{"id":315,"date":"2020-05-22T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rajeshviswanadhapalli.blogspot.com\/2020\/05\/why-does-chopping-onions-make-you-cry.html"},"modified":"2020-06-25T10:39:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T05:09:38","slug":"why-does-chopping-onions-make-you-cry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viswaguide.com\/?p=315","title":{"rendered":"Why does chopping onions make you cry?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You are happily chopping onions for making yummy dinner and hoohhhh! Your eyes are burning, tears roll over your cheeks. Why are onions such<\/span><\/a> jerks?<\/span><\/div>\n

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Before it found its way into your kitchen, the onion plant was happily making food from the sun and absorbing minerals from the soil. It turns out that onions are particularly good at absorbing sulfur<\/a>, which they use in a number of amino acids<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Onions contain sulfur compounds in their cells that are released as soon as the knife cuts into the poor cells releasing the liquidy contents within. The substance that causes the greatest trouble is a compound known as propanethial S-oxide<\/span>, This is a highly volatile substance, which means it rises into the air and combines with water in our tear ducts to form stinging sulfuric acid<\/span>, which is what makes us cry.<\/div>\n

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How to make chopping onions a joyful moment?<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Only way to stop chopping onions being such a tearful business is to prevent all, or at least some, of the oxide (sulfur compound)<\/span> from getting into the eyes. This could be done by<\/div>\n