Now that made me cry

[Florence Fennel]

I've been chopping onions for over 40 years and they've never really bothered me, but I've just chopped an onion I grew myself and my eyes were streaming. What joy!

[zazen999]

I love that feeling - the tears when chopping home grown onions can't be matched.

You just wonder what is missing from shop bought ones....

[lottie dolly]

home grown are as WE grow them,even the last few of them still pack a punch several month on,perhaps they spray with a keep me agent,and it kills the bit,????i will never get used to the efect though,my eyes sting so much i have to stop,doing the odd 1 is ok ,

[Jeanied]

I found it helps to put them in the fridge and chill them thoroughly before chopping them up.

[Florence Fennel]

I found it helps to put them in the fridge and chill them thoroughly before chopping them up.

I'll remember that Jeanie - this one I took straight from the drying rack in the stayput!

[Jeanied]

They could have been extra weak onions though, I made French onion soup with them!

[bearded bloke]

I find taking my spec's off helps delay the effects a bit

[Florence Fennel]

I would have thought the snorkel (with goggles) would be protection enough BB

[bearded bloke]

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[veggiechicken]

I'm saying nothing about BB's Snorkel
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[Florence Fennel]

I could do with borrowing some flippers. It would get me out of washing the dishes if I couldn't get near the sink.

[Uber-Uncool]

Read somewhere that if you submerge peeled onions in water for a wee while, they do not sting the eyes so much when the onions are later sliced. Can't say i have noticed a significant difference, bmut it may be worth a try?

[taff]

I wear contacts, I haven't cried since I had them.

[Florence Fennel]

Thank you UU, that's very thoughtful of you, but I really don't mind, it's just so thrilling to have good, big, strong, tasty onions for the first time. I've grown them before, but not as successfully as this year

[binley100]

It's a good feeling when something has worked ........