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Chill Onions for Tear-Free Cutting

Hands up if you cry when you cut onions? Of course, it's not because we're so emotional over the onions and their layers, but it is instead because of the chemical makeup of the onion itself. But if you want to cut onions without having a meltdown in the process, the old-school hack of chilling your onions before you cut them should work wonders. After all, our grandma's taught us it.

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All you need to do is chill your onions in the refrigerator for around 30 minutes before you cut them, and this will stunt the release of the irritating compounds.