Onion Goggles.

Shermie

Shermie

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Tied of the acidic juices from onions constantly getting in your eyes as you peel and cut them? Take this latest thing in kitchen gadgets for a spin!

Found them at Chefscatalog.com.
 

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Ha! Already got a pair. Use em when I ride my bike. Those are biker glasses. Well... maybe not the red ones (lol). Pantopix made mine. The foam can come out on mine.
It's interesting how different activities adopt tools from another. Like skydiving using horse jockey goggles, or now dog grooming driers are being painted black and being sold to blow dry mororcycles.

But the real question is... did you buy a pair Shermie?
 
chowhound said:
Ha! Already got a pair. Use em when I ride my bike. Those are biker glasses. Well... maybe not the red ones (lol). Pantopix made mine. The foam can come out on mine.
It's interesting how different activities adopt tools from another. Like skydiving using horse jockey goggles, or now dog grooming driers are being painted black and being sold to blow dry mororcycles.

But the real question is... did you buy a pair Shermie?
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Not yet, but I was planning to. Are they any good? Have you worn them when peeling onions?

They also look like swimming goggles. But swimming goggles have a rubber band that you put around your head for a water-tight seal.
 
Lol--I've got a pair of those, but mine have a little UV protection in the lenses, and they're for snow skiing. :lol: I've never thought about wearing them in the kitchen when peeling onions.
 
I never thought about wearing mine in the kitchen either, Cooksie... but are you saying my old Scott ski goggles are outdated? lol

Sherm, once I picked up a Japanese knife and learned a few techniques, watering eyes when cutting, chopping, dicing onions went away. It's over too quick. Plus I wash my hands immediately afterward in case I rub my eyes.
 
Sorry, but I would call these a "gadget". Keep your knife razor-sharp, and your onions in the fridge, and save some money.
 
I guess I'm one of the fortunate ones as I've never had a problem cutting up onions or even peppers for that matter. I have a daughter in law that can't even be in the same room when I'm slicing onions. I guess some are sensitive.
 
chowhound said:
Maybe due to your childhood accident your olfactories aren't as receptive, Joe.
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Absolutely Chow it did effect it. I have very little if anything left in the ability to smell any more. I know when I smell it others around me are gaging. I also had all of my sinuous cavities and tear ducts destroyed and replaced with god knows what.
 
At home the onions are in the fridge and I am never bothered by stinging eyes when cutting onions...but then again, I rarely cut more than one onion at home. At work the onions are at room temperature and if I cut 2 or 3 my eyes are bloodshot and burning after the first half is cut. It's got to be the cold, yes?
 
Sherman said:
My knives ARE razor-sharp, bit it still doesn't cut down on the onions spraying in my eyes. :unsure:
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What degree is the bevel? Do you use a "slicing" motion, or just straight down through the onion?

I wish I had a way to capture video. I use a slicing motion to cut my onions. It's like they just fall apart into diced pieces.

Vera, you'd really find the humor in this:

When I was a teenager, working at my first job in a burger join / ice cream shop, I was given a task of slicing a 50 lbs. bag of onions, prep for the weekend. We had a hand-powered, rotary slicer. The onions were at room temp. I got them peeled, then proceeded to slice them. I sliced them nonstop. In the end, I was tearing up so badly that I literally could not see; I had a film of tears completely covering my eyes.

I needed to wipe the tears out of my eyes. Before I could do that, I needed to wash the onion juices off my hands. I had to feel my way from the back room to the front line, where the hand-washing sink is. Once I had accomplished that task, cleared my eyes, and could actually SEE, what did I see, but a lady patiently waiting for ME to ring her up for a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. She just looks at me, and asks, "What happened? Your girlfriend break up with you or something?"

I had to tell her, with a straight face, that I had just sliced 50 lbs of onions. She laughed.
 
AllenOK said:
What degree is the bevel? Do you use a "slicing" motion, or just straight down through the onion?

I wish I had a way to capture video. I use a slicing motion to cut my onions. It's like they just fall apart into diced pieces.

