The bow is different. There are also such specimens that very much irritate the eyes, to the point of tears, I must say, annoying. Human tolerance also varies. One person endures more steadfastly, for another such torture may be unbearable. And it's good when you can turn to someone close to you for help. But this is not always possible. How can we reduce the "tearful" effect of onions on our eyes?
Onion cells contain volatile sulfur. As soon as we start cutting the onion, it immediately gets into the air and eyes. Sulfur activates our lacrimal glands and we cry.
- The easiest way to reduce the irritation of onions to our eyes is to wet the knife under cold water while cleaning and cutting. If there are more than one or two onions to be prepared, then we moisten both the onions themselves and the cutting board on which we cut them.
- You can clean the onion under running water.
- It will also help if, before processing, we cut the onion, do not remove the husk, and put it in cold water for five to seven minutes.
- To allow onion vapors that irritate the eyes to fade away faster, you can open the window.
- For those who use onions often enough, home appliance stores offer a special onion chopper. Its disadvantage is that there are not many chopping options when using this technique. Rings, for example, will not be able to cut onions.
- There is also such a recommendation that you need to breathe while chopping onions not with your nose, but with your mouth. Someone helps.
- If you put onions in the freezer before cooking, and then process them until they are warm, then the irritating effect will be minimal.
You can also find tips that may seem funny. Maybe someone tried it? For example, wear a gas mask or diving goggles. Of course, there is some logic here. There is also an opinion that chewing gum helps. The mechanism is not clear, but suddenly it will help someone. Often among the recommendations you can find a method in which, while chopping onions, you need to fill your mouth with water. Chewing parsley is said to have beneficial effects as well. They attribute this to the fact that parsley is capable of oxidizing sulfur and changing the physical properties of onions so that they do not irritate you.
