Tips to avoid tears while chopping onion

 Tips to avoid tears while chopping onions tips to avoid tears while cutting onions:

The chopping onions, one of the women on the heavy homework in the kitchen, because of what his successor from shedding tears with irritation of the eyes

According to the site "Net", the reason for shedding tears while chopping onions back due to the launch of gas, scientifically called, a gas Propanethiol S-oxide once mixing with some of the enzymes in the onion is working on the creation of sulfur gas

With the arrival of the sulfur gas into the eyes he is working to generate a mild acid irritates the eyes and raises tears.

In order to protect our eyes while slicing onions Here are some tips that will protect against "crying" during the cutting:

* Can light a candle near the site of chopping onions or where the flame lighted lamp or light works on burning gas absorption and avoids tears.

* Ensure that the suction fan or any fan of place does not work, because the moving air will stir scalding gas, and thus increases the spread, bringing the burning eyes.

* Always it suggests that the onion is cooled by placing it in the refrigerator before being cut, where it works to freeze the enzymes in the onions to avoid mixing with the gas sulfur burning to generate

* Soak the onion in water before cutting, water is absorbed by the gas and you can avoid the tears.

* Avoid cutting the onion until its roots, as this prevents the mixing of gas enzymes and thus protects you from tears.

Personally, I am putting salt on the knife, but this method did not work with me except once and because I do not know why it succeeded.

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5 Jan 2017
Zahra Hassan