Cooking Technique: How to cut up an onion

The Process
	Take off the top and bottom of the onion
	Peel the onion (if the skin is brittle, it may be easier if you put the onion into cold water for a minute first)
	Cut the peeled onion into slices
	Half the slices
	And now slice into small bits

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10	Thank you! You have confirmed my skills! My husband tells me I do not know how :-(
10	perfect, just what I needed. hold a matchstick in your teeth to reduce the amount of crying.
10	Great!! I founf this really easy to folow photos and directions. I finally found out that you cry because of the acidic stuff found mostly at the root...hee hee I'm kinda slow i know. Thanks for making my cooking class even easier!! -Mackenzie Age:13
5	get a V-slicer it alot easier and quicker
10	it was real easy to follow! (TWO THUMBS UP)
10	WOW!!
10	Easy to follow... I love the visual representation
2	Sorry, but this is wrong. Although this may work, you will cry like a baby.
10	how to keep from crying
10	NO! you cut through the root, halving it at firs. This holds the rest of the structure in place, the you peel easily, and control the inquisitions as rough/fine as you like. The root comes off last. This also
3	you cut up onions like you worked for a burger joint!
10	As good as it gets. Thanks!
8	you could be more specific about the kind of dish this type of chopping is appropriate for.
10	you should add how to cut so that you dont cry
4	The best way to chop an onion: 1) Chop off the bottom, then halve length ways and peel. 2) On one onion half make several slices from the top end to the bottom, not going all the way through the top end. 3) Slice one or twice, horizontally from the bottom to the top, again not going all the way through. 4) Chop across the onion half, leaving equally diced pieces. 5) Repeat process on other half. Love the pictures.
8	Excellent idea! the photos.
3	please edit this specifying that a knife is required
8	never knew how to cut a onion before
10	this is wrong
10	... and in the next issue: 101 ways to cut up an onion :-)