Whether after cooking or from the trash can: unpleasant odors can quickly arise in the kitchen. Home remedies can help.
1 / 10Vinegar is a constant companion in the household - also when it comes to cleaning or removing odors. If it smells like food, grease or smoke after cooking, just boil a pot of water and put a dash of vinegar in it. Divide the vinegar water into small bowls, which in turn you place in different places in the kitchen. As soon as the different odors have disappeared, ventilate well to get rid of the vinegar smell as well. By the way, this can also be reduced by adding some rosemary, lemons or cinnamon sticks to the bowls. When boiling, also keep a little distance so as not to inhale the pungent scent too much. © ingimage/Imago2 / 10At Christmas time, you can also unpack the cinnamon sticks to create a pleasant scent in the kitchen. To do this, boil three sticks of cinnamon in a saucepan for about five minutes and then let them cool. There is already a pleasant smell of the spice in the apartment, as the online portal freundin.de recommends. © Qie Feng/Imago3 / 10Guests have announced themselves and the apartment needs to smell good again quickly after cooking? Then provide a bowl of water with lemon and orange peel. This exudes a pleasant smell and makes you forget the smells of food in no time. © agefotostock/Imago4 / 10Baking soda should also not be missing as a home remedy in any household. In case of bad odors, simply add a tablespoon of the powder to a bowl of water and place it in the kitchen. This neutralizes the unpleasant odors. © Panthermedia/Imago5 / 10If your pots and pans still smell like food scraps after cooking, you can absorb them with the help of potatoes. Simply cut the potato into wedges and sprinkle some sea salt on top. The whole thing goes into the pots for about two hours – and the smells are gone. © Bozena Fulawka/Imago6 / 10You open the refrigerator door and an unpleasant smell floats towards you? Then it's high time to do something about it. First of all, check that all food is still fresh – what has gone bad is disposed of. Then put a bowl of baking soda in it: it will neutralize the bad odors. © Westend61/Imago7 / 10Household and organic waste can start to smell relatively quickly – even if they are still half full. If you don't want to run to the garbage cans right away, you can help yourself with cat litter. The next time you empty the garbage, wash the bucket with hot water and clean it with dish soap. Then let it dry well. Only then fill the cat litter into it and attach the new garbage bag in the bucket. This helps to keep the odours away longer and bind the moisture. © agefotostock/Imago8 / 10Coffee beans are excellent for absorbing odors. Just put a bowl of beans in the kitchen and let them do their work. © Nailia Schwarz/Imago9 / 10Even the wooden cutting board can take on odors at some point due to the processed foods. Simply remove them with salt and lemon: the salt is sprinkled on the cutting board and then lemon juice is drizzled over it. Rub both thoroughly with a brush and let it sit for a while. Then clean the cutting board with water. So hnot only remove odors, but also stop germs. © Panthermedia/Imago10 / 10Unpleasant odors don't just come from cooking. Much more unappetizing can be the fumes that come from the drain in the sink. However, you can cope with this with lemons or citric acid: you can get the latter in supermarkets or drugstores, for example. Add a tablespoon of it to the sink – this will not only eliminate the smell, but will also help with blockages caused by food debris. © Imaginechina-Tuchong/Imago
Guests announce themselves or there is a pungent smell spreading in the apartment, which they want to stop as quickly as possible? Bad odours occur in every household at some point – for example, after cooking, when the steam spreads the odours throughout the home. As a rule, it is sufficient to simply ventilate vigorously afterwards. But if that alone won't help, there are plenty of home remedies you can try.