Tips To Rid Cooking Stank? (sausages, steam, boiling, vanilla)

[Dbl-r]

One easy way to replace that smell with a warm fragrance thats inviting yet not over-powering is to take a tablespoon of Vanilla extract in a pie dish or pan and bake it at a low heat for a while.
Your house or apt will fill with the odor of Vanilla scent.

[dens]

I got a sample of this thing from Bed Bath and beyond in a jar that you open and it absorbs all the odors...I love it and it works...its a gel...I will look at the name when I get back

[Fat Freddy]

I don't like cooking odors or any other smells in the house.

So I open the windows and let the fresh air blow through.

[Va-Cat]

If its something that will stay with the kitchen for a while (i.e. fish seafood or something fried in oil), I throw a few cloves and a cinnimon stick into a small pot of simmering water while I'm cooking. For some reason it does seem to kill the odors pretty quickly

[LibraGirl123]

Originally Posted by Va-Cat

If its something that will stay with the kitchen for a while (i.e. fish seafood or something fried in oil), I throw a few cloves and a cinnimon stick into a small pot of simmering water while I'm cooking. For some reason it does seem to kill the odors pretty quickly

I do something similiar after cooking seafood. I sprinkle cinnamon into a small pot of water, bring it to a boil, then let it simmer for a bit. Makes the kitchen smell like you've been baking an apple pie.

[darling876]

i cut up a apple, a couple of cinnamon sticks, some whole cloves and some nutmeg..if i have it, i slice up an orange or tangerine with peel and all and throw that in too.. in a saucepan with some water and simmer away at low heat...smells soooo yummy and all other food smells will be gone..

[DewDropInn]

Some of us can't open the windows. (Insert heavy sigh.) Here in the desert it's 117 degrees in the summer and 40 in the winter.

I put out dishes of coffee beans. Does the job for me. ('Course company will look at you like you've finally gone and done it.)

[southdown]

Simmering bowls of water in the microwave works too - add food flavorings and/or extracts, or fresh lemon, cinnamon sticks, spices, ginger....

[Grannysroost]

Originally Posted by DewDropInn

Some of us can't open the windows. (Insert heavy sigh.) Here in the desert it's 117 degrees in the summer and 40 in the winter.

I put out dishes of coffee beans. Does the job for me. ('Course company will look at you like you've finally gone and done it.)

I need to try that! I have some coffee beans that are not good to use for coffee...

[jtur88]

I find that lingering smells often come not from the cooking process, but from the food left out. Cover or put away or clean up your pots, bowls, etc., as quickly as possible