Weekend Kitchen Gadget

Cutting onions can be scary. All that sulfuric acid released, the tears running down your face and the smell that lingers in the air. I recently saw the Movie "Julie& Julia". Julia was cutting onion when her hubby came home. The cut onions were piled high and the fumes were so great that he could not even enter the kitchen. Julia was crying while saying she was going to learn how the chop these faster. We all just had to laugh at the scene. Although is it no Laughing matter..rather a crying one. Today's gadget is the tools I use to cut them faster and get the crying over with.

First one: The Chopper
This is fast and hardly any crying.
You can chop, dice, or mince.

Second one: The Mandolin
Slices the onion in rings thin or thick.

Here is a smaller one I use:
Cuts going both directions.
Keeps the onion contained.
I like that.Less crying.

Third the Food Processor
This really cuts the time and the crying.
However, you can not cut rings with this one.

How to stop the tears?

• A burning candle some say...I have tried it. Sometimes it works.
• Put the onions in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes before cutting. Yeah, sometimes this works.
• Cut the blossom end first. This one does seem to work when chopping a little bit.

I'm sure there are many more solutions. My thought is as long as we have been cutting onion our tears have flowed. Need a good cry, let's get cutting.