The mere thought of having to peel the onions drives the housewives into real panic. And the vegetable is healthy and tasty, and not a single dish is complete without it, but you also need to cry over it a lot. Despite the fact that scientists have long bred varieties of onions that do not make us cry bitter tears, the most common yellow onion does not lose popularity, especially since there are rumors among the people about several methods of dealing with an unpleasant onion feature.
We deal with the reasons. Why are we crying from the bow?
In its composition, the vegetable contains sulfur, which, when the integrity of the cells is violated, begins to evaporate. The vapors rise up and affect the eyes, which in turn causes a completely natural protective reaction - tears. In this way, the body tries to prevent damage to the delicate lining of the eyes by flushing out the chemicals before they do significant harm.
We peel the onion without tears. 6 proven ways
Everyone should choose their own, the only suitable method of dealing with such an unpleasant feature of the bow. It is not difficult to decide on the algorithm of actions, tk. a lot of ways are known.
You can resort to using diving goggles, thereby creating a natural, completely material barrier between the eyes and sulfur fumes. From the outside, this method looks ridiculous enough, which, however, does not prevent it from acting 100%.
You can peel onions by candlelight. This method has nothing to do with romance, the sulfur simply decomposes under the influence of high temperature.
The most popular technique used by almost all chefs is peeling the onions under running cold water. For the same purposes, a small bowl of water can be used, in which the onion is first soaked, and then the knife is also dipped in the process of cleaning and cutting.
Water reacts with the evaporating sulfur extremely quickly, which in turn leads to the decomposition of the chemical.
Parsley will also help to cope with tears. You just need to take a few leaves in your mouth and chew them while you are dealing with onions. The principle of counteraction is similar to the situation with water; when chewing greens, substances are released that neutralize sulfur emissions.
To avoid tears in the process of peeling onions, you can first put the head in the freezer for 5 minutes, or in the refrigerator for 10 minutes. The cells of a chilled vegetable will react much more slowly to a violation of the integrity, and, consequently, much less sulfur will be released.
The easiest way out of the situation is to keep the bulbs in the refrigerator at all times. Then the vegetable, ready for peeling without tears, will always be at hand.
You can also peel the onions without discomfort by sitting under the switched on kitchen hood.
