Avoid crying when cutting onions with the tricks that we are going to give you

Surely you have started making food and one of the ingredients that you are going to use in your recipe is onion.

But you know you're going to start crying from one moment to the next. You know why? This has a scientific explanation and we are going to tell you about it! 

In the Mediterranean diet the use of onion is very common as it is a super versatile food that we can combine in many ways and with most foods. However, it is a food that you either hate or love, whether seen in the famous example of adding or not adding it to potato omelette. But the problem comes from being a difficult vegetable to handle since its smell can make us want to cry. 

When we cut an onion or even cook it, our body responds with itchy eyes that will end up causing tears to come to our eyes. This is because when peeling the onion, cell breaks occur that contain enzymes called alliinases. Within these we find a component that is sulfur, which is released through the air and when we breathe it comes into contact with our entire body. This mixture of sulfur with the moisture in our eyes produces sulfuric acid, responsible for the irritation and stinging of the eyes, resulting in the desire to cry. 

This reaction we have is due to the sensitivity of our vision. We immediately detect any external factor that may affect us, so we react to paralyze that irritation by releasing tears, thus helping to protect the eyes.  

While it is true that our body responds as a self-defense mechanism, there are some tricks to help soften the effect that onion causes on us. 

💧 💧 CUT THE ONION UNDER COLD WATER. This will cause the sulfur particles to mix with the water before coming into contact with our body, thus preventing us from wanting to cry. 

🧅 FREEZE THE ONION. With only about 10 minutes of freezing you will ensure that the cold slows down the action of the onion's enzymes, resulting in it taking longer to come into contact with the moisture in our eyes.  

🔪 SHARP KNIFE. It seems silly, but having adequate material for cooking is very important, since by making the cut more precise, the layers of the onion will suffer and tear less. 

🍋 LEMON. It simply works by cutting a lemon and scrubbing the knife you are going to use. The acid in the lemon will prevent the onion from emitting its gases. 

Now that you know that onion makes you cry not because of its flavor but because it is a spectacular food, we remind you that on our website you can find the ONION product, where we tell you more information about it... 

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