I have to post an addendum to this week’s thread, because I discovered something.
Husband and I were watching Youtube today, and we discovered the Crazy Russian Hacker:
https://www.youtube.com/user/CrazyRussianHacker
He had an idea about chopping onions: chew gum while you chop, and your eyes won’t water.
A few days ago, I chopped an onion and my eyes really stung and watered; and I remembered that when I saw his video.
It works! Tonight when I chopped an onion, I chewed a piece of gum. I could feel the inside of my nose and mouth burning slightly, but my eyes didn’t burn or tear.
How the heck does this work? I wish I’d discovered it years ago.
(He also has a ‘how to peel an egg’ video, which I haven’t tried yet...)
-JT
The tears are one drawback....the smell that lingers on one’s hands is twice AS BAD. The oder would awake me in the middle of the night smelling worse than a skunk. No matter what, it could not be eliminated with anything but time. However, found a remedy for that at last. After handling onions-— soap up the hands grab the stainless steel faucet with both hands....sliding them up/down for about 2-3 minutes. Ok...no gutter comments, please. It does work and the odor is no longer any problem. Will try the gum for the tears, tho that is not much of a problem. Some things one can life with.