this point it should peel pretty easily. the onion skin should come off fairly easily. now place it fat side down. this is the side that was once the middle of the of the onion. the two ends of the onion should be on either side. now cut the onion into strips about 1/4 wide, without cutting all the way to the other side. this will help hold the onion together for the next step. now rotate the onion 90 degrees. cut through all the strips you just cut. the knife will be cutting perpendicular to the strips you cut in the previous step. you will still have a strip 