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How do you remove the smell of garlic?

What's the best way to remove the smell of garlic from your fingers and hands after peeling & cutting it up?

Update:

THANKS EVERYONE!!!! This really helped! Now I don't smell like a vampire slayer!!! lol

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Rub stainless steel on your hands. A stainless steel spoon from my kitchen cutlery drawer does a good job for me.

  • 5 years ago

    I cook with fresh garlic like you do. Rubbing your fingers on stainless steel works to take the smell off. I have bought a scent remover which is stainless steel in the shape of a bar of soap, for very inexpensively, that I keep on the window ledge above my kitchen sink. But rubbing your fingers on any stainless steel works as well. Or you could buy those disposable food handling gloves which they sell in grocery stores now and use those when you handle garlic.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I have pretty good luck with lemon juice. Pour a bit into a bowl and soak your fingers in it for a minute or two and then wash your hands with anti-bacterial soap. Continue to do this until the smell is gone.

  • 1 decade ago

    I use a stainless steel bar of 'soap' which a relative bought for me from Sweden. You can use any stainless steel utensil. However, you can also rub some sprigs of parsley between your hands. I heard that works too.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Dip your fingers into a jar of salt.

  • Deb
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Rub them on your stainless steel sink.. Try it i promise you it will work. This is what i do and it always works. weird huh? also works for onion. :)

  • 1 decade ago

    rub them with the insides of a fresh lemon.

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