onion crying

@shamzy18 (2315)
August 16, 2008 8:34am CST
hey do u cook a lot? dont you just hate it when it comes down to making onions! i hate peeling them i hate the smell and i hate it when i cry. do you hate it too? do you have wasy to stop or avoid crying? well one technique i use is after peeling you put it in water.. but i still tend to cry after the second or third onion!! another technique which my sister told me today, she said eat chewing gum. so i did but nothing happened . then my sistr said your eating the wrong chewing gum lol i was eating a spearmint which is not very strong something like extra would work.. so i ate a extra mint and she said breathe in through your mouth and out from you nose. which i find hard to haha well in my opinion i think it does stop the tears rolling down but still stings your eyes a little hehe.
2 responses
@bbsr13 (4196)
• India
21 Aug 08
Hello,Sham! I never eat onion.so I have not experienced crying personally.but people shed rears while cutting onions.Some people chew chewing gums to avoid shading tears from the eyes.But I have not tried this.you may try it.thanx.
@shamzy18 (2315)
24 Aug 08
hi thank you for the response , yes but if you cook then you would have come across onions to peel thne you would cry so i take it you dont cook lol but yeah my sister is one of those people who chew chewing gum!!
@wolfie34 (26770)
• United Kingdom
16 Aug 08
I love onions, but having to peel them I dread! Someone said that if you run a tap whilst you doing them, similiar to what you mentioned about peeling them in water it is supposed to stop you crying, but it doesn't work for me, I still end up crying. So it's an occupational hazard, I love onions so much, especially on my salad and in my omelette so I have to put up with the crying!
@shamzy18 (2315)
16 Aug 08
lol yeah put them in a bowl of water and do the bhewing gum trick you wont be having tears down your eyes but it will sting a little bit. yeah i love it on my salad too!! i peeled 7 onions today my sister made me !! hate doing that!!