Have you ever found a method of chopping onions without shedding tears?

Yes, I let my wife do it. She says that wearing contact lenses protects her.

a small fan to blow the fumes to the side rather than up.
Mom always told me do it under water but that seems incredibally impracticle. Putting theonion in one of those manual food processors works, but I don't always want the onions chopped fine like that, so it is espesially handy for the fine chop...no fumes. Taking glasses off, if yuou are still able to see is good. The onion fumes get caught between the glas and the eyes and lingers.

That's true. I never had much of a problem when I wore contacts.

(sweet) Vidalia onions don't make me cry.
I still use Bermuda's a lot, though (heartier and more flavor or maybe I just like the purple) and I cry like a baby.
I just don't fight it. I let the tears flow; the snot too to be honest.
I've heard of tricks (a cube of bread on the end of the knife), but I can't be bothered.

Breathe through your mouth while cutting.

Chop fast?
I don't have a method for it, although not all onions bother me. I think it's worse when they're really fresh.

Chop onions fast as you can and no tears

from first cut I breath through my mouth

It makes my eyes itch, but I don't cry.

I've heard that soaking onions and slicing them in ice water helps.
Then there's Ron Popeil -- the TV infomercial man & his special knives, who claims
"the only tears you'll shed are tears of joy! But-wait ----- there's-more..."

Use a jar type onion chopper. Or just stand back, wet the onion with water first, get some other schmuck to do it, or don't eat onions.

I need to put my glasses back on!!!!

...chopping onions without teddy bears, indeed.

> Breathe through your mouth while cutting.

Does this actually work? Going to have to try it. Someone else told me to keep my mouth closed while chopping. I can tell you for sure that does not work.

> I've heard that soaking onions and slicing them in ice water helps.

Yeah, every restaurant manager in every restaurant I ever worked in has told me the same thing. It doesn't work.

> Use a jar type onion chopper. Or just stand back, wet the onion with
> water first, get some other schmuck to do it, or don't eat onions.


Not eating onions is not an option. You can't make latkes without onions. Or maybe you can, but I wouldn't want to eat 'em. The jar type chopper is okay for small amounts, but I rarely cook in such small quantities.

Keep them in the fridge or soak them in icewater before chopping. It helps.

No coz everytime sum1 has chopped onions, or wen i've dun it myself i did shred tears it was difficult not 2 coz they r so bladey strong..

Yes it really works. At least for me anyway.

me? touch food? that's just crazy talk.

no, but my partner tells me that with her older contact lenses that weren't as breathable as her new ones(and not as good for her eyes due to the lack of O2) she never would shed tears.

Ah, so if I get old, bad-for-your-eyes contacts, I wouldn't have a problem. Well, not with onions anyway.

Actually, Ford Guy's tip worked for me, last night anyway. But I only sliced one onion, wasn't chopping a bunch. I made baked cod. It came out pretty good.

A small mini-food processor ...

yes, let someone else do it instead.

I heard of some, like running cold water while chopping onions, but I never remember to try any. I always forget that onions bother my eyes, and I remember half way through when my eyes are in tears and burning.

Breathe through my mouth. Also, I lean as far back away as possible.

Wearing glasses ... or should that be ?

I've heard the goggles help, as does refrigerating the onion for an hour before cutting, but I haven't tried them (I don't like onions much).

The minute you suck those fumes in to the nasal sinus you have lost the battle, cry me a river

No, it gets me every time.

Ask your wife to do it...