Garlic Stank

Rhino

How do get rid of Garlic smell? When I cook with it, i get it all over my hands. We like it a lot; but notice my gf has really bad garlic breath even after she brushes, flosses and mouthwashes. If I can smell it on her, other people can probably smell it on me too (since we eat the same things) even though I don't notice it.

matt has a problem

For your hands, use a lemon. Or you can buy one of those stainless steel bars and rub your hands all over that. Besides brushing or something like gum for the mouth though, there's not much you can do.

KalTorak

For the stuff on your hands, just wash your hands with soap holding some piece of stainless steel, doesn't have to be one of those special chunks; a knife, pan, fork, whatever's lying around your kitchen will do the trick.

Not sure about how to get rid of the breath; mine has never been that bad.

Improvolone

Cook wearing latex gloves?

Al_wat

I've never heard about holding stainless steel while washing your hands. Whats the deal with that?

Murphy

Dunno, but it really does work. I managed a Williams-Sonoma for a few years and we sold that shit like crazy (despite the fact that anything stainless steel would have worked, and it was a completely stupid item to purchase).

KalTorak

Alton sort of explains it here (at 8:43)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BHxenMG5TU

shutz

I'm not 100% sure it works with regular garlic, but for "wild garlic" (Allium tricoccum) one trick that really works against the bad breath is cinnamon. You can try various cinnamon candies or chewing gums, but the way to get the most complete results is to chew on a real cinnamon stick.

For the hands, I can attest to the whole stainless steel thing, and it also works after you've been cutting onions.

Figgy

For your breath, your best bet is to stop using that much garlic.

If it's so bad that you're still smelling badly after you brush, that's way too much garlic!*

*That is, if you don't want to smell. If you don't care, eat all you like!

The_Glad_Hatter

Use cold water (and soap) first when washing your hands when they're covered in smelly stuff like garlic. Hot water opens up the pores and makes sure all the nastyness gets in.