Peeling Onions

[mat]

I have a little manual onion chopper, but it only does half an onion at a time.
My tips (from someone who literally cannot see if I chop up onions with a knife, because my eyes are so painful :'() are:

(1) Get someone else to do them if I am away with a club  ;D but this doesn't help me at home  :(... so...
(2) Use my manual chopper
(3) Do NOT breate through your nose (this may be why the bread method helps, as it makes you breathe through your mouth) at any time
(4) peel, chop in half, leave root ON until the very last minute and throw away peelings & roots immediately into a sealed old bag.
(5) Place chopped onions into a pan with a lid, don't leave them on a chopping board
(6) red onions (so far, I'll see this year when I grow my own) have affected me far less than whites.
(7) go over to using shallots where possible, I will be growing far more shallots than onions, as less chopping is involved, and my chopper can do them whole!!!
(8)If all else fails, and if it's not raining, I have to do them outside  :(

  ;D

mat

[mat]

[kenkew]

My peeling method is to top and tail and then cut through the top 2 layers of skin from top to tail and with a slight twist of the knife those 2 layers loosen at the cut. I then just open it up with my thumbs and remove the outer layers in one go. No tears at all.

[supersprout]

Yep, that's the one Doris_Pinks. I just got one before Xmas when my magimix packed up  :'(, and my they have come on a looong way since I tried and rejected one ten years ago. The gadget will also mush onions up in the soup pot after they've cooked in soup so no need to slice beforehand either. I just quarter and put them in. No problem with residual smells - fully dishwasherable. I can recommend them too!  ;D

[raymee]

I just do not cry .......must be me hormones.. or age.. or summat....Never mind we cant all be perfect... Ray