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De-odourising a kitchen
SpottedLeopard_2
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Hello wise forum,
currently living with someone that cooks Chinese stir-fries daily (
) , and wondered if anyone had a way of making a kitchen smell less of old food without resorting to air freshener sprays? All windows are already open as far as they can go!
Any herbs or anything I can put in the corner of the room to absorb odours? A jar of salt? It's nasty going in all the time and smelling stale food
Thanks for any help!
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currently living with someone that cooks Chinese stir-fries daily (
) , and wondered if anyone had a way of making a kitchen smell less of old food without resorting to air freshener sprays? All windows are already open as far as they can go!Any herbs or anything I can put in the corner of the room to absorb odours? A jar of salt? It's nasty going in all the time and smelling stale food
Thanks for any help!
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SpottedLeopard wrote: »Hello wise forum,
currently living with someone that cooks Chinese stir-fries daily ( ) , and wondered if anyone had a way of making a kitchen smell less of old food without resorting to air freshener sprays? All windows are already open as far as they can go!
Any herbs or anything I can put in the corner of the room to absorb odours? A jar of salt? It's nasty going in all the time and smelling stale food
Thanks for any help!
Pot or two of bicarb should help.
Does it really smell that stale?! How can he cook stir fry every day..I'd be seriously bored lolIf women are birds and freedom is flight are trapped women Dodos?0 -
If open windows won't solve it, cleaning will. With the Stardrops that contains ammonia0
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Having dogs, I try to avoid artificial air fresheners. Lemon juice mixed 50:50 with water in a spray bottle, spritz in the air and/or on soft furnishings (patch-test first) helped get rid of that eau de damp dog. Bicarb in pots is another trick I use. Also a few drops of essential oils on a tissue/hanky tucked behind the radiator can help freshen up the room - though do be careful with essential oils if you have pets as the phenols can be harmful.
I imagine a tub of lavendar or a similar fragrant plant might help.0 -
Sorry, I don't think anything's going to work other than airing the room thoroughly - and tbh if you live in a small place you've probably found that the reek is completely pervasive. The smell of burnt garlic is particularly pungent and difficult to shift.Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
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http://www.wackyhometips.com/smell1.htm seems to have some good tips. Think i'll try a few.MrsSD declutter medals 2023 🏅🏅🏅⭐⭐ 2025
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I shared a flat with some Chinese Students - here's what worked with us.
Make sure that that top of the kitchen cupboards are cleaned weekly - the fatty deposits from stir-frying rise in the steam and settle on top.
Wipe all fronts down with a mix of vinegar and lemon juice every week.
Open windows when cooking - and leave them open until everything is cooked and cleaned up afterwards.
All washing up done as soon as poss - nothing left to fester overnight.
Pots of open bicarb on top of kitchen cupboards.
My lads never used to smell the "burnt garlic" smell - so I cooked smoked fish a couple of times with the windows shut and they son got the idea - cruel but effective LOL
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Once you've cleaned the top of the kitchen cuboards, lay old newspaper down up there to absorb the grease/smell, then instead of having to clean every week you just peel it away and replace with fresh. Worked when my brother stayed with us awhile and had a chips and fried chicken obsession!No buying unnecessary toiletries 2014. Epiphany on 4/4/14 - went into shop to buy 2 items, walked out with 17!0
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Thankyou all for helpful replies, will give them a go.
Fresh lemon juice is a bit pricey to be wasting in cleaning, will the cheap lemon in a bottle do?!
@ Memory Girl - how did you have that conversation, the 'can you please wash up as soon as you've cooked, you're making the kitchen stink?' conversation, without sounding anal/impolite?!0 -
Cheap lemon juice in a bottle will do just fine: my local pound shop is selling two for a quid at the moment.. You could also make up a 50/50 solution of vinegar in one of those plant-spray bottles and spray that around regualrly. Once it's dried there's no vinegar smell.
If your kitchen stinks the time has passed for worrying about being polite. There's no particular need to be downright rude, just direct. I'd say it would be very rude to leave your festering pots and pans hanging about overnight making the place look like a doss-house. And unsanitary once the hot weather arrives.0 -
I clean everything with Vinegar/ lemon combo too,
sometimes after I cook fish I light my yankee candle for an hour after that ( after the kitchen has been wiped down)
seems to absorb smells too.
i heard a dish with vinegar in absorbs smells ( works in the fridge)
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