/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>20037652
what if someone sees me through my window wearing goggles in the kitchen

>>20037652
>the goggles, they do nothing!

when I cut onions I literally have to occasionally leave the room and wipe my face off with a towel because there will be tears pouring down my face and it never gets any better

>>20037652
lol, I use this DeWalt goggles, they do help with onions.

>>20037675
Quite unironically, I am from a country where sauna culture is kinda strange and we have sth called ceremonies, basically a guy pours water on coals and waves a towel around to blast you with near-boiling vapor

They sometimes use mentol as an essential oil. That shit fucks you up way harder than any onion ever could.

It's not that you don't feel onions, more like you feel them, you cry, but you don't care. Plus, who even needs to look at the knife when cutting, lol

>>20037652
>>20037675
>>20037699
sharpen your knives bros

>>20037652
I have a pair from my university chemistry class that I use. Don't care if I look silly, it works.

When chopping them I just get so emotional
I love onions so much

>>20037654
invite them in then get naked

>>20037654
they WILL go door to door throughout your entire neighborhood, and they WILL get everyone in the neighborhood to come to your front door, where they WILL all very cleverly tease you all at once, then one on one, and it WILL be the worst moment of your life, and they WILL never forget.

>>20037652
I do this but with swim goggles, works every time.

>>20037746
Doesn't work like that. Maaaybe if you had a perfectly sharpened laser, but even then I'm pretty sure you'd have the juices flying everywhere

That said, I kinda stopped at $250 per knife bracket, so I might be missing some crucial info

>>20037652
cutting onions never bothered me when I wore contacts, I guess because it's like a condom for your retina. I went back to wearing glasses and now i am more effected.

>>20037652
I just cut them with my eyes closed if they're really poignant. If you just use the knuckles of your left hand as a guide and take it easy it isn't as idiotic as it sounds

>>20037813
Sharp knives do help but won't entirely remove the effect. I have way cheaper knives than you've got and I'm not even that great at sharpening and still the difference is noticeable

>>20037813
Age of the onion matters. Older onions are juicier so it is already a shit show no matter how sharp the knife is.

Put the onion in the freezer for 20-30 minutes before you cut it. That's not long enough to freeze the onion so cutting it won't be harder but it's long enough to freeze the gas that causes tears so it won't fuck you up when you start cutting. It will still irritate you a little but it won't make tears flow down your face.

>>20037675
>tears pouring down my face and it never gets any better
Same but without the onions

>>20037652
KWAB

>>20037814
this is correct - contacts hard counter onions.

>>20037652
Can also point a fan at the cutting area to blow the gas away before it can rise up into your eyes. Or cut on top of your range with the exhaust fan running.

>>20037652
Contact lense chads secure yet another W

>>20037943
>based gaze of steel enjoyer

Simply cut the onion inside of a sand-blasting cabinet.

>>20037652
Do 4sois really?

>>20037927
is this an AI generated "but first you must eat all these eggs"

>>20037814
Don't you mean Cornea? your retina is at the back of your eye.
I used to work at a restaurant in my youth where one of the prep items was tubs and tubs of slicing onions, then popping them. I guess you get used to it, since I've never had my eyes water from onions ever since.

>>20037654
you must kill them. you have 20 seconds. no witnesses.

>>20037813
It is basically down to the onion itself.
Some are just nasty bastards that will make you cry no matter what.

ONIONS ONIONS ONIONS I CANNOT TAKE THIS FUCKING WORD SERIOUSLY ANYMORE FUCK THIS WEBSITE

>>20037675
Doesn't rinsing an onion with hot water before cutting neutralize the irritant? Am I completely misremembering this?

>>20039162
Do you think you're washing your insides when you take a shower?

>>20039166
Cold, not hot. I was correct in theory. Suck my ass.
https://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/how-to-cut-onions-without-crying

>>20039162
This is what I do, just rinse under the water after peeling/splitting them. I'll get a mild dose of the vapor but not nearly as bad.

>>20039162
Water will rinse off any of the liquid presently on the onion from cutting, which will reduce the chance of vapor attacking your face. The water being hot will make it more likely to move the viscous tear gas liquid.
But generally you want the opposite. You can can them under cold water, or preferably fridge your onions, to reduce their tear gas attack in the first place. Colder onions are less bleedy.
As always, a sharp knife and quick cutting is always the bestest thing. The only time my eyes ever get attacked is when I use a dull knife.

>>20037927
>ALL THE EGGS

>put them in the fridge for a few months

Fixes everything.

>>20037675
Stick your head in the freezer, it stops your eyes reacting immediately until you start cutting again. I used to have to chop a bag of onions at a time and stepping into the walk in freezer was blissful, we had onion goggles but I didn't want to look like a fag

>>20039471
this, chilling your eyes + circulating the air around you with a towel/whatever to spread the onion gas every couple minutes

>>20037654
They'll know you broke bad.