(01-21-2015, 08:38 PM)Jaques Wrote: The underwater thing for cutting onions does work. And I don't believe it is taking any flavor away. And if it is then it's a perfectly acceptable trade of for me. Since I'm apparently very sensitive to the sulfur and can't cut them otherwise. Or even be in the neighboring room if someone else is doing the cutting.
Immersing cut onions in water does affect the flavor slightly, but the thing you have to realize is that just having cut onions sit in the air also affects their flavor. Onions are a very reactive food, and they start going "sour" on contact with the air after just a few minutes. I don't cut onions underwater (they don't bother me enough for me to bother with it), but I do put cut onions in a bowl of cold water if I'm not going to use them immediately. I'd imagine cutting them in water isn't any different.
For what it's worth, I think immersing onions doesn't do bad things to their flavor at all.
