ONIONS SECRETS

After peeling an onion don't let it stay for a long time in contact with air, it quickly absorbs all air impurities, becomes dehydrated and loses it's good properties.

But we can use this onion ability, to absorb the smell of paint.
So when we do wall painting at home, we can put some water and onion slices in a open container and this way we can rid faster of the toxic smell of paint.

When you use raw onions in salads and want to soft its taste, put them into cold water for 45/50 minutes or into white wine vinegar for 20/30 minutes (in this case, pass them by cold water, after taking them out off the vinegar).