Sick of having itchy eyes every time you peel onions ?
We have selected the 7 best techniques to avoid crying while cutting onions .
All different, these 7 tips all have the same objective:
you avoid breathing the enzyme , called allinase, which is released by the onion when you slice it.
This tear gas can be avoided in several ways...
Here are 7 that you can try at home, and that work!
Water will prevent the gas from being released. The problem is that it's less practical to cut, a wet onion.
The candle will consume the gas released by the onion before it attacks your eyes and airways. A good reason to dine by candlelight...
During the cutting, the gas contained by the onion is found on the blade of the knife. This is where the majority of the gas is released.
Run it under hot water regularly while cutting and your eyes will be spared!
What's impressive about this trick is that as soon as you run the blade under hot water, your eyes feel the difference instantly.
With a diving mask , you don't breathe through your nose and your eyes are protected. A radical way to cut onions without crying.
And as they say, ridicule doesn't kill!
By cooling the onions for 15 minutes in the freezer, the enzyme that stings our eyes is much less effective.
It also works by leaving your onions in the fridge.
You have a hood ? Turn it on when cutting onions and you'll see the difference.
Yes it works! Take the test and you will see.
If you are suspicious, try all 7 tips at the same time:
- you freeze the onion for 15 min, pass it under water. Then light a candle and turn on the hood. Put a snorkel mask and a spoon in your mouth. And pass the knife under hot water while cutting!
You can never be too careful to cut an onion without crying !
There you go, now you know how to peel onions without crying.
