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Revealed: 5 Easy Ways To Cut An Onions Without Crying
Revealed: 5 Easy Ways To Cut An Onions Without Crying
5. Get chewing
Some people suggest putting a bit of bread in your mouth, with part of it hanging out.
This is supposed to catch some of the chemicals before they reach your eyes.
Chewing gum also helps as it makes you breathe through your mouth, which disperses the irritants more. That means less get to your eyes, so you won’t cry.
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What chemical in onions makes your eyes burn?
The exact chemical that makes our eyes burn so much when we chop up onions is syn-propanethial-S-oxide.
This volatile sulphur compound wafts towards your eyes where it then forms sulphuric acid.
The sulphuric acid then causes that dreaded burning sensation and resulting tears.