SC - Chopping onions

[Deacon C Swepston]

> 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
> 

    I make a ball of coffee (yes, coffee) soap and keep one in the
kitchen and one in the bathroom.  It works on lots of 'bad'  smells -
onion, garlic, gasoline, pesticides.

    Take a handsized bar of Ivory soap, not the larger bath size, grate
it on the large holes on a cheese grater.  Put the grated soap into a
large microwave safe bowl and microwave on high for a minute (or so,
depends on your microwave) until it all melts.  It will grow, get fluffy,
as it melts.  Take it out of the microwave and add/stir in a TBSP of
ground coffee using a wooden spoon.  (I'm not a coffee drinker, so I buy
the single pot gourmet pkgs at the grocery store.  One pkg of coffee will
make 6 balls of soap.)  As soon as you can handle it, shape the
soap/coffee mixture into a ball; set aside and let it cool.

                                                    Melusine
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