▲ 1580 ▼ Spices too (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago by sag@lemm.ee to c/memes@lemmy.ml 159 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Was he Eastern European? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 5 points 2 years ago (3 children) No, I don't think so. He was a younger guy from the southern US, if I remember correctly. Is that something east europeans do on the regular?? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Younger guy from the southern US here, I have done this just to fuck with people. I'm just not very sensitive to the "bite" onions are supposed to have. I can chop quite a few of them before my eyes start to water. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Your cutting technique can make a huge difference too, avoid cutting the base and there's less of that sticking l chemical released permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xX_fnord_Xx@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It sounds like an old wives tale, and maybe I'm naturally resistant, but if I consistently press my tongue to the roof of my mouth as I chop onions, I do not cry. Anecdotal, of course. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nevemsenki@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago As an eastern european, we eat everything with onions and garlic. Hell, I even eat onions on their own time to time, it tastes good. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thumbman@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago Southern guy probably was eating a Vidalia onion. The soil is low in sulfur, I believe, and has a more neutral acidity, so the onion is pretty uniquely sweet. I heard one older southerner call them dirt apples. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 5 points 2 years ago (3 children) No, I don't think so. He was a younger guy from the southern US, if I remember correctly. Is that something east europeans do on the regular?? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Younger guy from the southern US here, I have done this just to fuck with people. I'm just not very sensitive to the "bite" onions are supposed to have. I can chop quite a few of them before my eyes start to water. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Your cutting technique can make a huge difference too, avoid cutting the base and there's less of that sticking l chemical released permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xX_fnord_Xx@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It sounds like an old wives tale, and maybe I'm naturally resistant, but if I consistently press my tongue to the roof of my mouth as I chop onions, I do not cry. Anecdotal, of course. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nevemsenki@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago As an eastern european, we eat everything with onions and garlic. Hell, I even eat onions on their own time to time, it tastes good. permalink fedilink source parent [–] thumbman@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago Southern guy probably was eating a Vidalia onion. The soil is low in sulfur, I believe, and has a more neutral acidity, so the onion is pretty uniquely sweet. I heard one older southerner call them dirt apples. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Younger guy from the southern US here, I have done this just to fuck with people. I'm just not very sensitive to the "bite" onions are supposed to have. I can chop quite a few of them before my eyes start to water. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Your cutting technique can make a huge difference too, avoid cutting the base and there's less of that sticking l chemical released permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xX_fnord_Xx@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It sounds like an old wives tale, and maybe I'm naturally resistant, but if I consistently press my tongue to the roof of my mouth as I chop onions, I do not cry. Anecdotal, of course. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Your cutting technique can make a huge difference too, avoid cutting the base and there's less of that sticking l chemical released permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xX_fnord_Xx@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It sounds like an old wives tale, and maybe I'm naturally resistant, but if I consistently press my tongue to the roof of my mouth as I chop onions, I do not cry. Anecdotal, of course. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xX_fnord_Xx@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It sounds like an old wives tale, and maybe I'm naturally resistant, but if I consistently press my tongue to the roof of my mouth as I chop onions, I do not cry. Anecdotal, of course. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nevemsenki@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago As an eastern european, we eat everything with onions and garlic. Hell, I even eat onions on their own time to time, it tastes good. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thumbman@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago Southern guy probably was eating a Vidalia onion. The soil is low in sulfur, I believe, and has a more neutral acidity, so the onion is pretty uniquely sweet. I heard one older southerner call them dirt apples. permalink fedilink source parent
