How often do you avoid cooking with garlic and onions simply because you don’t want to deal with your hands smelling like them for days? Soap doesn’t work, water doesn’t work, nothing but time seems to remove these tough odors, right? Wrong? The Rub-A-Way Stainless Steel Odor Removing Rubbing Bar removes most garlic, onion, fish and other food odors from your hands almost instantly. Simply rub your hands with this ingenious stainless steel bar under running water just like you would a bar of soap, except no soap is needed. How it works is unknown, but stainless steel effectively removes odors.

You can find it sold at Amazon.com for about $7, just search for Amco Rub Away Bar.