Using Lemon Juice to Reduce Onion Tears

Tip: Use Lemon Juice To Reduce Onion "Tears"

Kym Roberts-Hardesty

May 18, 2010

If you squirt lemon juice on the cutting board before you slice an onion and dip the freshly cut part in the juice, your eyes will not burn or water.

By Kym Roberts-Hardesty from Sand Springs, OK

Archive: Use Lemon Juice To Reduce Onion "Tears"

I have found that putting lemon juice on my cutting board before cutting an onion keeps me from tearing up while cutting.