Vera, you'd really find the humor in this:

When I was a teenager, working at my first job in a burger join / ice cream shop, I was given a task of slicing a 50 lbs. bag of onions, prep for the weekend. We had a hand-powered, rotary slicer. The onions were at room temp. I got them peeled, then proceeded to slice them. I sliced them nonstop. In the end, I was tearing up so badly that I literally could not see; I had a film of tears completely covering my eyes.

I needed to wipe the tears out of my eyes. Before I could do that, I needed to wash the onion juices off my hands. I had to feel my way from the back room to the front line, where the hand-washing sink is. Once I had accomplished that task, cleared my eyes, and could actually SEE, what did I see, but a lady patiently waiting for ME to ring her up for a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. She just looks at me, and asks, "What happened? Your girlfriend break up with you or something?"

I had to tell her, with a straight face, that I had just sliced 50 lbs of onions. She laughed.
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Sometimes I use a slicing motion, and most of the time, it's a straight up & down motion.

Vera, I keep my onion in the fridge also. but the acid STILL sprays in my eyes.

When using the food processor, it doesn't happen as much, but who wants to dirty up a big food processor just to chop up 1/2 an onion? :bonk:
 
One trick I learned that seemed to work well was to hold a match between your teeth (unlit of course) cuts back on the irritation....something about the sulfer or something in the components of the match tipcounters with the onion chemicals.....all I know is it worked for me!
 
Sherman said:
Sometimes I use a slicing motion, and most of the time, it's a straight up & down motion.

Vera, I keep my onion in the fridge also. but the acid STILL sprays in my eyes.

When using the food processor, it doesn't happen as much, but who wants to dirty up a big food processor just to chop up 1/2 an onion? :bonk:
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That's when you whip out your slap chopper! :lol: My stick blender has a mini chopping bowl/attchment, too, but I've never used it.
Seriously, you must buy some juicy onions, Shermie. I've never been concerned with squirting juice when it comes to onions, but I can see where that would be a real hazard. BTW, I always have a slicing motion unless I'm rough cutting some slices I already cut off. Then sometimes I'll rock, most mostly I'm slicing.

ETA, the more I thought, I'm always using a slicing motion with onions. It's garlic, mushrooms or something small that I sometimes use a rocking motion to dice.
 
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To the contrary, I DO have a chopper attachment for my K'Aod stick blender as well.

But by the time I drag all that stuff out, the onions could be chopped already.
 
I thought we were still looking to reduce tears/prevent squirting juice when we started discussing knives, refrigerators, methods and such. I guess you need to pick your poison.
 
technically, it's the sulphur in the onion that becomes an oxide in the air which irritates your eyes, causing the reaction to flush them with tears.

unless you have several onions to chop on a fairly regular basis, i think the goggles are a silly gadget.

sharp knife, cold onions, long arms, no problem. if you really need to try, then cut them under water or at least under a mist since the volatile compounds are water soluable and will rinse away before getting in your eyes.
 
OK - google doesn't go for those answers. Them, Google doesn't cut onions.

How about this. Invite someone to dinner. Start a casual conversation about onions. Exclaim that you can chip onions faster then they can. OFfer to let them go first. When they are done, say "I guess I was wrong". Add the onions to what you are making. No tears.


Seriously, I have to call gadget on this one. I would vote for the cold onions sharp knife idea.
 
You oughta try ALL of those tricks at once. :thumb: Put the bread on one side of your mouth, a match in the other, put the goggles on, do the Hokey Pokey, take the onions out of the fridge and sharpen your knife. .......try that.



....take pics. ;)
 
High Cheese said:
You oughta try ALL of those tricks at once. :thumb: Put the bread on one side of your mouth, a match in the other, put the goggles on, do the Hokey Pokey, take the onions out of the fridge and sharpen your knife. .......try that.



....take pics. ;)
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Trying all the tricks at once doesn't always work.
Otherwise I could have shaved 30 strokes off my golf game ten years ago :mrgreen:
 
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