[vktsn]

Hello everyone, recently when I chopped an onion white liquid oozed out of it. The liquid looked like milk. Is this unsafe? I actually threw the onion out. I've chopped several onions before and this is the first this ever happened.

 

[silva]

Are you sure there wasn't something on your cutting board or knife? Makes my think like potato starch, or I think even salt could turn it milky. I grind garlic with salt into a paste with the flat of the knife and it gets kinda milky

 

[jessandreia]

Probably a juicy onion.

 

[David3]

I've had this happen before. I also threw the onion away. Better safe than sorry, and onions are incredibly cheap anyway.
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[Jinga]

That is normal. It's just the juice from the onion. I cook regularly with Vidalia onions, which are sweet, and this is a regular occurrence when they are fresh. No worries!

 

[vktsn]

Thank you all for the answers. I've decided to buy already chopped onions from now on.

 

[Auxin]

Its perfectly safe and normal, its just onion sap.

 

[Claytons]

Yeah the older the onion the harder they tend to be. Could just mean that your onion was very fresh.