Anyway to cook fish without stinking up my house?

[RichardE]

I love eating difference kinds of fish... (don't go there!) but everytime I cook it my house reeks like fish for the entire day. I'm sure my roomates are going to kill me in my sleep if I do it again. Any ideas on how to cook it indoors without stinking the house up?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Clean your exhaust fan?

 

[OdiN]

I cook fish....I don't have this problem.

Must just be you.

 

[RichardE]

Originally posted by: OdiN
I cook fish....I don't have this problem.

Must just be you.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Grill it outside?

 

[Baked]

Buy fresh fish.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: AnonymouseUser
Grill it outside?

This.

or bake it.

 

[LS21]

your fish shouldnt stink
thus, cooking it shouldnt stink

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: Baked
Buy fresh fish.

This. Fish don't smell fishy when they are fresh...

 

[hwan]

From my experience, a little sesame oil seems to make the smell more tolerable.

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Baked
Buy fresh fish.

This. Fish don't smell fishy when they are fresh...

x2

OP: Prop open a few windows and exhaust your kitchen while cooking...

 

[sactoking]

Do a full submersion poach. If you poach it in oil, at about 145 degrees, you'll have perfect whitefish.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: Tiamat

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Baked
Buy fresh fish.

This. Fish don't smell fishy when they are fresh...

x2

OP: Prop open a few windows and exhaust your kitchen while cooking...

x3

 

[sdifox]

You need a better exhaust fan.

 

[jmmtn4aj]

Originally posted by: sactoking
Do a full submersion poach. If you poach it in oil, at about 145 degrees, you'll have perfect whitefish.

Isn't poaching in oil called frying?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Originally posted by: jmmtn4aj

Originally posted by: sactoking
Do a full submersion poach. If you poach it in oil, at about 145 degrees, you'll have perfect whitefish.

Isn't poaching in oil called frying?

Actually, when using low heat it's called poelling, when using high heat it's called frying.

 

[SirStev0]

yuck

 

[DrPizza]

Most fresh fish doesn't smell.

 

[IGBT]

..try red snapper. tastes great and makes your house smell like a warf fish market.

 

[LS21]

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer

Originally posted by: jmmtn4aj

Originally posted by: sactoking
Do a full submersion poach. If you poach it in oil, at about 145 degrees, you'll have perfect whitefish.

Isn't poaching in oil called frying?

Actually, when using low heat it's called poelling, when using high heat it's called frying.

agreed. but the idea of poaching in *oil* is just weird in general. seems like it'd simply just soak (nasty)

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: Tiamat

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Baked
Buy fresh fish.

This. Fish don't smell fishy when they are fresh...

x2

OP: Prop open a few windows and exhaust your kitchen while cooking...

x3

x11ty

 

[BurnItDwn]

I'm gonna agree with those who said outdoor cooking ....
But I imagine not everybody has a nice big deck with a nice grill ....

In that case, exhaust fan + window should help substantially (as others have mentioned)

So, I pretty much have nothing to bring here....

 

[RichardE]

I came up with an idea. Wrapped the fish in aluminum foil, with some herbs, oil, garlic, onion. Baked it in that, when I unwrapped it, no house smell

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
In that case, exhaust fan + window should help substantially (as others have mentioned)

It is amazing the number of people that don't know that exhaust fans are useless unless you open a window. Those fans are so weak. They can't create a vacuum in your entire house (yes houses have leaks, but they aren't enough to let the fan do a good job). So, instead, they just sit there spinning and don't push air. Unless, you open a window in your kitchen. Then the fans function quite well.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
In that case, exhaust fan + window should help substantially (as others have mentioned)

It is amazing the number of people that don't know that exhaust fans are useless unless you open a window. Those fans are so weak. They can't create a vacuum in your entire house (yes houses have leaks, but they aren't enough to let the fan do a good job). So, instead, they just sit there spinning and don't push air. Unless, you open a window in your kitchen. Then the fans function quite well.

If the cause of your exhaust fan not being able to move air is that your house is so tight as to create a lower density of air than is outside, you would asphyxiate before morning.