Chicken bald back

[patsylabrador]

I wish i'd known this before. Peel the onion but don't cut off the ends until all the onion is done. Then cut off the ends, cut in half if it's a biggun and put in bowl with 3 or 4 tbspns of water. Microwave for about 4 minutes. Then when it's cool enough you can chop it up. Still a bit fumey but nothing like when they are raw and it tasted quite sweet.

[chickencam]

I usually just let my eyes run at first this washes away the irritant.

[Patricia W]

I wear contact lenses which seem to act as a protective barrier. I remember being given the tip that you cut the root end off last as that's the bit which excudes the vapours which irritate some people.

[Geoid]

My eyes dont water when I chop onions, yet my flatmate's did when he walked into the kitchen.

[majorbloodnock]

The most successful tip I've ever had for this is simply to suck a teaspoon whilst chopping the onion. It doesn't offer 100% immunity from tears, but is almost always effective. That said, I don't do it myself these days since I can chop them fairly quickly, hence bypassing the problem.