Brilio.net - The fishy smell that remains in the kitchen after cooking fish can indeed be an annoying problem. This distinctive smell often not only sticks to the cooking utensils, but also spreads throughout the room and lasts for hours. This happens because fish contains trimethylamine oxide compounds that break down during the cooking process, producing a characteristic sharp aroma.
Not only disturbing comfort, the fishy smell that remains can also affect the appetite and mood of the occupants of the house. Imagine when you have finished cooking, cleaning the kitchen, and hoping to relax, the unpleasant smell still lingers and makes you uncomfortable. Even more annoying, this smell can even seep into furniture and kitchen equipment if not addressed immediately.
Seeing this problem, many people began to look for various ways to remove the fishy smell from their kitchens. Starting from turning on the exhaust fan while cooking, sprinkling salt in the frying pan before frying fish, to making natural fresheners from lime slices or vinegar.
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But there are other ways you can do besides the above strategy. TikTok user @cheftatayoyo shared a trick to remove the fishy smell that is often experienced after frying fish in the kitchen. In a 10-second video, he admitted to using one type of spice. This spice is also easy to find and is often used in cooking.
As reported by BrilioFood from TikTok @cheftatayoyo on Monday (23/12), the spice used is cinnamon. In the video, he uses cinnamon powder. But basically, you can use cinnamon in any form, either whole or powdered.
photo: TikTok/@cheftatayoyo
How to use it is also easy. First, prepare a pan that has been filled with water until full. After that, move it to the stove and boil the water until it really boils.
When it boils, add 2 tablespoons of cinnamon powder, stir, and let the aroma of the spice come out with the steam. After releasing a lot of steam, turn off the stove.
photo: TikTok/@cheftatayoyo
To maximize the effect, place the pan next to the stove and let it sit overnight. That way, the fragrant aroma of cinnamon will help disguise the fishy smell of fish. Guaranteed, the kitchen will be fragrant again and free from fishy smells.
Viewed more than 459 thousand times, this video immediately caught the attention of netizens. Many other TikTok users gave direct responses through the comments column. Some of them admitted that the trick was very effective and easy to imitate. In addition, there were also those who provided other similar tricks in removing the fishy smell in the kitchen.
"Thank you for this wonderful idea! I can confirm that it works," said TikTok @ehrlife09.
"That works great," said TikTok @user836043374653.
"Perfect cuz I'm in an apartment for the I fry outside folks," says TikTok user @low_mileage_lindsey.
"Also some boiling water with vinegar when deepfrying. reduces the oil smell (you can also boil water and vinegar when frying fish. The smell will remove the fish smell)," said TikTok @tostitomaat1.
"Boiling coffee also helps," commented the TikTok account @sam.4u0.