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How can you prevent yourself from crying when peeling onions?
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Lacrimation: When you cut onions they release a chemical irritant (synpropanethial-S-oxide) which stimulates tear production from the lachrymal glands. It is tearing up - not crying. That are various food chopping products that chop very quickly and keep the onions contained so that the irritant is not free flowing.
Answered 7/12/2020
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Water: Keep the whole process under running water.
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