About a year ago a dear friend called and said she had a present for me. I love presents!! The next time I saw her she gave me a pair of Onion Goggles. They looked like a gadget to me, but I didn’t want to hurt her feelings so I gratefully took them and threw them in a drawer, where I doubted that they would see the light of day. A couple of weeks later I was chopping an onion, my eyes were tearing, my mascara was running, and I thought “What the hell, I’ll give them a try.” I took them out of the drawer, out of their cute little case, put them on, checked the mirror to make sure I didn’t look too much like a dork (I’m told that in Sweden, they wear them as a fashion statement), and finished chopping my onions. Know what? They worked!! Not just OK worked, but really, really worked. And they are comfortable to wear. Now I don’t think I’ll ever wear them as a fashion statement, but I won’t chop onions without them. I guess that’s why Cooks Illustrated wrote, ...
“Chopping and dicing our way through 30 pounds of onions per week in the test kitchen, we’re always interested in new methods of eye defense. And while they certainly look a bit goofy, the R.S.V.P. International Onion Goggles do help maintain focus on the onions—yellow, Vidalia, red, or otherwise—rather than the tissue box. We found that they block irritating fumes better than sunglasses, and the foam padding around the antifog lenses is a more comfortable alternative to swim goggles.” Cooks Illustrated July 2007
Facts:
- Tortoise-colored frames
- One-size-fits-all plastic goggles
- Protects your sensitive eyes from that burning sensation you get when chopping onions
- Comfortable foam seal locks unwanted fumes out
- Protective case included
