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so washing doesn't remove the odour - you can not escape garlic hands ...........or can you? Please help.

― james (Pinkpanther), Saturday, 19 July 2003 18:54 (twenty-two years ago)

lemon juice and salt is supposed to do the trick.

― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 19 July 2003 18:58 (twenty-two years ago)

You can buy a metallic, pendant shaped thing that you rub your hands with under a cold tap (with no soap). They magically work.

I don't know if any metal block would work - maybe.

If you can't get/make one of these, at least use cold water and not hot - much better at rinsing odours off skin.

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 19 July 2003 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah stainless steel is supposed to work too. Never tried it myself, I like the smell of garlic.

― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 19 July 2003 19:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Try coffee grounds.

― Jodi (Celerina), Saturday, 19 July 2003 19:17 (twenty-two years ago)

The stainless steal thing works but I have found that I have to "wash" with it for an inconveniently long period of time. Also, if you are in the process of cooking, it's often inconvenient. By the time you get a chance to do it, the garlic has already penetrated.

― Al Andalous, Saturday, 19 July 2003 19:34 (twenty-two years ago)

You bother getting the smell off before you've finished cooking? Pah - let them eat garrlic flavoured cake.

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 19 July 2003 19:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, misunderstood your objection - sorry.

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 19 July 2003 19:36 (twenty-two years ago)

If you mince garlic, try using the knife itself to carry the garlic from one point to another. You can do some things to minimize contact, but ultimately I think it's pretty hard to avoid garlic hands completely.

― Al Andalous, Saturday, 19 July 2003 19:36 (twenty-two years ago)

My magic steel pendant thing seems to work quite quickly even if I've left it a while. Maybe my skin is not very porous.

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 19 July 2003 19:38 (twenty-two years ago)

After working in the kitchen of a French resturant when I was still at school,I learnt quickly that step one is to wet your hands before touching the garlic,step two is to rinse them in a bowl of cold water and lemon juice as frequently as possible while you are chopping or crushing the stuff,and step three is when you are finished,place some fresh parsley in warm water for a few minutes,add some more lemon juice,and wash your hands in it.Also,chewing a sprig of parsley or eating a spoonful of strawberry jam is an excellent way to calm good old garlic breath!

― Eugene Speed (Eugene Speed), Saturday, 19 July 2003 20:03 (twenty-two years ago)

B-b-but why do you want to get rid of garlic hands? That's one of my favorite things about cooking! I just love the smell of garlic. Mmmmm.... garlic.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Saturday, 19 July 2003 20:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Fresh garlic in food = lovely smell
Festering garlic on body = unholy stink

It's just one of those things.

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 19 July 2003 20:21 (twenty-two years ago)

if you touch the tip or blade of a stainless steel knife to your garlic hands whilst holding them under cold running water the smell mysteriously dissappears instantly.
ditto if you wanna get rid of garlic breath .. stick yr tongue in a glass of water and touch it with a stainless steel knife it makes the smell go

― sally pearson (deus ex machina), Sunday, 20 July 2003 00:16 (twenty-two years ago)

... as yr tongue floats gently to the bottom of the glass

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 20 July 2003 00:17 (twenty-two years ago)

onion, garlic and cigarette smells on hands and fingers is quite pleasant.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Sunday, 20 July 2003 00:19 (twenty-two years ago)

but don't listen to me, i also like a faint whiff of BO.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Sunday, 20 July 2003 00:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Jackson?

― oops (Oops), Sunday, 20 July 2003 00:26 (twenty-two years ago)

diddley.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Sunday, 20 July 2003 00:30 (twenty-two years ago)

This strange distaste for the smell of garlic on a human body... why don't people ever chew garlic gum to remove the smell of peppermint?

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Sunday, 20 July 2003 11:35 (twenty-two years ago)

you can use a plain old stainless steel spoon also! (you don't need to use a knife to clean yr hands)

― geeta (geeta), Sunday, 20 July 2003 14:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Breaking theory : Dr David Kelly was trying to rid himself of garlicky wrists.

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 20 July 2003 14:36 (twenty-two years ago)

bad nick! i think garlic smells nice, but i find lemon juice works best when i have to get the smell of my hands. howeve, be very careful to make sure you have no cuts on your hands when doing this otherwise ... KER-PH***IN'-YOWCH!

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Sunday, 20 July 2003 14:42 (twenty-two years ago)

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