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Originally Posted by happy_terd
I am about to go cut up two large onions. I usually have a hard time doing this because I get all teary eyed.
Today will be different.
I have always heard that chewing gum stops the eyes from watering when cutting up onions. Today I am going to use that often heard but never tried advice.
Today is the day that I will finally know.
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Goggles! Put on a pair of ski goggles and you are all set!
Cut onions release a chemical irritant (an enzyme, I think) into the air and irritates the eyes, so you cry.
I've never tried the goggles, but if the irritant can't reach the eye, the eyes shouldn't tear, right?
Humm, I wonder if swim goggles would work, also?
Give it a try and let us know, h_t.
