Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1915 — Peeling Onions for Living. [ARTICLE]

Peeling Onions for Living.

The profession of onion peeling is not one that obtains much notice, yet there are at least five hundred women in the East end of London earning their living by removing the skins of onions. With practice, they can make eighty cents to a dollar a day. Very often they have been peeling since childhood, daughters succeeding mothers. It is not a profession you can learn in one lesson, for the skin must be removed by hand, or the onion “juices” and is no use for pickling. The onions are always peeled in water. This is not done to save the eyes of the peeler, but is done to keep the onion white.