Useful info to know

I thought this was some interesting info of tips about Onions.

Enjoy!!!
B.D.

Onion Hands:
Do you have onion smell on your hands after cutting one? Use the metal part of the knife and rub your hands with it while under running water.

Want to chase away onion odor from your hands. Just use a metal serving spoon. Rub off the odor under running water.

After cutting an onion, spray the vinegar on your hands as well as on your cutting board and knife. The strong odor will completely be removed.

To remove onion smell from your hands, run both hands over the chrome faucet on your sink, smell is gone!

To remove onion smell from your hands, use a half-teaspoon or so of salt in your palm. Dampen it with a few drops of water and rub it all over your hands as you would soap. Rinse and the smell will be gone.

Wet hands with cold water. Sprinkle generously with table salt, pour dishwashing liquid over hands, and vigorously rub hands together, getting between fingers as well. Rinse hands under running cold water!!

Onions:
If you have an onion that is hard to peel, because the skin is dry, just drop it in some water for about 5 mins.

When slicing an onion, to avoid tears try holding a piece of white bread in your mouth while slicing, it prevents tears every time!

When chopping onion, you will have fewer tears if you put your chopping board under the exhaust fan on your stove or light a candle and place it near the cutting board.

Before slicing onions, place the onion in the freezer for half hour. This will keep the onion from smelling and burning your eyes.

To prevent tears when cutting an onion, cut the root end off last.

To make chopping onions a less teary-eyed experience hold two unlit matches in your mouth. Have the non-striking end in your mouth. No tears on your cutting board.

Place the onion in the microwave for a few seconds and then chop it up. You won't tear up anymore.

When I cut onions, I find that eating a piece of bread through out the time of dicing prevents watering and stinging eyes.

Bite down constantly on a wooden match stick while doing your cleaning or chopping. I promise your eyes will not burn or tear. So Simple!!

Chop onions by cold running water. You'll have 0 tears.

(I love this one)
Buy them already chopped, no tears, no fuss, no mess.