[Sca-cooks] peeling onions/inability to cut onions

[Generys ferch Ednuyed]

> -----Original Message-----
> I've never done anything with pearl onions, but maybe you could blanch
> them, briefly, using the same method one does for getting skins off
> tomatoes and peaches (i.e., a brief bath in boiling water, and then
> plunge into cold?)
> --maire

Must try that sometime... while we're on the subject, actually - I've gotten
to the place where I'm almost completely unable to cut onions because they
make my eyes water so badly - and I've tried all the running water/glass of
water on the counter/etc tricks anyone I know could tell me.  I'm getting
desperate, because having to break out the Cuisinart just to make dinner is
a bit... much.  Help? :-)

Generys