14 Tips To Reduce Tears and Remove Smells When Cutting Onions by ANONYMOUS1

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14 Tips To Reduce Tears and Remove Smells When Cutting Onions

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Thursday, April 25, 2024 12:16 PM

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Brenda was talking in TAGLOG on HOME page about

“ I did come home smelling like onions. Yuck!“

Any other suggestions?

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Thursday, April 25, 2024 4:23 PM

SIGNYM

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I think the article hit them all. I like to cut onions cold. The smell doesn't bother me, but it bothers everyone else. When I cook them in the range, I turn on the kitchen fan.
Coating them with a little olive oil, salting them and roasting them in a convection oven also keeps the smell corralled.

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Thursday, April 25, 2024 4:39 PM

BRENDA

Boss doesn't roast onions. She just likes them fried and sometimes in olive oil but mostly canola oil. Also she always has the stove fan on. The onions are never cold when cut up and she leaves the cut up pieces out until they are cooked. So the smell and the oils as I said linger in the air.

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Thursday, April 25, 2024 5:40 PM

SIGNYM

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Oh, too bad. There are plenty of ways to corral the smell!

Since onion smell tends to linger on clothes and hair, I suppose you could toss your clothes in a dryer. Or hang them out on your patio for a half hour or so.
Hair?
Either time or a hair dryer or hair wash.
May not be worth all the effort tho.

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Thursday, April 25, 2024 7:32 PM

BRENDA

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Oh, too bad. There are plenty of ways to corral the smell!

Since onion smell tends to linger on clothes and hair, I suppose you could toss your clothes in a dryer. Or hang them out on your patio for a half hour or so.
Hair?
Either time or a hair dryer or hair wash.
May not be worth all the effort tho.

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My hair doesn't seem to hang onto the smell, my shirts on the other hand. I usually take off my top shirt and work in a t-shirt that I can throw into the wash when I get in.

Hitting a shower when I get in isn't worth the effort and sometimes the odor isn't too bad and I can live with it. Just depends on how many onions she is cooking with.

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Thursday, April 25, 2024 10:13 PM

ANONYMOUS1

Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Boss doesn't roast onions. She just likes them fried and sometimes in olive oil but mostly canola oil. Also she always has the stove fan on. The onions are never cold when cut up and she leaves the cut up pieces out until they are cooked. So the smell and the oils as I said linger in the air.

Maybe put a bowl over them. Rinse the knife and cutting board.

Maybe put them in sealed ziplock bag.

Febreze. You can pour it in a small sprayer. I keep some in my car.

Cover with a paper towel…not sure if that would help.

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Thursday, April 25, 2024 11:43 PM

BRENDA

Quote:
Originally posted by ANONYMOUS1:
Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Boss doesn't roast onions. She just likes them fried and sometimes in olive oil but mostly canola oil. Also she always has the stove fan on. The onions are never cold when cut up and she leaves the cut up pieces out until they are cooked. So the smell and the oils as I said linger in the air.

Maybe put a bowl over them. Rinse the knife and cutting board.

Maybe put them in sealed ziplock bag.

Febreze. You can pour it in a small sprayer. I keep some in my car.

Cover with a paper towel…not sure if that would help.

She leaves them on the cutting board and I always wash everything once the onions are cooking to get rid of the smell.

She does that with any onions that she isn't going to use.

I cannot use any product like Febreze as I will react to the odors in it that treat the smell. I have allergies to heavily scented products.

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Thursday, April 25, 2024 11:52 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Oh BTW ANONYMOUSE ...welcome back to RWE???
I spend all my time here ... it's my "think out loud" spot.. .I didn't realize anyone else was still posting elsewhere on the site!

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Saturday, April 27, 2024 9:08 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

I am no expert.

But I have been told, by experts, that the secrets are:
keep the knife very, very sharp.
pushing down on the onion only crushes it, squeezes it - forcing out the juice and odor/aroma.
moving the knife forward/backward while pushing down allows the knife to slice instead of squash - supposedly this reduces the emission of juice.

