Salad Days

Cutting an onion the other evening, it occurred to me that the only people who probably really like what onions do to them are B grade actors who can't raise a tear without them.



We like eating them and my husband likes it when I ask him to cut them for me, because it makes him feel blokey and tough (and makes me feel like a little lady).



But how do you describe what they do to your tear ducts? Is there a word that means 'makes you cry' in the same way that 'soporific' applies to sleep?

In any case I'm glad we're eating more salads again. Summer is coming soon.