Every one's experienced the tears and burning typically associated with cutting onions. In all honesty, it has been a while since I've suffered through this culinary punishment. I usually use softball-sized yellow or red onions and had never had a burning-tears experience. However, I recently bought a 3 pound bag of mini yellow onions that are PERFECTLY sized for per-meal portions but make my eyes burn something fierce! After several nights of painful eyes and out of utter frustration I remembered a tip I had read somewhere: chew a piece of gum while chopping your onions. So I tried it...and it worked! I used minty gum, which may matter, and just started chewing it while I chopped. No tears. No burn.
So, go forth and onion-fy!
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