Tips on getting Onion Smell Off Your Hands and preventing crying while chopping Onions

Most families are treated to sumptuous dishes on Saturdays, a work-free day because the stress of the other working days do not allow the splurge.  

   Onions gives a savoury taste and aroma to various dishes, and is
used to prepare lots of recipes, ranging from soup to stews and from salads 

to entrées.

   Though many people appreciate the aroma of onions in cooking, most of 

them do not like the fact that it makes them cry while cutting as well as its 

odour when it gets into their hands and skin. The smell gets insidious 

and annoying after preparing a delicious meal, making it difficult to 

get rid of it. Now, you do not have to give up cooking to avoid the 

odour or the crying. With a few simple tips, you can easily prevent the 

tears and get rid of the nasty smell of onions off your hands.

   Soak onions in water for 5 minutes after peeling it and cutting it in 

half. This will prevent you from crying when you are slicing 

them. Another way of preventing crying while chopping onions is chewing 

gum while chopping. Read on further to know how to remove the odious 

smell.

 *One of the best ways to get rid of the onion smell is to rub against 

the rim of a stainless steel sink. The sulfides in the onion will react 

with the stainless steel then lift and remove the odour-causing compounds 

from your hands.

 *Wash your hands well and rinse them with a little milk. This also helps 

in removing the onion odour.

  *Place a small, pea-sized amount of toothpaste on your palm and rub 

vigorously. Wash your hands with the paste and rinse off thereafter. Be 

sure to use the paste-type toothpaste and not the clear gel-type one.

  *Mix some ordinary baking soda with water, to form a paste. Rub the 

paste on your hands and rinse with cold water.

  *Place a tablespoon of table salt on your palms and add enough water to 

make a paste. Rub all over your hands and rinse off. The salt will help 

in getting rid of the odour and also exfoliate your hands, making them 

soft.

  *Dip your hands in a bowl of tomato juice for 5 minutes. Thereafter, 

wash them with a liquid detergent, using cold water.

  *Squeeze enough lemon juice in a bowl to cover your hands. Dip your 

hands in the juice for 3 minutes and rinse off. You can also use 

vinegar mouthwash for the purpose.

  *Rub your hands with peanut butter and rinse off in cold water. Though 

your hands are likely to become a little greasy afterwards, the smell 

will vanish and you can wash your hands to get rid of the greasiness.

  *Peel a large orange and break the outer skin. Rub the flesh of the 

orange into your hands, for about 2 minutes. Rinse off your hands and 

repeat, if necessary.

  .*Peel a potato and rub it into your hands to get rid of the onion smell 

from your hands.

Onions  placed around the room saved many from the black plague years 

ago. They have powerful antibacterial, antiseptic properties.

One more thing, never store cut onions...and consume the next day.