This tip will be a quick & simple one, dear readers, because it's #3's FIRST BIRTHDAY today and I'm busy, busy, busy with work and birthday celebration preparations. A post with pictures (and maybe even a video, if I can figure out how to get it here) coming tomorrow or Friday about #3's big day. But for now:HOW TO AVOID STINGING, TEARY EYES WHILE SLICING ONIONS:
No, I'm not going to tell you to wear swim goggles. That totally works, but when the goggles are outside by the pool or in the bottom of summer camp bags, that really doesn't make your life easier.
I'm no Martha Stewart, but this is what she told me (and the million other viewers of her show), and I've done it ever since - it really works:
Burn a candle (any candle, doesn't have to be a fancy one) near the cutting board while slicing onions, and the candle vapors will neutralize the stuff that makes your eyes water while slicing onions.
Do this, and you won't have smudgy mascara streaks running down your face at the dinner table. And if you use your favorite smelly candle, a fringe benefit might be that you just may relax a little while cooking dinner. Works for me!
Told ya it would be a quick & simple one today. See more Works For Me Wednesday tips here.
3 comments:
I had never heard of that before. I am going to try that next time I have an onion to cut!
I've never heard that either! Thanks for the tip!
I haven't tried the candle idea, but I swear by this other option (and you'll always have this in your kitchen nearby): put a spoon in your mouth, then chop the onions.
Not sure why it works, but it does.
You can thank me later. :)
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