What is the best way of removing garlic odor from your hands after chopping them?!


Question: I usually wash them and then rub them against the side of the stainless steal sink or knife blade. I don't know what it is but it really helps. You can also use some salt and scrub them with a little water. That seems to help with garlic and also makes your hands nice and smooth. Maybe try both.


Answers: I usually wash them and then rub them against the side of the stainless steal sink or knife blade. I don't know what it is but it really helps. You can also use some salt and scrub them with a little water. That seems to help with garlic and also makes your hands nice and smooth. Maybe try both.

Wash them, dry them, then rub them over a stainless steel bowl.

rub your hands in lemon juice, not the store-bought in a bottle but real freshly-squeezed lemon juice(a few drops work just fine)

Try washing your hands with milk. It really works.

Milk it really works. Otherwise there are stainless steel 'eggs' commercially available that you rub in your hands and will remove the odour as well ...

Just use those "throw away gloves" like the food servers use.

Usually you can use vinegar and baking soda(not at the same time) and of course the old technique of running your hands under cold water then running your hands over the stain-less steel in your sink or whatever else that is made out of stainless like silverwarem, or scissors.

Anytime I get "stinky" hands I use 1/2 lemon. Squeeze juice out of lemon and save juice for other uses. Use the 1/2 that you got the juice from and rub all over both hands. Rinse quickly under luke warm water and pat dry. This seems to get rid of just about every smell I've run across. Leaves your hands nice and soft too. It also helps when you've been cutting up peppers.

The stainless steel thing works. Also they say wash your hands first in cold water. The cold water keep the pores from opening and letting the oils in. Then wash in warm water. That works to a degree too.

wash dry and rub on anything stainless steel. Sinks, flatware, faucet, bowl whatever you have handy. The little soap shaped thing you can buy at cooking stores is a colossal waste of money.

rub hands wiuth lemon and wash





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