SC - Chopping onions

[Elaine Koogler]

Lemon juice works fairly well.  Also, a friend of mine made some soap that has
in it, I believe, coffee grounds.  I don't know whether they were new or used,
but that soap removes all sorts of odors from my hands...fish, onions, garlic,
etc.  Finally, I believe some of the catalogues that sell kitchen stuff also
sell a little metal thing that is supposed to remove the odor.

Kiri

WyteRayven at aol.com wrote:

> I have to preface this with the statement that I am only a beginning cook,
> but I read somewhere (sorry, I don't remember where, it was years ago) that
> if you put a piece of raw potato or bread (preferably potato) in your mouth
> when chopping onions then you wont cry.
>
> I have tried this with both bread and potato and it does seem to help. It
> doesn't completely stop the reaction, but it seems to help. It also seems to
> work better with the potato than the bread.
>
> On a similar note, when I have cooked dinner and have chopped onions and
> garlic, my fingers smell bad for days.....is there some trick to get rid of
> this odor?
>
> Ilia
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