Snuffing out the Garlic

For those of you that cook with REAL garlic, ya know? peel and cut your own? You know all too well that that dreadfully awesome smell takes DAYS to come off your hands no matter how much you wash them.

Enter Salt

If you wash you hands with Salt and cold water it goes away.

I heard this during an interview with Meryl Streep for her new movie about Julia Childs. I thought to myself.. bullshit.. well i couldn't have been more pleasantly surprised.

Last night i made garlic infused extra virgin olive oil and fettuccini with broccoli and chicken. My fingers of course wreaked of the garlicky goodness. So i tested the soap and water, and nope nothing, still stunk. So i grabbed the salt and turned the water to cold.. and wouldn't you know it?! no more garlicky smell on my fingers!!!

this is just way too good to be true considering how much i cook with fresh garlic!