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[chrystaltree]

I open the kitchen window and the dining room window a little WHILE I'm cooking and sometimes I use the over the stove fan while I cook.  I try to avoid cooking smells but putting the ac on for a few minutes eliminates them.

[jannabelle1]

Unless the odor is really strong, I don't worry about it...it'll dissipate usually in a few hours. I seldom cook raw fish so that's not an issue for me. The strongest thing I make is probably French Onion soup and I end up with a strong onion odor. I light a candle, but within a couple of hours the odor goes away. If you cook, you'll have cooking odors...and many of those odors are nice!

[hckynutjohn]

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[Tori3569]

Another vote for vinegar.  I leave a shallow bowl filled with white vinegar on my countertop overnight and it never fails.  

[Lucky Charm]

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@Othereeeen wrote:

@Lucky Charm 

Me too....Open up in winter....( but not on zero degree days, just above 30 which is a lot here in PA).

I never thought it was a good thing to keep rebreathing the same air for weeks at a time...and I'm only one person....

I LOVE fresh air...you can keep your air filters and purifiers and sprays...open the winders works for me!!!

You should see my two indoor cats when the wind blows thru the house.....Their eyes are all black, the slink along thier bellies from one room to another, afraid of the sound the wind makes.....and if it's the first days of spring, all those interesting outdoor odors drive them nuts!!

Last night, first time for peepers here...They must have woke up from thier long winter naps in the damp very warm humid  83 degree winds we had here all day yesterday...I LOVE the sound they make...you know spring is here!!

( Peepers are tiny frogs that live in the woods and when they come out, they scream thier mating calls in a very loud high pitched cacophony that only peepers make!!! LOVE.IT!!!!)

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@Othereeeen  I know exactly what you mean about the cats *slinking* around.  We call it floundering.  Ours are indoor only, too.  But they were feral.  Man, they never want to go *out there* again.  Windows are enough of treat of *what's out there*.

[jackiejenny]

Another vote for air purifier...24/7. 

[Beacon girl]

@othereeen . I ‘m here in Hudson Valley and the peepers started about 2weeks. I was driving by wooded area and hear them . You’re right -first sight of spring! I like hearing them early spring bi but not so much toward end of summer!

[vermint]

I like to burn a candle when I'm cooking, and let it continue to burn while we eat. So many scents I tried "conflicted" with the taste of the food, if that makes any sense! But I found that Yankee Candle Kitchen Spice scent works really well at killing odors, and doesn't interfere with my taste buds.

[Teddixat]

Thank you to those who suggested vinegar.  Never thought about that.   I always burn incense in my kitchen while cooking - especially when I cook fish.   It works.   I don't mind the smell of food when it's cooking but I hate smelling it the next day.    I am definitely going to try the vinegar method

[Teddixat]

@Tori3569    Thank you,  will try that the next time.