If you've chopped garlic before, you've probably noticed that the smell likes to stick around on your hands, and soap doesn't do much to get it off. If you want to really get rid of that smell, you can just rub your hands with a spoon.


This trick actually works with both garlic and onions, whose smells can be neutralized with stainless steel. All you need to do is rub your hands with a stainless steel object (like a spoon, knife, or even the edge of your sink) under cold water, as if the spoon were soap. In fact, they make metal soap bars for this very purpose, but why would you buy one of those when you have such an abundance of stainless steel nearby? When you're done, your hands should lose most of that smell and you can wash them with real soap to get them lemony fresh.

LPT: Wash your hands while rubbing them on a stainless steel spoon to get rid of the smell of garlic. | Reddit