Comments on: Next Up: The Tearless Onion http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/04/next-up-the-tearless-onion/ Respect Your Food. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:57:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Dan http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/04/next-up-the-tearless-onion/#comment-2634 Dan Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:33:57 +0000 http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/04/next-up-the-tearless-onion/#comment-2634 We have a diving mask in the kitchen for when we discover that we have bought a particularly pungent batch of onions - works pretty well but you look downright eccentric if you have guests. :-) Here in Japan "no smell" garlic is often to be seen on the shelves. I suspect it suffers similar drawbacks to those you posit for the "no tears" onions. Dan We have a diving mask in the kitchen for when we discover that we have bought a particularly pungent batch of onions - works pretty well but you look downright eccentric if you have guests. :-) Here in Japan “no smell” garlic is often to be seen on the shelves. I suspect it suffers similar drawbacks to those you posit for the “no tears” onions.

Dan

]]> By: Allen Y http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/04/next-up-the-tearless-onion/#comment-2627 Allen Y Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:11:00 +0000 http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/04/next-up-the-tearless-onion/#comment-2627 This reminds me of a conversation I had with my 13 year-old last night. "I COULD take a fork and stick it into an electrical outlet, that doesn't mean it's something you SHOULD do." A real cure for cancer...nah...we need tearless onions. This reminds me of a conversation I had with my 13 year-old last night.

“I COULD take a fork and stick it into an electrical outlet, that doesn’t mean it’s something you SHOULD do.”

A real cure for cancer…nah…we need tearless onions.

]]> By: Scott Kustes http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/04/next-up-the-tearless-onion/#comment-2601 Scott Kustes Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:15:27 +0000 http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/04/next-up-the-tearless-onion/#comment-2601 Haha Andrew! I've been there before...cutting an onion and wiping the tears away so I don't slice off a finger to go with my dinner. It doesn't bother me though because I understand that those same sulphur compounds lend healthful properties to my onions and my cooking. If people would just eat FOOD, there's be no need for food science. Anna, "Just because 'we can' doesn’t mean ‘we should'." That sums up so much of what goes on in our food supply. And other areas too. Cheers y'all Scott Haha Andrew! I’ve been there before…cutting an onion and wiping the tears away so I don’t slice off a finger to go with my dinner. It doesn’t bother me though because I understand that those same sulphur compounds lend healthful properties to my onions and my cooking. If people would just eat FOOD, there’s be no need for food science.

Anna,
“Just because ‘we can’ doesn’t mean ‘we should’.”
That sums up so much of what goes on in our food supply. And other areas too.

Cheers y’all
Scott

]]> By: AndrewBueno http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/04/next-up-the-tearless-onion/#comment-2595 AndrewBueno Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:05:56 +0000 http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/04/next-up-the-tearless-onion/#comment-2595 Agreed. There are other ways around it. I found that refrigerating onions bring the tearing down. I just used some shallots yesterday and my eyes were burning. I just cried and kept on cutting. People are just too lazy Agreed. There are other ways around it. I found that refrigerating onions bring the tearing down.

I just used some shallots yesterday and my eyes were burning. I just cried and kept on cutting.

People are just too lazy

]]> By: Anna http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/04/next-up-the-tearless-onion/#comment-2590 Anna Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:08:30 +0000 http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/02/04/next-up-the-tearless-onion/#comment-2590 This isn't science, it's a perversion of science. Just because "we can" doesn't mean 'we should". This isn’t science, it’s a perversion of science. Just because “we can” doesn’t mean ‘we should”.

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