It was said that actually slicing an onion does not cause the smells or tears, but only the smooshing is what causes the problem.
I don't know if all this actually works, but it made sense to me long ago.

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Sunday, April 28, 2024 10:22 PM

ANONYMOUS1

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Oh BTW ANONYMOUSE ...welcome back to RWE???
I spend all my time here ... it's my "think out loud" spot.. .I didn't realize anyone else was still posting elsewhere on the site!

I post a lot in General Discussion. Blue Sun Room artwork. FIREFLY AND SERENITY GUERILLA MARKETING. Etc.

If you go to HOME page you can see that people are posting all over the place here. And see some recent pics posted to Blue Sun room.

Not MOUSE. There may be an ANONYMOUSE on here…not me.

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Monday, April 29, 2024 10:51 AM

THG

What do you get when you cross a bean and an onion?

Teargas.

T

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Monday, April 29, 2024 10:59 AM

THG

Quote:
Originally posted by ANONYMOUS1:
Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Oh BTW ANONYMOUSE ...welcome back to RWE???
I spend all my time here ... it's my "think out loud" spot.. .I didn't realize anyone else was still posting elsewhere on the site!

I post a lot in General Discussion. Blue Sun Room artwork. FIREFLY AND SERENITY GUERILLA MARKETING. Etc.

If you go to HOME page you can see that people are posting all over the place here. And see some recent pics posted to Blue Sun room.

Not MOUSE. There may be an ANONYMOUSE on here…not me.

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Monday, April 29, 2024 11:52 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Sorry ANONYMOUS1. I wonder if I've been misreading your name all along.

I have been looking at the pictures from time to time.

Dear daughter and I were talking about exciting new TV series nipped in the bud, and Firefly is at the top of my list. It's such a shame that such a rich, inventive, unexpected show never had a chance to develop. Movies just aren't the same bc they have to force a plot development to resolution in such a short period of time.

Sigh.

I think I'm gonna rewatch my DVDs now.....

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Monday, April 29, 2024 1:12 PM

BRENDA

Quote:
Originally posted by THG:
What do you get when you cross a bean and an onion?

Teargas.

T

Very funny. I also don't like beans and never eat them now as an adult.

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Monday, April 29, 2024 2:45 PM

THG

Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Quote:
Originally posted by THG:
What do you get when you cross a bean and an onion?

Teargas.

T

Very funny. I also don't like beans and never eat them now as an adult.

I am just starting to avoid them. It's the sugar content.

T

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Monday, April 29, 2024 9:14 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

I did forget to mention covering them with a pot lid, or one of those domes that go in the microwave. Somebody did mention a bowl.

Does baking soda absorb the smell? We deodorized smoke damage with that. It didn't give me allergy problems.

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Monday, April 29, 2024 11:30 PM

BRENDA

Quote:
Originally posted by THG:
Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Quote:
Originally posted by THG:
What do you get when you cross a bean and an onion?

Teargas.

T

Very funny. I also don't like beans and never eat them now as an adult.

I am just starting to avoid them. It's the sugar content.

T

For me it has always been the texture and taste of them. Just yuck!

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Sunday, May 12, 2024 9:38 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

I just saw on Chive TV some kid cutting onions. He was wearing a hoodie with a drawstring. He put a glass pot lid over his face, tucking the edge inside the hoodie, all around. tightened the drawstring to hold the pot lid in place.

I doubt this is useful for Brenda, but thought I'd share.

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Monday, May 13, 2024 12:54 AM

ANONYMOUS1

Quote:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
I just saw on Chive TV some kid cutting onions. He was wearing a hoodie with a drawstring. He put a glass pot lid over his face, tucking the edge inside the hoodie, all around. tightened the drawstring to hold the pot lid in place.

I doubt this is useful for Brenda, but thought I'd share.

So did the kid act like it worked?

I wonder if one of those Covid face shields would help…inside a hoodie…or without.

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