Tip: Slicing Onions
POSTED: 5:52 pm EST November 30, 2003
UPDATED: 7:22 pm EDT August 31, 2009
Tear-producing vapors can be reduced by refrigerating an onion for several hours or freezing it for 20 minutes before chopping.
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