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'Tear-Free' Onion in the Works
RedWolves2 writes "CNN has an article about how scientists in Japan may have discovered a way to make onions easy on the eyes without taking away from the taste. My grandfather always used to tell me to eat onions because it would put hair on my chest (oh how he was right). I wonder if this new 'tear-free' onion would work in the same way?"
Until we can buy these tearless onions, one tip (I've been told, I've never tried it) is that you can put a piece of bread in your mouth while you cut them. Or you could just gouge your eyes out of your sockets.
As far as getting rid of the hair on your chest caused by onions:
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Ok, so what's wrong with this world where people want to tear up their onions. And even if they do, SO WHAT! I say, let people tear 'em, rip 'em, shred 'em, even stomp on 'em if they want to. I mean, really!
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The Onion always make me laugh, not cry.
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My grandfather always used to tell me to eat onions because it would put hair on my chest (oh how he was right).
Fortunately, RedWolves2's bio clarifies that he is, in fact, a man.
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Yeah, the 'Sharp Knife' technique works every time. I personally use a Global Flexible Utility knife, so damned sharp the food almost parts before you start slicing. I also occasionally get small pieces of me entering the meal (so sharp you don't feel the cuts) which is a problem for a vegetarian...
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Tear free onions are nice, but fart free beans would be the greatest invention since sliced bread! People would line up to buy those.
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Tear-free onion?
How about a heartless artichoke?