New York - October 21, 2003

Steeling Beauty

Stainless Steel Soap

Recently we found a bar of stainless-steel soap in our mailbox. Attached was a note claiming that simply rubbing our hands with this wonder slab would remove household and kitchen smells.

How’s it work? Something about the magnetic properties of the ions in steel neutralizes odor cells. Whatever. We snoozed through that physics lecture.

So we brought it home and put it through the paces, washing after:

Julienning carrots: Worked like a charm.

Mincing garlic cloves: Ditto.

Peeling shrimp: Pretty impressive, though maybe not good enough for a first date.

(You call this obsessive. We call it research.)

Used properly, the no-soap soap won’t wear out, requires no maintenance and is probably the sleekest accessory your sink has ever seen. So next time your hands get immersed in something yucky, forgo the lemon juice. And, for goodness’ sake, don’t panic.

There’s no reason to work yourself into a lather.

Available online at wishingfish.com.