Good cooking smells delicious. Let it permeate!

Cooking really spicy food can cause everyone in the house to start coughing, even those who love eating spicy food, and even with a decent venting system. Then there is sea food, many preparations of which are going to smell like sea food no matter what you do. Or there are just recipes that involve lots of fish sauce (or any other heavily fermented sauces).

Baby octopus fried in fish sauce stink, even with a vent fan.

Plenty of dishes, and entire cuisines, need good ventilation.

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lotsofpulp 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I don’t want to be smelling food when I am not eating, or about to eat.

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trallnag 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Have you ever smelled a room permeated by Indian food?

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bigstrat2003 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, it smells amazing. One of the best things about Indian food tbh.

	▲	whatevertrevor 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Maybe you're making really mild "Indian" food haha. I'm Indian and if we're making anything remotely spicy, we're dumping lots of hot stuff in a tadka or pan frying it, which is not only unpleasant elsewhere (read: eye watering and cough inducing), but sometimes prohibitively much for the person doing the cooking, if the ventilation is inadequate.

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mrguyorama 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes it's the absolute best. Right up there with roasted pork or chicken thighs.

Cumin, Turmeric, hot onion and garlic just fragrant, butter, creams...

What do you think food should smell like? Boiled chicken? Do you have sensory issues?