Philly cheesesteak, french onion soup, onion rings - some of the best things in life involve cooking and eating onions!  However, if you’ve ever cut up and cooked with an onion, you know that the worst part of this majestic experience is not the tears of joy you’ll cry while slicing and dicing but rather that pleasant reminder for sometimes days after your meal that you handled onions.  That’s right, whether while washing your face before bed or showering the next morning, the smell of onions has soaked into your hands so thoroughly that even toughest of soaps and detergents are no match.

The simple (and green!) solution: find a stainless steel surface, usually in the form of a sink or countertop and wipe your hands all over it!  Make sure to get everywhere, in between fingers, the palms, the backs of the hands, and all places in between.  A complete cleansing will usually take about 30 seconds but even just a few quick swipes will do the trick on light jobs.

Now I don’t exactly know the science behind this and why it works but I can undoubtedly tell you that it does work!  If you’ve ever been embarrassed or just plain disgusted by your stinky onion hands, you’ve probably tried new hand soaps, dish soaps, and other harsh chemical cleaners.  Well, throw them all out (or at least save them for other dirty jobs) because the greenest cleaner is one you never have to use in the first place!

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