Younger guy from the southern US here, I have done this just to fuck with people. I'm just not very sensitive to the "bite" onions are supposed to have. I can chop quite a few of them before my eyes start to water.

[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Your cutting technique can make a huge difference too, avoid cutting the base and there's less of that sticking l chemical released

[–] xX_fnord_Xx@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

It sounds like an old wives tale, and maybe I'm naturally resistant, but if I consistently press my tongue to the roof of my mouth as I chop onions, I do not cry.

Anecdotal, of course.

[–] nevemsenki@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

As an eastern european, we eat everything with onions and garlic. Hell, I even eat onions on their own time to time, it tastes good.

[–] thumbman@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Southern guy probably was eating a Vidalia onion. The soil is low in sulfur, I believe, and has a more neutral acidity, so the onion is pretty uniquely sweet. I heard one older southerner call them dirt apples.