Help with garlic smell
Karen Prestemon
sweat garlic. And now my hands stink from it from cooking with it the past
two nights. is there any way to get rid of the smell, short of cutting it out?
so many recipes that I like call for it, so if there is any way of cheating,
I'd like to hear about it!
Thanks,
Karen
Gary Heston
> I like the flavor of garlic, but I've also heard that eating garlic makes you
> sweat garlic. And now my hands stink from it from cooking with it the past
> two nights. is there any way to get rid of the smell, short of cutting it ou
> so many recipes that I like call for it, so if there is any way of cheating,
> I'd like to hear about it!
Wear plastic gloves while handling it.
Reportedly, rubbing the odorifous areas on a stainless steel item,
possible under running water, removes the smell.
Or, I chopped and peeled a batch at once, packed it into small jars
(one of chopped, one of peeled cloves, etc.), poured in olive oil to
cover, and keep it in the refrigerator. When I need some, I just scoop
it out (the oil congeals), and drop it into whatever I'm cooking.
That way, you only have to handle it occasionally, no matter how often
you cook with it.
Gary Heston, at home....
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Alexandra Schmidt
The sweating garlic part seems to very from person to person and depends on
the quantity consumed. The most I can suggest is that you 'experiment' to
find out what your limits are and then eat slightly less garlic--that is, if
you mind garlic sweat. I've noticed that sometimes I can smell it very faintly
on myself but that other people can't detect it (I asked people who would
have no qualms about telling me the truth)!
As far as getting it off your hands, though, that's easier. When you're done
chopping garlic, rub your hands with lemon juice and rinse under *cold* water
(hot water seems to set the smell). Sniff your hands and if the scent is
still detectable, repeat the process. That works fine for me.
. . .Alexandra
Christina Black
|> I like the flavor of garlic, but I've also heard that eating garlic makes you
|> sweat garlic. And now my hands stink from it from cooking with it the past
|> two nights.
I don't know anything about sweating garlic, but to keep it from getting
on your hands while cooking, try wearing latex gloves, available in bulk
at the drug store. By this I mean "exam gloves", the thin kind your
doctor wears, not the dishwashing kind. They're amazingly sensitive and
are good for a lot of kitchen tasks. I use them when I'm chopping
something that might irritate my skin, like acid foods or hot peppers.
Also good for stirring things (cookie dough, hummus) with your hands,
touching noxious spoiled stuff you need to get out of the fridge, and
probably lots of other things.
If you get the powdered kind, rinse the powder off after you put them on
and before you touch any food -- it's probably talc, which isn't good
for you.
-- Chris
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