How not to cry over onions
Do you have the same dilemma as I do when it comes to chopping onions? I remember silly old me, wearing eyeglasses to protect my eyes from getting all teary and stingy. I’m glad to say that’s a thing of the past now! Thanks to my sister, she shared me what she learned from her Thai cooking class.
Before you slice or chop the onion, you simply have to wash it, and the knife, with water. Another tip, which I saw on one of the cooking shows on cable, is to allow the onions to cool in the freezer prior to chopping.
Try these for yourself! Or how about sharing your own technique?
Damaging the onion’s cells releases droplets of chemicals so tiny that they instantly become vapor, then turn into acid when they hit the moisture in your eyes. So, I take the direct route; swim goggles! A water-tight seal is a vapor-tight seal.
Some people hold half of a lemon in their mouths, so the vapor will turn into acid on the lemon juice rather than their eyes… sounds like a pain in the jaw to me.
When I cooked professionally I learned if you cut the onion in half and throw out the white center you will not cry because all the acid comes from the core.
If you like Thai cooking try this site
http://www.thaifoodtonight.com
It’s got about 30 recipes each one with a cooking video to go along.