"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:59:47 -0400, Cheryl >
> wrote:
>
>>On 4/2/2013 1:17 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 02/04/2013 10:11 AM, Pico Rico wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I never smell like garlic, I just hold the blade of the knife under
>>>>> running water, or a stainless spoon. Works every time, not a hint of
>>>>> garlic smell.
>>>>>
>>>>> Susan
>>>>
>>>> you are missing out!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> No she isn't there are different ways of preparing garlic and there is
>>> a world of difference in the smell and taste of it. I find raw garlic a
>>> little hard on me. It gives me heart burn, and it stinks. I use raw
>>> garlic only in small doses, and after cutting it I scrub my hands, the
>>> knife and the cutting board.
>>>
>>I only tried using raw garlic one time and never again. It was in a
>>pesto whizzed up in the FP with the other ingredients. After that I'll
>>always cook the garlic first, even if it's roasted and cooled, which I
>>try to keep plenty of in the freezer for just such uses. Roasted garlic
>>also works well in a salad.
>>
>>But even if you're cooking it, you have to get it out of the paper and
>>crush or chop it. For me I've never found a way to do those things
>>without getting the smell on my hands.
>
> Wear surgical gloves.

better yet, learn to "be the garlic".