Garlic

[andrewlee]

Any suggestions on how to get rid of the smell from me hands?

[ineedahobby]

Try making up a paste of Bicarbonate of soda and water and giving your hands a good scrub with that.

[gbreij]

cut your hands off

[andrewlee]

Well that's certainly thinking outside the box ... but I could only chop one off surely...

I'll try the bi-carb solution instead I think!

[natalie_1982]

Lemon juice?

[KT84]

Lake Land Ltd (formerly lakeland plastic) sell this thing that looks like a bar of soap, its made from metal and aparently using it like soap gets rid of oudors from your hands.

[shaneystar]

To remove garlic odor from the hands, just rub the hands with a piece of stainless steel cutlery under running water and the smell magically goes away.Or rub your hands over a stainless steel sink then wash them.

[ermintrude35]

..I used to be a chef and I always wash my hands with either sugar or salt (not recomended if you have any cuts) with a little water... some say that ground coffee works in the same way but I have never tried this ...

[bexste]

I have been reading the answers with interest, would the same apply to onions?

[workscottdal]

just cold water because it will shut the paws in your hand witch will keep the smell out. but if you use hot water it will open them up and trap the smell inside them and every time your hand get hot it lets the smell out

this should work my chef told me this and it has worked for me

[greenie87]

workscotdal is rite.. but wrong way round. use cold water to wash your hands. because hot water closes your pores to protect them. a sliced lemon works good with cold water.. with many things such as onions, garlic etc

[Backdrifter]

Similar to the "chillies" thread - I'll give the same answer I did in that one: a liberal dousing in plain old washing-up liquid, rather than normal soap - lather it up good (lukewarm water is fine), have a decent scrub, rinse. But this must be done as soon as you've finished handling the garlic. Works equally well when having handled chillies, onions or fish. The residues from all these are oil-soluble and will be dispersed by washing-up liquid the same way fats and oils are. Rubbing the hands with cooking oil before washing will facilitate it but I find generally it's not necessary.

No need for bicarb pastes, lemons or bits of metal.