Why are chopped onions so expensive? - Page 3

[rainyday]

Ok, everybody with the onions under water, the knife under water, sticking the onion in the freezer for 10 minutes and so on, have you tried just refrigerating your onions?

I find that if I store them in the fridge, they have at least 90% less smell than they do when they're room temp. After they've been in the fridge for a few days, they never make my eyes water or bother me at all, and the smell when cooking is way less than when they're room temp.

If you're really sensitive (like the OP), you might try storing them in the fridge, and then cutting them under the stove vent (as long as it vents outside!).

[hillymum]

How to cut onions without crying!!!

Watch this video!!!

[penguintattoo]

I agree with rainyday just keeping them in the fridge will help decrease the smell. Also Pampered Chef sells a food chopper for around $30, my mom has one and it helps a ton with the smell!

[ChickityChinah]

I use the Vidalia Chop wizard to chop up onions FAST and then dump them into baggies and freeze them. It is also great for dicing celery, potatoes, carrots, etc for soup and tomatoes for salsa. I wouldn't buy anything really expensive to do it,, but bribing the friend w/ brownies sounds like a plan!!

[soposdedi]

Oh i soooo hate to chop onions! We get the frozen ones for fairly cheap here in Germany, but it still rankles me to spend as much on 8 ounces of the frozen, what i could spend on a whole 3 pound bag . I try to use shallots instead of plain white or yellow ones when i can, because they are milder and also less 'gassy'. Or i make dh do it . I second the bribing of a child or very good friend to do it, too .

[MadameXCupcake]

Originally Posted by kewb

If chopping by hand I usually burn a candle where I am chopping. The flame eats up the fumes before they can affect me too badly.

I light a whole shrines worth.
DH thinks I am crazy when he comes home and see's me surrounded with candles chopping onions.

Onions just make my eyes burn so I try and cut 2-4 at a time and stick them in the freezer you can go from freezer right to frying no problem.

[Pancakes]

I buy a huge bag of onions, chop them all that day and freeze in gallon zip loc bags. I have to do this about once every couple of months and it makes cooking time very easy. I do this with peppers as well. If you have a friend that is willing, I'd go this route. One pan of brownies every couple of months in trade for some onion chopping isn't too much to ask of a friend.

[WeasleyMum]

I am going to second everybody who suggested trading labor with someone else to get your onions chopped. It's the kind of thing that doesn't bother most people, so getting someone else to do that and offering something of fair value should be simple!

I actually enjoy cutting up onions in a hurts-so-good kind of way, because all the crying seems to clear my sinuses out for awhile. Weird, I know.

[lalaland42]

I recently tried holding a piece of bread in my mouth while I chopped and that got rid of the tears. I don't like bread so it was kinda gross but before I did it, I couldn't even see and afterward I was able to chop without tearing. :

[mama_daba]

ok i am weird and i like chopping onions but i almost never have any eye watering or anything. so here is my thought someone make me brownies and i will happily chop onions for you! could be cookies or some other yummy thing i'm not picky.

[Staceyy]

I buy white onions and put them in the fridge and then chop them. They have no effect on me this way. You can then freeze them if you'd like.

[anywaybecause]

My grandfather used to chop onions underwater in order to escape from the fumes. I haven't tried it yet, mostly b/c I can't think of a way to do it w/o wasting a lot of water in our large kitchen sink.

[transformed]

my dh is really a 5 yr old () and I havent put onions in anything for 6 yrs. I use some garlic instead. works for us!