On Sun, 2 May 2010 16:39:40 -0400 in rec.food.cooking, blake murphy
> wrote,
>well, sure. i'm not going to tell you how to chop your onions (although i
>do know a dandy method if anyone's curious). there's a happy medium to be
>struck here is all i'm saying.

My food processor came with a "french fry" blade (useless for french
fries) that is great for chopping onions. You can drop large chunks of
onion into it and all the spray of onion juice is confined to the
chopping chamber, so no tears. It might be best to take it outside to
open it, though.