Why do chefs rub their hands with toothpaste?

Rubbing your hands with toothpaste after cooking seems like a completely pointless action to novice cooks.

It would seem, why use toothpaste if the skin on your hands is easily cleaned with soap?

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However, there is one common problem that regular solid hygiene products handle much worse than toothpaste.

It's about the smell of some food products left on your hands.

The effect of toothpaste

Many chefs and amateur cooks are familiar with the unpleasant smell of onion, garlic, or fish from their hands.

An extra “aroma” inevitably appears on the palms after handling fish or spicy vegetables.

Washing hands with soap does not always solve the problem: sometimes the smell is so persistent that it persists even after several hygiene procedures.

But if you first rub your hands with toothpaste, then rinse it off and only then start using soap, then there will definitely be no unpleasant odor left.

Many experienced housewives have long noticed this unusual effect of toothpaste.