No more tears

On my first smart phone I had this cool app that was a random fact giver. The most useful fact that I learned from the app was that if you chew gum while cutting onions, your eyes won't tear. Since I read it, I ALWAYS chew gum while chopping onions and it definitely works! Yesterday as I was preparing to make my first ever French onion soup, I decided it would be a great opportunity to do an unofficial home study: How many onions can I cut without tears? I made it to the fifth onion before I had any burning... But by this point my gum was also losing it's flavor, which leads me to believe that I need to do a follow up study to see if a longer lasting gum will lead to longer chopping time. But as most people only chop up an onion or two at one time, I recommend you try it next time! Let me know if it works for you... I'll add the results to my study! Haha