My guess is probably a sensory component of having your mouth open, and maybe the stainless steel does something?
Only thing that’s ever worked for me is entirely not cutting the core of the onion, like just removing the middle 2cm around the root all the way to the tip.
Onions usually don’t affect me, but when the batch comes powerful, using any kind of glasses helps. If you have safety- or swimming- goggles even better
an open mouth exposes more water to bind to the gas before it gets to your eyes, but most solutions involving adding water to the process don’t appreciably change results in my experience (rinsing, application, or basin)
i think you just pick a placebo and suffer when an onion is particularly pungent lol
ouch
Oh no, definitely a mistake! My spouse suggests trying to hold a spoon in your mouth the whole time while cutting an onion.
Why would that help?
“I don’t know why it helps, it just does?”
My guess is probably a sensory component of having your mouth open, and maybe the stainless steel does something?
Only thing that’s ever worked for me is entirely not cutting the core of the onion, like just removing the middle 2cm around the root all the way to the tip.
Eh fair,
Onions usually don’t affect me, but when the batch comes powerful, using any kind of glasses helps. If you have safety- or swimming- goggles even better
an open mouth exposes more water to bind to the gas before it gets to your eyes, but most solutions involving adding water to the process don’t appreciably change results in my experience (rinsing, application, or basin)
i think you just pick a placebo and suffer when an onion is particularly pungent lol
I cut them in half and rinse the halves under rubbing water while rubbing them together, I think it helps a lot