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From: js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: RE: garlic and onion
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Date: Mon, 15-Apr-85 16:55:34 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 15 16:55:34 1985
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> 	People who wear contact lenses have a far higher resistance to
> 	tear production caused by onions.  (I was frequently asked to
> 	do onion chopping for the other members of my household when I
> 	shared a big house.)

    Contact lenses may help for onions, but they can be a real hazard when
dicing hot peppers.  I once unthinkingly rubbed the corner of my eye with
the back of my knuckle while dicing jalepienos (sp?) and was in agony for
the next half hour.  Attempts to remove the contact, even after washing
hands thouroughly, only aggravated the problem, until I was unable to even
open the eye.  I finally filled the sink with water, immersed my face,
and pried the eye open, allowing the contact to float out.  After washing
the contact and letting it soak for a day, it *still* hurt for a while when
I put it back in.
-- 
Jeff Sonntag
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     "In the long run, we'll all be dead."-John Maynard Keynes