I have been a cook for 2 years now, and how do you get the perpetual smell of food off your hands??

Answer 1

Distilled vinegar, works really well, although you may need to wash your hands to get that smell off. Lemon juice, as previously mentioned, does great as well. Most of the 'smell' you perceive is actually the essential oils in the foods and has saturated your skin. These two remidies contain acid, which will neutralize the oil odors. They also make a stainless steel object, looks like a bar of soap, and by rubbing your hands on this it will neutralize the odors. I cannot recall the name of it but have found it on-line and n places like Williams Sonoma.

Answer 2

I cook also and i had that problem until an older cook told me to use anything with acid, like lemon juice. The explanation i got for that was, if it cleans salmonella off of a cutting board it will clean your food smelling hands so that's what i use and then i wash my hands with antibacterial soap

Answer 3

It's not just on your hands, it soaks into the dead skin, you have several layers on your hands, even if you exfoliate often, it's there. Get some lotion with a grit in it and use it daily after work - also find a surgical supply store and buy some germicide - it will remove any smell from your hands, face and hair, and you can use it when you are working - most professional chefs use both of these. You can use the germicide in your clothes too, whites only, and it will remove any odor. I's not too expensive either.

Answer 4

Lemon juice and Dawn dishwashing liquid. The lemon will take the nasty smells off and the Dawn will remove the lemon smell. Dawn also removes the food smells from your clothes. Put a tablespoon (no more) into the washer with your clothes and the smell will be gone. Trust a former McDoanld's manager. Even the greasey smell disappears.

Answer 5

You can rub your hands with a spoon....

if that doesn't work then try it with the spoon under running water. I heard this takes away the smell of an onion.

If it takes away the onion smell maybe it will take away all the food smell.

Lemon juice sounds like a good idea, too.

Answer 6

Martha Stewart says rub your hands on some stainless steel and the smells will go away. Add some lemon juice to your soap when washing your hands.

Answer 7

I always used Dawn or SoftSoap while washing my hands under the hottest water I could stand while holding something metal like spoons. Then rinsing with cold water. That's the easy part, the harder part is getting the kitchen smell out of clothes!

Answer 8

I don't know how much this helps but there is this metal oval shaped thing, looks like a metal bar of soap, that you rub on your hands when you wash them and it's supposed to take away all the smells. Try Bed, Bath & Beyond or Linens & Things. Hope this helps. :)

Answer 9

I take it that the soap and water in your kitchen doesn't do the trick. You could use lemon juice, not only does it smell good, it washes off easily.

Or, if you can, use a scented dish soap on your hands, Lavender, etc.

Answer 10

Take half a lemoon and squeeze it on your hands, rub the skin on your skin a bit, generally smosh the lemon on your hands, then wash with soap and water.
To remove onion smell from your hands, rub them on a stainless steal spigot. good luck.