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1970-01-01 on Aug 16, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dicing an Onion, the Mathematically Optimal Way

Someone, somewhere, will now spend time growing square onions to fix the problem. Probably someone in Japan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_watermelon

ginko on Aug 16, 2025 [–]

Better yet onions that grow in large flat sheets.

account42 on Aug 18, 2025 | [–]

But that would also maximize the surface area which means more effort to peel the skin.

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