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One of these stainless steel bars of "soap". It's for getting onion and garlic smell off your hands. I was skeptical when my partner bought it, but it totally works. Rub on your hands under cold water and it's like you never even looked at the garlic.
Fyi this also works with a steel faucet or sink in a pinch
Okay so maybe I've grown to used to the smell of garlic but is it a common problem that people are worried about their hands smelling like garlic/onions? Maybe it's because I wash dishes as I cook, so whatever I chopped/prepared them on I would have washed in the sink while it started to heat up in the pan, but I guess I need to sniff my fingers more after doing so.
I don't know about worried, but onions absolutely make my hands reek. To the point where it can ruin a meal I'm eating, especially if it's a hand food like a burrito or burger or something. I don't mind garlic on my hands, but onions are just awful for some reason.
I don't have one of these bars, but I'm seriously contemplating it.
Ill report back tomorrow, I'm sure I'll end up making something with onions or garlic in it haha
I think it's home cook weird shit, now sell me something to get rid of fried food smell from clothes. I'll live with garlic and onions which smell amazing over fried oil smell that saturate you skin and leave you as a soggy French fry
https://www.justrite.com/emergency-cubicle-shower-shower-and-covered-abs-eyeface-wash-strip-screens-hand-activated-sd32k45g?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22616905379&gbraid=0AAAAAoV7W1KvFQTcMpAyzX7MdG54YHuli
I... cook in a terry cloth ("towel") bath robe when I know I'll go out after cooking. I guess it functions similar to a smoking jacket:
Probably doesn't help for not having your hair smell
You basically have to add grease lightning or something similar to your wash to get that stuff out.
I like when my hands smell like onions/garlic/bits. Makes for a nice lil smell-snack later!
That's not gonna end well. ๐
These are mostly a myth to my understanding.
There is some theory on how the chromium in stainless steel could help with breaking down and removing the smelly compounds from onions and garlic off your hands, but there aren't any studies proving this.
In my experience just properly washing your hands with water for 15-20s works just as well. I think the "soap" kinda works because it tricks people to not just rinse their hands.
It's true, I've never used one of these and was absolutely lying about their effectiveness.
Regarding your jib. I like the cut.
You're saying that as if I've never used one. I have, and I don't see a difference to just washing my hands with water. But to each their own ยฏ\_(ใ)_/ยฏ
So any stainless steel will do that. No need for a special disk. I use a stainless steel cocktail shaker to peal garlic. Then when I rinse it clean it also removes the smell from my hands.
Just drop the cloves into the shaker and shake hard for 30-45 seconds. Most of the garlic is now peeled and some just need a bit help. So much faster and easier.
Yep. Still useful for people without stainless fixtures, or cocktail shakers.
Why would I want to remove that smell ๐.
(half joking)
Does this also work for jalapenos?
No. The heat from peppers is an oil. Dry finger tips absorb the oil. So either gloves or rub a drop of neutral oil on your fingers before handling peppers.
As hugin said, the best way to wash oils off your hands is with other oils. Pour a little bit of whatever cooking oil you have on your hands and make sure to thoroughly spread it on your hands, like in between your fingers and under your nails, then wash with hot water and soap. The capsaicin oils will mix with the cooking oils, dilute, and be more noticeable to remove. This also works for poison ivy oils and pine sap
I've had this shit in my cart for like 5 years. Lol I really should just buy it.
"I too love to rub heavily metals into my skin"...idk if anyone has said this before lol