Getting rid of the smell of cooked fish

[SurreyGuy]

I cooked some smoked haddock last night and now can't get rid of the bloomin' smell in my kitchen and lounge!

Any suggestions please (other than "don't cook it again"!)?

[craft1948]

Nip out and buy some Oust air freshener.............as I smoke a lot I spray my house every day with this and it really does get rid of pongs............

[lardhelmet]

Squirty Febreze air freshener is very good Surrey. Found it gets rid of nasty niffs in the bathroom after OH has been in residence

[David Black]

Open the back door when you cook it.

[joannie10]

try burning a candle or a dish with some vinegar in it helps removes smells.

[woofgang]

cop up lemons and boil them in an open pan

[woofgang]

sorry thats "chop" not "cop"

[TTG]

I used an onion cut in half and left in a recently painted room. Got rid of that smell....try it with the fish.

[KARL]

By all means spend lots of money on all sorts of magic potions, but if all you want is to remove unwanted odour then simply take an onion, cut it in half and place each half in each of the rooms just before going to bed tonight. By morning there should be no detectable odour of any sort - no, not of the onion either. It works as a general deodorant, especially against tobacco/cigarette stench. Next time try to prevent the steam from the cooking process travelling within the dwelling - a good extractor fan or very good recirculating fan (with serviceable filters, not choked ones) above the cooking area will do the trick, or if nothing else a partially open window in a closed kitchen might reduce the effect of cooking - if the kitchen is open to other areas then the cold air from the window will simply drop to the floor and any exit flow will come from the whole of the open/joined area.(after the kitchen air has mixed in with everything else).

[KARL]

Hah, TTG and I were typing much the same answer simultaneously, mine being longer (and my typing slow) took longer. Isn't coincidence marvellous ?