[SobiquYo]

So I got a new roommate who cooks very traditionally Chinese dishes. I don't have anything against it as he usually cleans up after he cooks but asian food has a tendency to linger in the air long after cooking, and he eats about 4 meals per day, the same thing, cooked shrimp and rice. As a result, it ALWAYS smells like fish in our room. The shrimp he has are frozen so he sets them out to thaw and he thaws them everyday. The smell is apparent very much between meals and I don't know what to do about it. I understand he has the right to cook, but it has not smelled neutral in our apartment since the day he moved in last week. I talked to him and he apologized and said he would find another way to thaw the shrimp, but he's still going to cook them and it will smell nasty. Any suggestions on how to remedy this?

The smell of raw fish just makes me want to hurl and I wake up to it every morning and every time I come back to the apartment, it is repulsing.

[angeldimmon]

Open a window.

[SobiquYo]

Open a window.

-10c here.

[angeldimmon]

-10c here.

Put on a sweater.

[SobiquYo]

Put on a sweater.

I'm glad your pleasantries extend beyond the R & P boards.

[Agrisalia]

You mean it smells like sea kittens.

[KellyMP]

it will pass.

[freediscountplanrrxip]

Simple solution. Have him cook some for you too. [thumbup]

But this is precisely why my mom fries whatever dish she's making outside in the garage. All the oil in the dish gets in the air and it will stick to the walls and linger in the air.

We used to have a house where the tenant cooked vietnamese food and after 10 years they finally moved out. Wow. There was a coating of cooking oil on the walls near the kitchen. The place smelled too. Haha.

Whatever. Asian food tastes better.

[ebBPxIai]

Let me guess you don't like eating seafood? The only people that seem to be completely repulsed by the smell of cooking fish are those that can't stand to eat it.

One night my housemate returns home and I decided to make a tuna pasta sauce and I threw in some anchovies too. The guy immediately was "OMG what wreaks! ". As you can guess, he hates anything that comes out of water.

[SobiquYo]

Let me guess you don't like eating seafood? The only people that seem to be completely repulsed by the smell of cooking fish are those that can't stand to eat it.

One night my housemate returns home and I decided to make a tuna pasta sauce and I threw in some anchovies too. The guy immediately was "OMG what wreaks! ". As you can guess, he hates anything that comes out of water.

Nope, I eat seafood. Just cant stand the smell lingering after 4 hours. Speaking of which, I came home and aired the place out, and he just cooked a fresh batch and it reeks again. [no]

On a funny side note, using the google predictive search, typing in fish smell will predict "fish smell down there."

[Ingeborga]

Have him thaw them out in a bowl of water, it will thaw much quicker and won't release nearly as much smell. And have him try to boil the shrimp first.

[ebBPxIai]

Nope, I eat seafood. Just cant stand the smell lingering after 4 hours. Speaking of which, I came home and aired the place out, and he just cooked a fresh batch and it reeks again. [no]

On a funny side note, using the google predictive search, typing in fish smell will predict "fish smell down there."

Well, better just get used to shrimp. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UuY7x7Ni1tU

[angeldimmon]

Nope, I eat seafood. Just cant stand the smell lingering after 4 hours. Speaking of which, I came home and aired the place out, and he just cooked a fresh batch and it reeks again. [no]

Fresh seafood shouldn't have that pungent an odor. You must have superhuman nasal glands.

[Lauramalina]

Interestingly enough, I knew your roommate was Asian before I even clicked the thread...[rofl]

I like fish and shrimp, but that's about it when it comes to seafood for me. The smell of lobster is enough to make me gag most of the time. Also, I think it's kinda like the thing with microwave popcorn : It's one of those things that many people love and eat it, but if they're not hungry for it the smell of it actually cooking is horrible.

[ORDERCHEAPVIAGRASOFTWARE]

Shrimp doesn't even smell imo. There's a few types of fish that lets out a strong odour, but shrimp definitely shouldn't stink that much.

[KellyMP]

just pay attention to what he is doing and it might benefit you later. that is if you don't know what he is doing. ie) cooking.

Now of course if you do know, and he is cooking with unfresh seafood.. speak up! But if it's just a new smell lingering in the kitchen?? Give it time. You might learn to appreciate it.

[DoctoNilsonDen]

its unhealthy to thaw in the open, tell him to thaw in the fridge in advance.

[KellyMP]

honestly no matter how you thaw, shrimp? I can't imagine it smelling bad unless it is bad, or you were just plain negligent.

[Smalmslobby]

From what I understand it only takes a few minutes to become accustomed to a smell. My work sometimes takes me to sewage treatment works (nice), when I first get on site I'm gagging with the smell, but a few minutes later I hardly notice it.

[Rugda]

[thumbup]