Stainless Steel and Garlic
Stores sell these specialized metal bars that magically wash away garlic oils/scents on your hands. These bars often cost around $10. What’s the secret? They’re stainless steel!
So, you can save yourself counter space and a few dollars by using your run-of-the-mill stainless steel spoon, instead. Why stainless steel pulls away garlic oils so effectively is still a mystery to me. There’s some good chemistry behind this phenonemom, but I haven’t seen a definitive explaination— only speculation…