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sattv4u212/14/2009 7:30:15 am PST

re: #314 Thanos

any chem folks out there? Onions make you cry because the gas they release reacts with the saline solution in your eyes to create a weak acid. So what we want to counter is outgassing of sulfur (dioxide?) or something akin.

I keep forgetting to try it, but someone once told me if you make the initial cut of the onion underwater you don’t get the crying effect