Do you hate cutting onions?

If you use onions to cook from time to time and get annoyed with the whole onions making your eyes water then here are a few cool tricks that you can do to stop your eyes from watering.

What causes onions to make your eyes water? When cutting through an Onion, the onion cells get cut too which releases a gas that reacts with water and creates sulfuric acid which causes irritation. The eye then releases water to dilute the acid which makes the eye watery.

How to prevent your eyes from watering when cutting onions

• The most effective way is to peel the onion and run the onion under water before cutting it.
  
• Use a sharp knife (sharp knife cuts the onion cells cleanly and hence less juice is released from the Onion)
• Use salt or bread crumbs on the knife.
• Put the onions in the freezer for 10-15 minutes before cutting them

I hope you find these tips as helpful as I do when I must cut onions for recipes and do not want to spend the extra money for frozen or packaged ones.