Damnit, how do I get the garlic smell out of my fingers

[LynneSin]

I was cooking last night and using fresh garlic in the recipe (I even have one of those garlic presses).

5000 hand washings later I can still smell the damn garlic on my fingers

MAKE IT GO AWAY!!!

[Lumily]

1. Lemon juice will get rid of it.

[BigMcLargehuge]

20. lemon juice works wonders for garlic oil

:)

[mikeytherat]

2. Got a stainless steel sink? Rub your fingers across it!

mikey_the_rat

[Misunderestimator]

3. I was going to suggest that too...

I saw a stainless steel thing in the shape of hand soap being marketed for exactly this... to remove smells like garlic and onions from the hands.

http://chemistry.allinfoabout.com/features/steelodor.html

[mikeytherat]

5. Works like a champ...

of course, then your fingers smell like stainless-steel sink!

mikey_the_rat

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. That's cool. I'm going to have to try and find something like that.

Maybe MrG could make me one at work. :think:

[mcscajun]

26. Anything stainless steel will work, even a dinner knife.

No need to buy something special.

[BikeWriter]

4. I'll second the lemon juice.

[purr]

7. Rub with a potato...

It works!

[ProfessorGAC]

8. You Don't

Garlic is your friend. Besides, it keeps werewolves away. Seen any werewolves in your neighborhood? Now you know why!
The Professor

[mikeytherat]

11. Like Lisa Simpson's Tiger-Repelling Rock!

"How does this rock work?"

"Well, it doesn't; but you don't see any tigers around here, do ya?"

"Lisa, I'd like to buy your rock."

mikey_the_rat

[ProfessorGAC]

12. Hey, We Use Lots Of Garlic At Home

There hasn't been a werewolf sited around our town for 20+ years. Ergo: It works!
The Professor

[mikeytherat]

14. Lisa: "That's rather spurious reasoning."

Homer: "Why, thank you, honey!"

Actually, I DON'T use a lot of garlic, and I haven't seen any werewolves around here in a long time, either, so I wonder what's keeping them away. Well, actually, this one time I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand, walking through the streets of Soho in the rain, but I think that was a fluke.

mikey_the_rat

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Well, There Are Two Things To Consider

First, you don't know whether a neighbor uses a lot of garlic. That would explain no werewolves in your area.

Secondly, Soho is in London. You know how British food it. No garlic, you get werewolves.

And, finally, you forgot to mention that his hair was perfect.
The Professor

[Evergreen Emerald]

9. I thought of three really disgusting places you could stick your fingers

Thinking at first it was funny, but then realizing that I am just a bit sick! So--never mind.

Use lemon juice.

[mikeytherat]

13. Ha! I thought the same thing!

I had a list of "things your fingers COULD smell like," but thought better of posting it (the caffeine kicked in my better judgment circuit!).

mikey_the_rat

[Evergreen Emerald]

32. great minds think alike

or is it dirty minds?

[mikeytherat]

33. Great, dirty minds!

mikey_the_rat

[MissMillie]

10. wash your hands w/ cold water and salt

seriously.

[StaggerLee]

16. It doesn't have to be the sink

Rub a spoon between your hands when you wash them.

[WeRQ4U]

24. I second the spoon.

That's how I always do it. And if that doesn't work.......go with the dog poop.

[Blue-Jay]

17. Someone could give you the "stink palm".

That should work.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

18. Plug your nose

[LaraMN]

19. Pick up dog poop with your bare hands.

:shrug:

[Richardo]

22. .

:thumbsup:

Always works for me.

[LynneSin]

25. All these suggestions have been helpful......

EXCEPT YOURS!!!!

:hug:

[LaraMN]

27. Hey. I have a standard to uphold.

:D

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

21. Find a vampire.

[Gormy Cuss]

23. Garlic has an odor?

Who knew?:-)

[tigereye]

28. huh

well, I like the smell of garlic. I usually wash 'em once and it seems to go away. Maybe I'm so used to garlic I don't notive anymore!

[skygazer]

29. Huh. I probably smell like garlic all the time then

I use it every night. Lots of it. And I've never noticed the smell on my hands. How funny...

But I've never seen a werewolf anywhere around here.

[japple]

30. Stainless steel and toothpaste

If the stainless steel doesn't quite do it, use a nail brush and some toothpaste. That usually does it for me, but I haven't tried the dog poop trick. Cat shit doesn't work either.

[fishwax]

31. stainless steel

rubbing stainless steel take the smell away. I cook with fresh garlic a lot. I use a knife rather than a garlic press usually, and then wash the knife by hand, so that the rubbing my fingers across the stainless steel (in soapy water, no less) gets rid of the garlic smell immediately. :)

[underpants]

34. Starting thread-Guess what LynneSin's finger smells like

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