Ways To Stop Weeping Eyes From Onions, How To Get Rid Of Stinging Eyes After?
The reason you tear up when cutting onions is because onions have a very high acidity level and are very high in moisture content. When you cut into an onion your actually spraying small amounts of acidic moisture in the air, where it will come in contact with your eyes and cause the irritation and you will also breath it in through your nose and mouth, causing further irritation. There are two very good methods that will prevent this from happening. 1. Hold a piece of bread in your mouth while cutting onions. Besides making you look very foolish this will absorb the moisture content around your face and will greatly reduce the amount of irritation to your eyes. 2. If you don’t want to look dumb, simply freeze the onion(s) before cutting them. Since this will also freeze the moisture inside of the onion, it will almost completely eliminate any eye irritation. Hope this helps.
