut slices from the outside toward the center, take a deap breath, and quickly do the rest.
Or , when you have peeled the skin off the onion, just run the thing under cold water for a few seconds, then you can cut it up without crying, and without throwing out the best bit of the onion!That movie is whack. It's like a chef saying "OK, so take your Prime Beef Fillet Steak, cut the fat off it, throw away the steak and cook the fat."
Two things: 1. if you cut from the shoot side, opposite from the root, you'll have the same effect. It's not the bulb, it's the direction of the cells in the onion. 2. Throw that much onion away? Hasn't he ever heard of compost? Sheesh!
solemnravenMay 21, 2007
You can also wear clear glasses, or sunglasses while cutting the onion; it helps to block the enzyme from reaching your eyes. it works for me, but I'll try the gum trick next time.
coolianMay 21, 2007
The best way - make a woman cut the onion. It's her job anyway.
mal1964May 21, 2007
why is it that after a break up you always hear a sad song and need to cut an onion?
gasdarkMay 22, 2007
that man was both ugly and suffering from some form of palsy
zeroMay 22, 2007
who cuts an onion from end to root ? the thing will just fall apart like that.
tofucomputerMay 23, 2007
Get someone else to cut the onion for you and make sure they aren't fat so no one will make fun of you on Digg then bury your comment./scarcasmHey, digg me out of here! I'm getting buried!!LOL!
mrsidnetMay 23, 2007
Why you would ever throw away that much onion away is beyond me. Granted, onions are cheap, but you still have to work your job to pay for onions.The method of cutting an onion like that takes so much time. You would need an especially sharp knife also. And of course, the danger of slipping.Im not a troll on digg or anything, I just think that this is one of the worst/slowest ways to cut an onion.If the root is in the center of the onion, then why not just cut slices from the outside toward the center, take a deap breath, and quickly do the rest.
m0b1u5May 26, 2007
Or , when you have peeled the skin off the onion, just run the thing under cold water for a few seconds, then you can cut it up without crying, and without throwing out the best bit of the onion!That movie is whack. It's like a chef saying "OK, so take your Prime Beef Fillet Steak, cut the fat off it, throw away the steak and cook the fat."
corneliabApr 1, 2009
Two things: 1. if you cut from the shoot side, opposite from the root, you'll have the same effect. It's not the bulb, it's the direction of the cells in the onion. 2. Throw that much onion away? Hasn't he ever heard of compost? Sheesh!