Cooking fried breakfast at home shouldn't be allowed?

I have never found a weirder thread.

Who the fuck is such a shit cook that the smells permeate the rest of the house for the next 24 hours?

How do you all manage curries or things with garlic or chilli like stirfries?

I am with you OP I hate the smell of it. DH now makes his in the air fryer mostly which makes a massive difference. I am more of a bagel with banana/weetabix/porridge with fruit breakfast eater so the thought of eating a fried breakfast fills me with dread, I can feel the indigestion just thinking about it.

I can't stand brocoli i love brocoli but my god it stinks.

Part of the joy of a cooked breakfast is the smell wafting aroma of crisply fried bacon , I think people who are denying themselves that sensory indulgence are, quite frankly , missing out out on the foreplay ( and after glow) of a fry up orgasm.

...The smell of bacon as I fasten up my laces...

OMG - so glad it is not just me that dislikes the smell!

It's steak which kill me. "The butter has to be really hot, Mum".

We have RULES.
Close the door between kitchen and lounge.
Open the kitchen window and back door.
Move the coffee pods (which sit near the hob).
Cover the coffee machine with a t.towel.
Clean up properly afterwards - the hob, the hob surround, the splash back repaint the kitchen.
Wash the pan up properly ie don't just wave it under the cold tap.

It does make the house stink, but it's not a bad smell, it's just hot butter and steak and if people can't cope with a family home doing some cooking then they can stay away.

In DSs (16) defence, he does cook a really good steak. He often gets one if I'm out in the evening (it's just me and him at home most of the time) and is pretty good at all of the above.

Who the hell grills bacon? 😖

It gets fried to a fatty crisp in my house and eggs are fried in butter - yep, it stinks but is amazing and keeps me full so is one of my favourite WFH lunches 😋

How are you using so many pans. Bacon sausage, hash browns, black pudding, tomatoes and eggs can all be put under the grill. The eggs are the only thing that needs a pan (although I don’t do beans but the can be put in a bowl/mug in the microwave). The smell doesn’t linger if you open windows.

I love the smell of a fried breakfast!
It's glorious.

And the taste, too. Absolutely my favourite meal.

YABU! I have the cleanest most pristine kitchen and house….. but have no problem cooking this! Open windows , load the dishwasher as you go! I see no problem with it and im a bit obsessive!

I always cook it with the kitchen door closed, window open and the extractor fan on. Stops the smells getting around the house. Otherwise I love the smell of a cooked breakfast. I don't fry it in butter though but olive oil which helps.

What is the big deal about the washing up? Apart from the usual post-meal washing up, plates, cups etc, the only additional item is a frying pan surely!

Allowed by who exactly? Are you expecting it to become law and the fry up police to come round inspecting homes?

Or are you not wanting a member of your family cooking them? It's a bit controlling if that is the case. As long as they clean up afterwards then people should be able to cook what they want in their own home

Some of my best childhood memories are the smell of bacon wafting up from the kitchen on a Sunday morning while my Dad played his trumpet.

But you said you feel 'mortified' if the house smells of bacon or sausage.

Do you not feel 'mortified' if the house smells of curry or garlic?

I think you need to consider this mortification you feel due to doing something as completely normal as cooking in your own home, and perhaps then you'll realise the problem is very much your own.

The question is, what are you going to do about it because it can't be very nice for your family.

Cooked at home is always nicer though. In cafe's you always get undercooked bacon fat and cheap brown sauce.

I love the smell of a fry-up on the weekend! My neighbour quite often does them and I can smell them when I step outside.
I tend to do bacon and sausages in the oven when I have them, and that keeps smells down.
For the fried eggs, I just put the extractor fan on or open the window.

But in your own house, do what you like.

I daren't ask how you feel about curry smells!

This. You can’t just blame fried breakfast in particular. Absolutely loads of foods smell when cooking. And it’s a house, it’s for living in, not getting your knickers in a twist in case Mrs jones pops round and, god forbid, can smell your bacon ffs.

One of my favourite meals is fajitas, but they smell. So what? It’s a kitchen, it’s my house, and it’s what my cooking equipment is there for! I need to eat, and I’m not going to just have boiled veg every night in case there’s a smell for a little while 🙄 or pay over the odds to eat out every time I want something with a bit of flavour.

So glad I don’t live with someone with that attitude, how draining!

Fire off an email to Starmer, I’m sure he’d be thrilled to ban this for you.

You are not being unreasonable because I hold the same stance. NO frying in my house! The smell is too much. The clean up is too much. The food is a health hazard. Anyone wants a fry they can go out and have it in a greasy spoon.

One of DH's birthday presents was a parcel of Arbroath Smokies. I don't think OP would cope.

Can you not just close the door to the kitchen to keep the smell out of the rest of the house?

If you cook food there will be food smells, homes are meant to be lived in. So they usually have one smell or another at some
points just use the extractor and open the windows

I like a cooked breakfast every now and then if it’s a lounging sort of day with family.