Crying over an onion - Continued

Sixth is to try holding your breath while you are cutting the onion. I’m glad that I only had one onion to peel and chop. But I have to admit I could not hold my breath that long. Yes, the tears did fall.

My mother has tried these tips for me also. The one she found most successful is cutting the stem part of the onion while letting the root part in tact. She had five onions to cut and didn’t shed a tear. In my research I have read that while reducing the number of tears shed there is one sure fire method of preventing tears and that is wearing contact lenses. I can test this one too. Seeing how I was testing with my glasses on. What do you know, I did not shed a tear. I even had to peel another and another just to see if it really was working. I will be peeling all my onions with my contacts in and saving my tears for something more important.

Now to get that onion smell off my hands. Wouldn’t you know there is a tip for that too? To remove the onion smell from your hands, rub a piece of lemon in salt and then squeeze some lemon juice into your hands, gently rub the juice in, and then rinse it off in warm water. This also worked very well.

I guess my husband will be having onions with all of his meals.