Your readers need not wait to do less crying in the kitchen. All you have to do is put the onions in the refrigerator for a half hour or in the freezer for 10 minutes.
Daniel F. Baright Lebanon, Mo.
Another solution is to do the chopping outside. I have found that more turbulent, outside air reduces onion-chopping stress.
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