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> was literally insulted on YouTube when I advised to keep water in your mouth while cutting onions to avoid crying The reaction is unsurprising. Anyone who ha
by bmn__ 7y ago
> was literally insulted on YouTube when I advised to keep water in your mouth while cutting onions to avoid crying
The reaction is unsurprising. Anyone who has ever cut onions gained an understanding that irritating gas (http://enwp.org/Syn-Propanethial-S-oxide http://enwp.org/Syn-Propanethial-S-oxide) wafts up into the eyes. The hypothesis that water in the mouth is supposed to help runs counter to intuition.
It affords testing. Devise an experiment and let us know the result.
- jmnicolas 7y agoI don't need to experiment with it, I'm doing it every time I cut onions and I don't cry anymore. It works. If you want to try, next time you cut onions put some water in your mouth and keep it there until you've finished cutting. It will get a bad taste, spit it once you're finished.