I found this trick with onions by mistake. I placed my onion and potatoes in the sink to get ready for a meal. I had the water running while I was scrubbing my potatoes and the water was falling on the onion while it was still in the drain area. Once I finished with the potatoes I went to cut the onion which I hate because it makes me cry. I cut the entire onion without shedding a tear. I don't know if it was because of the water it was perhaps absorbing but I do the onion under the water first and I no longer have tears.
I do that, too. It also helps to rinse the knife after every few cuts, and it really helps if you've stored the onions in the fridge.
Onions not only make me cry, they give me a splitting headache.
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