Onion Hands!

help! i chopped up some onions a couple days ago and my hands still smell like onions. i keep washing them but it doesn't help and now they smell like two day old onions. if they smelled like ass it would be an improvement at this point. how do i get onion smell off my hands?!

Lemon juice!



Unless you have cuts thats just insane :/

Lemons counteract the Onion smell, like if you chop an onion and put it in your fridge, put half a lemon in there too, it takes the smell of the onion away and makes your fridge smell great

Unless you hate lemons, which again, is quite insane

I eat whole lemons, and would endorse anybody doing so

it worked! ahhh..... thank you Willow.

WOO! I am useful for something

why would anyone not want to smell like onions?

Onions on a Taco. mmmmmmmmmmm

help! i scratched my ass a couple days ago and my hands still smell like ass. i keep washing them but it doesn't help and now they smell like two day old ass. if they smelled like onions it would be an improvement at this point. how do i get ass smell off my hands?! I'm seriously scratching my ass on this one !

Sorry, there's no solution for this, Lecktor. No matter what your try or do, you will still smell like an ass.

amputation would solve both problems.
I'm just saying....

ROFL! Thanks for making me laugh this groggy morning.

Peanut Butter works too!!

Lektor you could try lemon juice. it worked like a charm for nasty days old onion.

who the hell rated this thread 5 stars?

I dunno, but they're stealing all my good ideas. I have the longest resume of rating threads 5 stars of anyone, including "Where are all the Good Men in SL?" and "I Know if I Was in Mexico I Would Make an Effort to Learn Hispanic."

Lecktor - the old fashioned remedy would be:

Lemon for your hands and Vinegar for your ass

Go easy though, you don't want to be known as the forum sourpuss.

stop murdering us and we won't stink on you! hehehehehehhe

rub hot chile pepper seeds vigorously between the offending fingers... then quickly thrust them up your ass for as long as you can stand it. This will cure the problem as in, you will never scratch your ass again...

Ursa you are SO mean. LMAO.

Hubby helped me in the garden one day and he trimmed the habanero bush back, touching the habaneros. Not thinking, and not washing his hands first, he decides to "drain the lizard".

Stop! to drain lizard with habanero hands!

It was NOT a pretty sound that I heard coming from him for the next 30 minutes.

Hmmmm. This reminds me I need to make salad dressing tonight.

LMAO - Rose... Poor hubby!!! I have done a similar thing...except I picked my nose or something face related... maybe eye rub... was a long time ago, but burned for YEARS!!

Amiee -- ewwwwwwwww.....

OMG I am crying

Rubbing your hands on a peice of stainless steel will take away the onion smell instantly(you can buy a handsoap shaped block of it at most gourmet cookware shops but a stainless steel butter knife works fine).

Don't really know about the ass smell gig though other than washing your ass on occassion.

never!! my crusade can't be stopped plus you're tasty!

please don't take this as rude but you are a complete liar. there's no way that can possibly work. how is stainless steel supposed to take away a smell?? puh-lease....

*sneaks away to try it*

It "steels" the smell from your hands!

Taming The Dragon

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Modern scientific techniques have resulted in improved onion flavor and keeping qualities, but in a basic sense onions have not changed dramatically during the ages. The onion's legendary ability to bring tears to the eyes starts with sulfur compounds absorbed from the soil. When an onion is cut, these compounds disperse in the air and react with the saline solution in our eyes, creating a weak sulfuric acid that makes them burn and tear.

To avoid suffering when cooking with onions, we recommend chilled onions, a sharp knife, and a quick chopping technique to get it over with fast. If you're especially sensitive, goggles are a comfortable option. And when it comes to washing that onion smell off your hands, try a rapid wash followed by contact with stainless steel. Strange as it sounds, the chemical reaction between onion/garlic juice and stainless steel neutralizes the smell. The more thorough the contact, the better. Rub your hands all over a stainless pot, serving dish or even stainless steel sink. You may feel funny doing it, but you'll be relieved later at how nice your hands smell.

When it comes to beating onion and garlic breath, some people's bodies naturally hang onto onion and garlic scents longer than others. The normal variation is from 4-18 hours. A few traditional remedies that you can try chewing are several sprigs of parsley, whole roasted coffee beans, citrus peel, whole aniseed, whole cloves, and apples. You might also try a pungent mouth rinse of one-half lemon juice and one-half water.