Cooking smells

[MrsBertMacklin]

I can't seem to shift the smell of last night's dinner from my flat.

Last night, I took the rubbish out, cleaned every single surface in the kitchen inc. extraction hood, hob and sink, washed up plates & utensils and because the weather's hot, windows have been open 24/7 anyway for the last few days.

I've today tried burning citrus candles, have got a Febreze-style product sprayed on curtains and upholstery, vacuumed before going out. Place still reeked when I returned.

Any ideas on what else I can do, please?

Try boiling a couple of cups of water with a lot of cinnamon in an open saucepan. Let it simmer away for at least 30 minutes. After taking it off the stove wipe down the hob and hood again with a cleaning spray and cloth making most of the steam and condensation.
You might also want to rinse out your bin, and put some fresh coffee grounds in the bottom once it's dry.

Thanks Honey, I'll try the cinnamon now.

I've already rinsed bin (and put new coffee grounds in to replace the ones that were there

was it a "hot fat" dinner like a roast or fried? The vapourised fat diffuses through the air and settles on all surfaces, especially the tops of cupboards, and is greasy, so it needs a detergent cleaner. I don't know a cure for home-cooked curry though.

Does your cooker hood extract through the wall, or is it a recirculator?

the Price's Cooks Candles do seem to work.

It was a curry, Piglet: the cinnamon thing helped initially, but have woken up this morning and the odours are back. I'm going to have to wipe down all the cupboard tops, light fittings and dismantle the extraction hood, aren't I .

I have a feeling that the smell is lingering because I've missed a spatter of it somewhere. I've never had this problem when cooking curry before because I use a splatter guard when frying the paste, but I was slightly slow of the mark this time when putting it over the pan.

My previous house had a curry smell near the cooker, which I eventually traced to the cupboard where they'd kept spices. Took a long time to keep scrubbing this area, but eventually smell went - is this spot worth checking in your kitchen?