no more tears

Recipe for Vidalia Onion Spread

1 pair swim goggles

2 cups Vidalia onion, coarsely chopped

2 cups Hellmann's Mayonnaise

1 1/2 cups shredded Parmesan cheese

1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese

1/2 teaspoon Paprika

Heat oven to 325 degrees. Wear swim goggles as you chop the onions. Combine onions, mayo and cheese in a medium bowl. Pour into a 1 quart baking dish and smooth the top;bake at 325 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. Remove cheese spread from oven and blot excess oil from top with paper towels. Sprinkle with paprika. Serve spread warm.

It is Vidalia onion season and my dad brought me a bag back from south Georgia. I love to make the spread recipe above, but I absolutely cannot stand to chop onions. My eyes water and sting profusely to the point that I am blinded! Alan says it's because my eyes are blue and that he doesn't understand how I can see out of them anyway. He thinks brown eyes are dominant or something.

Anyway, I digress...I have tried almost every internet remedy to prevent the watery eyes. I have chopped onions before with a slice of bread hanging out of my mouth (whoever came up with that one should be ashamed of themselves). I have chewed gum while chopping only to end up with onion-spearmint flavored gum...AND watery eyes. I have used serrated versus straight blade knives. I have tried almost everything and this weekend I found the remedy that does the trick.

Swim goggles.

Yes, I chopped my onions with swim goggles on and not a tear in sight. I had nice little circle marks around my eyes afterward, but I'll try anything to get through the onion chopping.

So for those blue-eyed onion choppers out there, get those goggles on for crying out loud!