How do you not cry while peeling onions?

Not a lot. :( A sulfur-based gas is released when cutting onions. This gas mixes with the water-based liquid on your eyes to form a mild Sulfuric acid. That's why you cry. A friend of mine says he...

Try putting your onions in the refrigerator before peeling and chopping or just buy onions already chopped in the freezer section.

By chewing gum when peeling onions, you can stop yourself from crying.

Crying is caused by the chemical thiopropanal sulfoxide. This chemical is formed in onions when the cells are broken apart, and an enzyme called alliinase reacts with a alliin chemicals. Thiopropanal...

cut slow, if not the smell hangs on to the knife and the smell flows everywhere. cut slower and you have a less chance of the smell flowing. The best way is to cut the roots of the onion off first....