After cooking, the smell of fat, fish or other food often hangs in the air for days.
A special brew is designed to remove kitchen odors in no time.
What could be nicer than sitting together with friends or family over a nice meal in the kitchen?
The next day, however, the smell of roasting or frying can spoil your mood.
An insider tip from the internet is supposed to banish bad smells in no time.
Cinnamon against bad kitchen smells - that's how it works
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A brew with cinnamon is said to neutralize unpleasant kitchen odors.
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As a first aid measure, you should ventilate the apartment thoroughly.
If that doesn't work either, spices can help.
The scent of cinnamon is a real insider tip against bad smells, not only in the kitchen: the spice smells wonderfully of Christmas cookies and neutralizes unpleasant smells.
On Twitter, user
@Knaudel reveals
a recipe for a broth made from the spice, which is said to help with unpleasant kitchen odors:
Place a saucepan of water, about 3/4 quart, on the stove and stir in 1 teaspoon of cinnamon.
Then bring the mixture to a boil and turn off the stove.
Leave the cinnamon stock on the stovetop and allow the mixture to cool slowly.
The stale food smell should be gone now.
Getting rid of kitchen smells (at home) works like this:
Put a pot with clear water (maybe 3/4L) on the stove, stir in a good teaspoon of cinnamon, boil the mixture properly, turn off the stove, leave it on the stove and just cool down.
— Knaudel 🏳️🌈 (@Knaudel) January 29, 2023
Heat the cinnamon in the oven - the wonderful scent drives the stench out of the apartment
Alternatively, you can simply heat cinnamon in the oven:
Heat the oven to 160°.
Sprinkle some ground cinnamon on a baking sheet and put it in the oven.
“Bake” the cinnamon for about 20 to 30 minutes.
Then go through the house or into the smelly room with the baking tray and spread the smell of cinnamon.
No cinnamon in the house?
Other home remedies such as coffee and baking soda also help to get rid of food odors.
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How to prevent kitchen odors
So that kitchen smells of old fat and the like do not settle in the apartment in the first place, you should close all doors and switch on the extractor hood before you start cooking.
This quickly filters out fat that gets into the air when roasting and deep-frying.
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But one thing still helps best: ventilation!
It is best to open the window or patio door while you are cooking.
In this way, stubborn food odors are transported outside before they can settle on textiles such as curtains.
After cooking, airing is the order of the day: open opposite windows and doors for around five to ten minutes.
This creates a draft that effectively transports bad air and the resulting humidity outside.
Proper ventilation also prevents mold, which can occur due to excessive humidity.
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