Getting rid of fishy cooking smells

I had a similar problem recently and just couldn't get rid of the smell - tried candles, air freshener, a Cook's candle to no avail. In the end I resorted to a plug-in air freshener and it worked a dream!

I'm not usually a fan of these things as the smell is so artificial and not great for my rhinitis, as strong synthetic smells can get me sneezing away.

But if was very effective and no sneezing

I find a chef's candle works to a certain extent, especially if you light it before you start cooking. They are available as tin, jar or tea lights. I also have one in the room in which I eat the fish.
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In the past I used a Yankee electric wax burner. Having tried many scents I found lemon or grapefruit the most successful and least synthetic. Again, it needed turning on a while before cooking.

I'm not a big fish fan and definitely not a fan of fishy smells but DH loves fish so where I can I do cook it in a sealed bag in the oven.

Sometimes if I buy it in the supermarket they pop it in an oven bag with herbed butter and he says that it cooks very well in there.

If its something like smoked haddock that I do on the stove then all bets are off because the smell permeates the whole house especially noticeable to a non fish lover like me , so its Febreeze all the way :-)

I agree with shysal, as I think I did on the last smelly cooking thread!

I always boil water with a bit of white vinegar in an open saucepan when I fry fish, it neutralises the fish odour, and the vinegar smell does not hang about.

Thank you for these ideas. I loathe fish and my husband always cooks it when I go out for the evening. I can always smell it when I come home.
You can get the smell of fish off your hands by rubbing with vanilla essence.

Lighting and then blowing out matches can get rid of unpleasant smells but not sure whether it will work for fishy ones!

Ambi pur 3volution is brilliant for masking cooking smells, replacing them with an aroma of your choice. You simply plug it in the kitchen while you are cooking, and leave it switched on for an hour or two afterwards. The Vanilla Latte scent is particularly nice!

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I cook fish in the microwave in a bag afterwards I put a whole lemon cut in half in the microwave and give that a blast it permeates through the vents and into the kitchen.

We eat a lot of fish, and husband prefers it fried, so I'm grateful for all the ideas.
The smell also attaches to my clothes and hair, if I fry a lot.
Friends, who like fried fish too, do their frying in a deepfryer outside.

Just had a quick spray round in the kitchen with an old forgotten bottle of Febreze, from the depths of the under-stairs glory hole, so hopefully that may help. We'll see. Thanks for all the other ideas too GNs - I may well resort to trying them.

place a couple of small bowl with sodium bicarb around the room- works with cheese fondue smells too.

Fishy smells are horrid, I agree. I have found the best way to get rid of them is to simmer a quarter of a small saucepan of coffee for about 15 minutes. Watch that the pan doesn't boil dry!
Instant coffee is fine. Hopefully, you don't mind the smell of coffee!

Haven't any further suggestions but wonder how TriciaF's friend manage to get their deep fat fryer to work outside.

slices of onions on sauces etc works for paint smells

granfromafar - he has a workshop outside, all wired up, and an outside point too.

I cook fish in the supermarket bag in the oven and this definitely reduces odours.
However, we love fried fish..... I use an old one-ring camping gas ring and an old frying pan outdoors. So, we only have fried fish when it isn't raining

I cook fish on my Bbq even in the winter. No smells in my home ever.

We have got an extractor fan in the utility room (fitted because our old tumble drier used the steam the place up) and I always switch it on and open a window in the kitchen so fresh air is drawn through.
However, using lemon to clean around afterwards is good - or use the bags; some supermarkets will put the fish into a cook-in bag for you, (Morrisons and Waitrose do).

If I fry I use a lid on the frying pan (but DH never does and splatters fat everywhere).

How is the pneumonia now, Napoleon ?

I cook salmon either in foil in the oven or poached with herbs and white wine; My extractor is quite efficient as I discovered when I went out to the bin and could smell my dinner better outside than inside.

When I had a deep fat fryer it was used in the garage!