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Been cooking for 7 years since I moved out, but I still cry while chopping onions.
Any tips?

>> No.14758707

when was the last time you sharpened your knife?

>> No.14758724

>>14758707
A week ago.
I sharp my knife with a stone

>> No.14758733

If you have glasses, switch to contacts. I never tear from cutting onions because I always have contacts in. I thought everyone was exaggerating until one time I tried cutting them when I only had glasses on and I had tears leaking out of my eyes like a bitch.

>> No.14758745

>>14758699
Other than wearing contacts I don't think there is much you can do. Some onions get me and others don't.

>> No.14758938

Stop thinking about her. She stopped thinking about you years ago.

>> No.14758943

>>14758699
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1FfZiiK-I4&t

>> No.14758995

>>14758699
insult your onions before you cut them to assert your dominance as an apex predator

>> No.14758999

>>14758699
I think the best bet is a sharp knife and cutting pole to pole. I also noticed a big different when I got a higher quality Japanese knife, but maybe it’s a placebo. I still stinging eyes but as much as I used to.

>> No.14759009

>>14758699
yeah, its called stop being a pansy

>> No.14759018

>>14758699
The root contains the stuff that makes you cry. Cut it off and get rid of it asap.

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>>14758938

>> No.14759080

>>14758699
Use a little USB fan and a power bank to blow the fumes away from you.

>> No.14759092

>>14758699
I throw them into the freezer for a half hour, the juices don’t spray everywhere after slight freezing

>> No.14759214

The pain never really goes away...

>> No.14759280

>>14758699
how fucking long does it take you to cut onions? the only times I ever got burning eyes from onions was when I first started cutting them.

once I learned how to cut them quickly that problem when away.

>> No.14759329

Wet your knife before cutting.

>> No.14759332

get a pair of goggles, honestly. The compound released by chopped onions is something you can't get used to.

Also, leave the bulb end of the onion *ON*. Chop around it if you must, but let it be the last thing left. Don't listen to the other guy saying to get rid of it. The bulb is the difference between an onion and anti-riot chemical weapons.

>> No.14760027

>>14759092
>>14758745
>>14758699
Leave them in the fridge, cold onions release less of that shit that makes you tear.

>> No.14760041

>>14758699
>Been cooking for 7 years since I moved out, but I still cry while chopping onions
try sharpening your knives you fucking mong. cooking for 7 years and you can't figure that out? youre fucking retarded

>> No.14760071

>>14760027
Don't do this it makes mustard gas when they get cold

>> No.14760077

matches behind your ears

>> No.14760084

>>14759332
I just use sunglasses and they work just fine.
That is if I fuck up so bad I need them.

>> No.14760088

>>14760071
kek

>> No.14760091

>>14759332
What's the difference between chopping it off first and chucking it and leaving it until last.

>> No.14760097

>>14758699
Sharpen your knife and use it like a saw not like an axe

>> No.14760100

>>14758699
If you've been cooking for 7 years now, you obviously know that onions release gases when you cut into them. Especially the hard "core" of the onion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhDou5j6SyA

>> No.14760804

Keep your onions in the fridge

>> No.14760814

Either wear swimming goggles or get a device made for chopping an entire onion at once. Some commercial kitchens use stuff like that, I think you can get something like this for around 100 bucks. Maybe less now that so many restaurants are going out of business. Don't get the ones they sell at grocery stores, my local grocery store sells 1 super cheap version of that appliance and it really sucks.

>> No.14761386

>>14758699
I have had success with putting the onions in the fridge for an hour or two before I use them. Also, don't cut the root end off til last. It seems to help.

>> No.14761391
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>>14758699
Unironically goggles

>> No.14761403

stop hovering directly over them when you cut them

>> No.14761863

>>14758699
I suggest getting a sex change and replacing those loose hanging pussy lips with a fat dick, you pansy.

>> No.14761979

Ever since I got into sharpening and cutting styles I don't have any problems.
Sharp knife and single smooth cuts seem to work for me.
Don't ever mash them and don't saw back and forth just a single smooth cut though.

>> No.14762003

>>14758699
I do to, its a sign of a good onion, the more crying the better the onion :D

>> No.14762015

>>14758699
Use the slapchop then cleanup with the shamwow

>> No.14762044

>>14760091
When you cut it, it makes a fume cloud.
If you cut it first, you're standing in the fume cloud while slicing the rest of the onion.
If you cut it last, you step out of the fume cloud to put your onion into the pan and allow the cloud to dissipate.

>> No.14762232
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>>14758699
Suck it up and don't be a girly man!

>> No.14762259

>>14758699
Cut the onions with your eyes closed

>> No.14762265

>>14760804
This

>> No.14762266

>>14758699
i wear sunglasses and that works

>> No.14762269

>>14761391
This is the one thing Jack did right beside beat his kids, repess his homosexuality, and eat himself into two strokes.

>> No.14762273

>>14758699
I don't cry when I chop onions, but it fucking burns it's almost as bad as fucking smoke getting in my eyes, in-fact sometimes I feel like I can handle smoke better. Anyway, I wish i could cry because it would wash away some of the stings. I take breaks and put in eyedrops, perhaps you could try this too.

>> No.14762274

who even cares? just deal with the crying

>> No.14762316

>>14758699
Don't chop into the root. I cut the tip off, peel, rinse off any debris then chop.

>>14761391
Goggles don't do shit. The vapour is inhaled and gets into your sinuses.

>> No.14762323

don't be sad when cutting them

>> No.14762332

sharpen your knife at least once a month or so, and get sweet/vidalia onions they have less sulfurous crying compounds in them compared to yellow onions.

Chop off the NON root end, cut in half through the root (ensuring half of the root is in each half), peel, and then make a series of vertical cuts towards but not touching the root of the onion, about 1/2-1 inch apart, then 1-3 horizontal cuts through the onion (again not all the way to the root), depending on the size of your onion, larger onion may need more horizontal slices, and then vertically dice towards the root. This produces minimal tears and gives you ideally nice evend ice.

>> No.14762338

>>14758699
become a man

>> No.14762344

>>14762338
We all know that'll never happen for OP.

>> No.14762346

a fan

>> No.14762349

>>14762316
then dont breath in through the nose

>> No.14762352

>>14762274
i love not being able to see while i handle knives

>>14762265
how big is your fucking fridge?

>> No.14762504

>>14758699
You have to harden your heart. Become a cold blooded onion killing machine. It’s a hard heart that kills.

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>>14760084
Based cool guy glasses

>> No.14762601

>>14762232
This except unironically. Just keep huffing in the onion gases through your mouth so it doesn't reach your eyes.

>> No.14762888

Chew bubble gum. Any kind.