Tears flow freely when clean and cut the onions? My 11 tips will help you get rid of this problem!
Frankly, I never cry when cutting onions, because it has been 10 years wear lenses that protect my eyes from the pungent odor causing tears. Therefore, when we cook together with her husband or with my mother, I always take cleaning and slicing onions over.
However, even before I started wearing the lenses, I almost cried from the bow. Here are 11 ways that helped me. I hope to help to you.
1. Put the onions for 15 minutes in the freezer, and then immediately clean and cut. Cold reduces allocation juice when cutting. It onion juice releases the smell, from which tears flow.
2. When cutting knife constantly rinse under running cold water. The water will wash away the onion juice, respectively, the smell will be less.
3. Use goggles. They are very well protect the eyes. No tears not shed!
4. Try to breathe through the mouth rather than the nose. When cutting onions can sing :))
5. Halve bulb and soak for 15 minutes in cold water.
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6. Type in your mouth waters at the time of slicing onions. I do not know why, but this method works!
7. At the time of cutting can be softly whistling or blowing. So you from yourself, as it were blown away by the smell irritating eyes.
8. Chew gum or candy during cleaning and slicing onions.
9. Once you feel that the scent begins to irritate the mucous membranes, immediately smell something very fragrant, for example, coffee beans, strawberry, etc.
10. Sprinkle salt on a cutting board. When cutting it will absorb the onion juice.
11. At the tip of the knife pinned a piece of bread. It will absorb the onion smell.
I hope you can help my advice, or at least some of them. Write in the comments, what methods do you use to not cry from the bow. Very interesting to know!
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