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How To Peel Onions Without Crying

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To prevent your eyes form watering when peeling onions.....peel under water (the onion that is!)


To stop your eyes running whilst peeling onions, hold a metal tea spoon in your mouth whilst peeling (handle end first).



You may look stupid but it does work.


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By: Kathy Jones on Sun, Jun 16th 2002

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If you want to stop your eyes streaming when peeling onions - Hold a needle (with care!) between your teeth whilst peeling. It works every time for me!

Don't throw away those GOOD OLD SWIMMING GOGGLES! Put this on before peeling it ... now not only you can see the onion clearly, you can peel it without tears! This is especilly great when you want to train your kids in the kitchen too!

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