Garlic Odor - Garlic Smell

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@MsBlackOrchid You're welcome! Glad it helped!

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@Shadow194 Thanks for explaining the chemistry behind this!

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@kirathedeath
You're welcome! Thanks for commenting!

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Ha ha! Glad you found it.
It's the best thing to have on hand for many recipes! Thanks for commenting!

[Saucychemist]

I love your videos Jason, I'm so glad I stumbled back onto them again.

Your tip about rubbing your fingers against steel is a good one. The organosulfur compounds in garlic that give it the distinct smell and taste that we all know and love (except for the smelling part) slowly break down in air. The iron in steel serves as a catalyst to speed up this process and causes the chemicals to decompose faster. Hydrogen Peroxide also works well (skunk spray is similar, and H2O2 also works there).

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@5gorgeous You can also use a stainless steel mixing bowl.

[silvernitrate]

Jason! This totally makes sense now! At Crate & Barrel they sell stainless steal bars in the shape of a soap bar. It confused the heck out of me, but it just all clicked now! hahaha! Thanks!

[RaVe]

Oh.. So it really works.. I heard this from a friend.. =)

[dinoraarias]

Hi I love your videos just recently ran into them and I love how you use the garlic paste so much I love garlic, do you have a video on how to make it? and if you don't can you please please make one? :) thank's!

[uhavemooface]

you learn something new everyday. Its really cool to know that part of the world. Garlic is the most potent. You can get the smell on your clothes and its hard to get it off. Great video.

[fanger]

Hey, I just made a maranara sauce with lots of garlic and onions. I just wet my hands and rubbed my hands around the s/s sink and it really works!! Odor was gone in seconds.

[DavidParker]

Cool Thanks for the tip. I'll try it next time I cook with garlic.

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@Saucychemist
Thanks for sharing this!

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@silvernitrate10 Interesting! Haven't seen those yet.

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@pedroeph Sounds like that should work as well! The trick is the stainless steel. Just don't cut yourself!

[CaptCow]

I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned already but this also works with onions which was a life saver. A single hand peeled onion = a day and a half of rank fingers. Blech.

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@therazorsedge28
Oh, I do to. Just not on my fingers... lol.

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@uhavemooface
Thanks for the comment!

[MsBlackOrchid]

You're such a genius chef! No need for me to head out and purchase a stainless steel bar soap! Thanks for the great tip!

[susanloveshuskies]

That's an awesome tip!! Thank you!!