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It's not just purple onions. There is a chemical inside of onions that, when you slice an onion, are released into the air. This causes a slight chemical reaction in your eyes, causing a burning sensation. To combat the burning, your eyes tear, causing you to "cry."
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Why do the onuon make us cry?
Onions dont make you cry the make your eyes watery
What type of onions make us cry?
White, yellow, and red onions are much more likely to make us cry than green onions. Onions make us tear up because of a reaction in the vegetable that occurs as we break into it, which causes the release of a chemical called lachrymatory factor, which then irritates our eyes.
What do onions that make us cry?
bc you touch urself at nite
Which vegetable cry us when you cut us?
Onions.
Why do we hate onions?
This is because your taste buds may not agree and say this it yummy to your brain. Also, since we must smell to taste, and onions give off a chemical (this is why they make us cry), so maybe your taste sorting part of your mind doesn't agree with this. Do you notice that you cry often when chopping onions. I however enjoy sweet onions. You friend,
Why garlic cutting doesnt make us cry?
The sulfur compounds in ordinary onions are more concentrated and more effective at stimulating our tear glands.
What is the origin of the red onion?
Sometimes called purple onions, these medium-to-large-sized mild-to-sweet-flavored onions have three famous homes: Turda in Romania, Tropea in Italy, and Wethersfield, in the state of Connecticut in the US.
In the theme song family guy does he say cry or laugh an cry?
it goes "all the things that make us laugh and cry"
What can bring back the dead make us cry make us laugh make us young born in an instant yet lasts in a life?
A memory
What can bring back the dead make us cry make us laugh make us young born in an instant yet lasts a life time?
A memory
Where do onions import from?
Italy, Romania, and the US grow lots of onions.
How do you prevent onions from making us cry?
The best method is to wear eye protection eg goggles or contact lenses. Do not refrigerate the onion before chopping for this well known "method of prevention" does not work.
