Phred wrote on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 13:51:01 GMT:

P> In article >,
P> AtM wrote:
??>> Sheldon wrote:
??>>> "James Silverton" wrote:
??>>>>
??>>>> Popular Science of November 07 has a special emphasis on
??>>>> cooking. As far as chopping onions is concerned, they
??>>>> came up with a new idea to me. Apparently, refrigerating
??>>>> the onion 30 minutes before chopping cuts down the
??>>>> emission of irritants.
??>>>
??>>> Cooling onions to reduce eye irritant is a very old
??>>> concept but doesn't really work very well... much better
??>>> is to use a sharp knife and sufficient ventilation.


You know, I just realized that I had forgotten a piece of
supporting evidence for the cooling theory :-). My eyes are not
usually bothered when chopping onions but I *keep* my onions in
the fridge! I know, a sample of one is not significant but
still!


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not