As a chef I always find myself slicing, dicing, chopping onions more than I would care to. It’s not that I hate doing it or that I’m lazy. I just get very teary eyed, just like the millions of other people who get onion emo!
Again I found myself slicing and crying last week, and as always I was joking around with my other chef, Koko-san, saying something along the lines of, "Damn, this onion is so beautiful I can’t hold it back," as tears ran down my cheek. Koko then said, "Hey, next time light a candle on each side of the cutting board and the heat and flame will pull the vapors away!"
Who would have known? It kinda worked! At least enough so that I could finish a batch without walking away and wiping my tears back.