Things that stink up your house while cooking...

[norgeway]

Of course number 1 would have to be Chitterlings, otherwise known as Chitlins in the South, I wouldn't cook them in my house for anything, but believe it or not, they taste good if cleaned and prepared correctly

2. any greens, collards, mustards ,kale, all smell and, IMHO taste VILE!

3. Cabbage, but it tastes great.

4.Boiled Eggs, Smell awful when peeled, and to me taste just as bad!

What stinks to you?????

 

 

[wayupnorth]

Fish, or any seafood cooking does not work with me.

 

[sudsmaster]

Not my house, but the dried fish/shrimp that people from various parts of Asia like to consume are rather odoriferous when heated.

 

[norgeway]

Oh Yeah!

Salmon patties...We love them, but they really stink up the house, poor little Bella Kitty walks around meowing trying to figure out what smells so good.."To her!!!"

 

[frigilux]

I'm not fond of the odor that lingers when deep-frying in vegetable oil. The solution was to deep-fry in Crisco. Virtually no odor.

 

[launderess]

Chitlins

Kippers

Fish in general

 

[norgeway]

Re Crisco

Is WONDERFUL to deep fry in, There used to be a product called MalFry , it was used by many restaurants and was really good, but I don't know if its still being made.

 

[mark_wpduet]

Cabbage in the pressure cooker!

I don't use my pressure cooker very often, but I LOVE cabbage and carrots cooked in the pressure cooker, but the entire house smells like cabbage for hours after.

 

[arbilab]

The limit of what I'll eat that "stinks" cooking is spinach and broccoli.

After dinner I don't like ANY food smells lingering. I won't resort to air sprays so you can imagine I get somewhat busy jiggering windows and fans to get rid of smells.

Some heavy smells, like broiler steak or pan sausage, I only schedule when weather permits ventilation. Spoze I'm somewhat OCD about air smelling like air and nothing else except 'during' mealtime.

 

[turquoisedude]

Frying bacon or deep-fried anything are my least favourite smells to have lingering in the house...  I avoid dishes involving either unless I can set them to cooking in some appliance I can plug in on the back deck.  

 

[paulg]

Rosettes

My late Aunt Emilie was the last person to make rosettes until I resurrected them for the family Thanksgiving.
House stunk to high-heaven although the rosettes were a huge hit.
Crisco huh?
I'll try it on my rosettes.
One of my friends is a great cook, and an ex-butler. He too would only fry things on the deck. I truly understand why.

 

[ken]

Paul

Please explain what Rosettes are.

 

[ken]

Liver. I remember my mother frying liver only twice when I was little. With the way it smelled there was no way I was going to eat that. I haven't thought of this in years but I remember once when I was little my two older brothers cooking a deer heart on the stovetop. It smelled hideous. [this post was last edited: 1/27/2016-12:47]

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Anything that I bake (yes, even my delicious cakes) or fry!

 

My percolated coffee (though I have gotten used to the smell)...

 

Sometimes my collard greens...

 

 

-- Dave

 

[philcobendixduo]

Potstickers.....

.....which I LOVE (Ling-Ling brand from Costco) but they DO smell up the place!

 

[mark_wpduet]

Gagging at the Liver

and Deer Heart - UGH

I have never eaten liver in my life - not even once...but I was tricked into eating deer meat a couple of times growing up.

I guess the smell of cooking cabbage would PALE in comparison to some of these things. I don't fry a lot, but I agree, the smell of that smokey oil from frying and then that leftover STALE smell it leaves.......I hate that! I wish more homes had ventilation that went directly from the range/cook top and gets sucked outside instead of just recycling the air through a filter that doesn't really work that well.

Funny - a friend of mine who used to live in a mobile home actually had a vent that opened up right beside their oven and drew cooking air right outside, yet most homes don't. Whatever.......

 

[yogitunes]

Bacon......

but have learned to cook a lot of stuff on the grill out on the deck....

even an electric fryer or roaster......

especially if its summertime, as to not kill the A/C with the heat, plus the ventilator will spread any such odor through out the house...

interesting ideas were to bake an apple pie when showing your house for sale....

 

[paulg]

Rosettes kinda defined

Rosettes are thin, fried cookie. Typically a Scandinavian-type tradition.They are done with a thin batter cooked in hot oil using a decorative iron to create a deep, pretty shape. Although the cookie is thin, the entire thing is rather deep. After crispily done, they are often dusted with powdered sugar.

 

[paulg]

And you get to use your "controlled heat" appliance!

Remember, the key to success is "controlled heat" !