Culinary Myth #30: You can avoid crying when you chop onions by not opening your mouth!
You can freeze the onions. You can freeze you head. You can wear goggles, You can light a candle, suck on a lemon, or any number of other methods to keep from crying when you chop an onion. But aside from not chopping, you are going to shed a tear or two for the sake of dinner. Or else cut your finger off. Bruce and Mark will tell you why and what the best methods are to cut down on the tears as much as possible.