tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post671167731795131020..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Readers' Letters Of The DayMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-67640219439880291962014-02-18T19:20:06.241+00:002014-02-18T19:20:06.241+00:00Onions give of a chemical that reacts with the wat...Onions give of a chemical that reacts with the water in your eyes to make sulphuric acid, I remember reading. There has probably been a breeding programme to produce onions that have less of this nasty stuff in them.<br /><br />Raw onion, nice to eat, but horrible on the breath.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-83860005497068778552014-02-18T18:46:00.678+00:002014-02-18T18:46:00.678+00:00IB, out of our sample of three people, you are in ...IB, out of our sample of three people, you are in the minority on that one. <br /><br />Kj, thanks. How come nobody told me? I was worried that my tear glands weren't working properly any more. <br /><br />DrE, nothing like some nice crunchy raw onion to eat, is there?<br /><br />A, that's going a bit far, even by EU standards.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-59997781912656761632014-02-18T18:18:13.613+00:002014-02-18T18:18:13.613+00:00Chopping and peeling onions immersed in water stop...Chopping and peeling onions immersed in water stops tear duct irritation completely. Perhaps that is what the EU environmental policies are all about immersing the UK under meters of water so as drowning out all irritations from that direction.Antistheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120647617145756102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-65107753741290725822014-02-18T14:37:03.890+00:002014-02-18T14:37:03.890+00:00You can still get the stingers that also burn your...You can still get the stingers that also burn your mouth off eaten raw.Dr Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00176521760477086914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-80767339939633315502014-02-18T10:34:35.278+00:002014-02-18T10:34:35.278+00:00http://www.liv.ac.uk/researchintelligence/issue18/...http://www.liv.ac.uk/researchintelligence/issue18/tamingonion.htmlKjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530243002915410700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-61558691966788188622014-02-18T10:23:33.324+00:002014-02-18T10:23:33.324+00:00It still makes me cry. Clearly my tear ducts have ...It still makes me cry. Clearly my tear ducts have not been silently upgraded in the night, as everyone else's have.Ian Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15436369802742523036noreply@blogger.com