Onion cutting

[bluedogz]

Originally Posted by ekanshsaxena

or else put a roundel of onion on your ear and you keep cutting

Originally Posted by plongeur

Chef tells me that one of his previous plongeurs used to wear a scuba diving mask while peeling and chopping onions

I thought this was the PROFESSIONAL chef's section!

[kuan]

Originally Posted by cheflusch

Yup...that's what I want. 4 ovens on, 12 burners, double grill, sweat falling down the crack of my *ss like Niagara.......Let's put some some scuba gear so that we don't shed a tear

Actually learned this as a kid in an Italian restaurant. Find a tasty piece of bread and hold in your mouth. All the onioniness soaks in. Cut a couple onions, eat a little bread. No tears and a full stomach.

Enjoy!

You forgot drink a little wine.

[BrooklynChef]

I agree... A sharp knife and a refrigerated onion are best. When I used to be the prep cook way back when in a restaurant in the city I was prepping the entremtier station, and needed to slice very thinly a 50lb. bag of onion per week. I would take plastic wrap, wrap it around my face with only my mouth exposed for breathing. Yeah it blinds you a little bit, but if you have good knife skills, you can cut with your eyes closed.
PS if you try this, make sure nobody is around to see you, because you will look positively insane!

[Risque Cakes]

Originally Posted by ExpatC

Try this, cut the onion in half, put it in cold water and let it rest in the fridge for about a half hour or so. then while it is wet, slice it up. For me, the onion actually has a better flavor in the end product and the weight of the water keeps the stuff that makes your eyes hurt too heavy to fly up and ruin your day. Gravity used to your advantage.

If you then are sauteeing them or whatever, pat them dry before you cook them.

In any case, if you use Red Onion in a salad or raw anywhere, soaking the sliced onion in cold water for a while makes your salad 20% better just for doing that.

I find this is the only thing that works for me...keeping my onions in the fridge, peel the skin off and let them soak in some cold water while I prep and cook.

I use onions in almost everything I cook and have a real sensitive mucus membrane and sense of smell...so before I used this method, I was a disaster cutting my onions, just like you!

[link138]

Amazon.com: Onion Goggles - White Frames - (White): Home & Garden

Try those.......what a waste

[ChefChad]

Get someone else to do it (if you are the boss)