Depending on the variety, an onion can be hot, tangy, hot, spicy, mild, or sweet. They are commonly used as a base for curries, or made into a paste and eaten as a main dish or as a side dish. Unfortunately, after chopping onions, you may notice that you still have the smell on your hands for many hours afterward. As delicious as onions are, walking around smelling them is another story.

The onion smell is pungent and irritating long after the delicious meal is over. It sticks to the fingers and nail region fiercely. It even affects your breathing! In fact, onions have a very strong smell, because onion oil contains 1-propenyl sulfenic acid, which is believed to be the tear gas of onions. Lacrimador is something that makes the eyes water and gives the onions such a distinctive smell.

Interestingly, this pungent and pungent chemical is also the cause of the great taste of onions, as well as the satisfying fragrance when the vegetables are fried. You will also get sulfenic acids from cutting garlic, chives, and leek, but they don’t form the same irritating gas, just a strong smell.

Who has the cure? Should my fingers smell like onion after cutting? Must your breath smell so strong after eating this smelly veggie? This article may have all the answers you are looking for.

Onion odor removal

* Wear gloves. That will keep the onion smell out of your hands.

* Peeling the onion and then chilling it in the refrigerator before cutting it will minimize the release of gas somewhat, because the change in temperature alters the compounds in the onion. Cooking an onion before cutting it will also work for the same reason. Another easy solution is to cut the onion under water or run the tap over it while cutting it.

* Rub your hands against the stainless steel metal (a kitchen sink works fine) under cold running water for about a minute; Rubbing with a large metal spoon works too. It is also possible to purchase oval or vegetable-shaped stainless steel “soaps” that can be permanently placed in the kitchen sink. They don’t cost a lot and they really work. Look in the kitchen supplies section of a local store.

The science behind this phenomenon lies in the theory that the sulfuric smell of the onion would be attracted and would bind to one or more of the metals of the stainless steel. The formation of such compounds is what makes stainless steel stainless, after all.

Onions and garlic contain amino acid sulfoxides, which form sulfenic acids, which then form a volatile gas (propanethiol S-oxide), which forms sulfuric acid when exposed to water. These sulfuric compounds are responsible for the onions burning your eyes when cut and also for the characteristic smell of garlic.

* If you don’t have steel on hand, you can make a paste of baking soda (baking soda) and water and rub it over your hands, then wash off. The smell will disappear with the soda.

* Squeeze toothpaste or a small amount of mouthwash into one palm, then rub your hands together. Rinse with water.

* Squeeze the juice of the lemons into a bowl. Soak your hands for 3 minutes and then rinse. Your hands will smell like fresh lemons instead of onions!

* Good-Bye Smell is a professional foaming cleanser developed by a chef-doctor that completely removes food odors (fish, garlic, onion, etc.) from hands and under fingernails, while providing a clean and smooth fresh feeling. Fast acting and economical, it does not contain alcohol and can be used in professional kitchen facilities and restaurants, as well as in home kitchens and outdoor cooking.

This product is gentle enough for frequent use and will not dry out your hands. Simply pump lather into dry hands, scrub vigorously, even under fingernails, until lather is gone, then rinse. Repeat if necessary.

* Make sure to use cold water for most of your rinsing; When you wash your hands with warm water, it opens the pores of your hands and catches the onion smell.

* Use warm water only when washing with table salt, tomato juice, or similar cleaning agents, as these dissolve faster in hot liquid and remove odor from your pores.

* You can also put a tablespoon or more of daily table salt in the palm of your hands. Wash your hands vigorously with lukewarm water. Rinse and pat dry.

* Soak your hands in tomato juice for at least five minutes. Then rinse them with liquid detergent in warm water. Make sure that the tomato juice that you are going to use to eliminate the onion smell has not reached its expiration date before putting your hands in it. Canned or cold tomato juice will work for this solution.

Onion breath removal

* Bacteria-induced onion breath can be reduced with standard oral hygiene methods. Standard remedies for halitosis include regular use of mouthwash, brushing and flossing your teeth, and scraping your tongue.

* There are also commercial remedies for bad breath that are more powerful than the usual mouthwashes that you can buy in supermarkets. These are available from your doctor, pharmacist, or on the Internet.

* Another method to reduce onion breath is to eat parsley with food. This seems to counteract the problem to some degree (same with onion’s much more powerful cousin, garlic), although it doesn’t completely prevent it.

* Some people also claim that chewing cardamom seeds has a similar effect to parsley and can work as an onion-based breath remedy. Cardamom has a very strong flavor, so this may not be an option for some people.

Why does the smell of onion make people cry?

As any chef knows, cooking an onion produces a very strong aroma that most people enjoy, but cutting an onion stings your eyes and makes you cry uncontrollably. If you love to include onions in your dishes, you are probably frustrated by this. So what is it about onions that makes them such a difficult test to prepare?

Interestingly, the volatile compound that makes you cry is also responsible for the excellent taste of onions. When you cut an onion, you open several onion cells. Some of these cells have enzymes inside them, and when they open, the enzymes escape. The enzymes then break down some of the other substances that have escaped from the cut cells. Some of these substances, such as amino acid sulfoxides, form sulfenic acids that then rapidly reorganize into a volatile gas.

The gas reaches the eyes and reacts with the water that keeps them moist. This changes the shape of the chemical again, producing, among other things, a mild sulfuric acid that irritates the eyes. The nerve endings in the eyes are very sensitive and therefore detect this irritation. This is why your eyes sting when you cut onions.

The brain reacts by telling the tear ducts to make more water to dilute the irritating acid and protect the eyes. Your other reaction is probably rubbing your eyes, but this will actually make the irritation worse, especially if you have onion juice all over your hands.