Freshen The Air
Yum Noir won’t just be about my recipes and food stories, I plan to share with you, the tips and tricks I learned along the way. I love to fry fish but hate that my entire house starts to smell like it during the experience. Funny thing is, fish is the first thing that comes to mind when you think odor, but some veggies have a strong cooking odor as well.
Here are two tricks I learned for before and after:
- About 30 minutes prior to frying the fish, I put on a pot of cinnamon sticks to boil. The sweet fragrance of cinnamon will spill through the house and you won’t be able to tell that you are having a fish fry.
- To rid the air of any lingering aromas, simmer half a dozen lemon slices and a handful of whole cloves in a pan of water for at least 10 minutes while cleaning up.
If all else fails, do like they do when they take you on an apartment tour. Throw a batch of cookies into the oven. Nothing smells (or tastes) better than a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies!
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