Kitchen disaster.

[alfredo]

A jar of fish sauce fell over and the cap leaked. Of course it was on the top shelf. It took a bit to figure it out, but the odoriferous brown liquid under the crisper told the tale.

We just finished cleaning the refrigerator. So I was right, it wasn't my smelly cheeses.

When I pitched the sauce into the dumpster, the jar broke. I feel for people living near it.

[Warpy]

1. Phew!

I remember retrieving a metal kitchen cabinet out of a dumpster. It had been pitched when an apartment was cleaned out and had a lot of stuff spilled in it over the years but predominantly prune juice. I had a great time trying to get it out of all the pressed metal joins but I used that thing in successive bad kitchens for many years. I didn't get rid of it until one of the tack welds gave way and the shelf was kaput.

Fish sauce doesn't smell nearly as bad as fish emulsion for the garden. It's going to be fun watching cats around that dumpster, though, the entertainment making up for the stench.

[alfredo]

2. It appears it got into the vents on the bottom. I guess it will be with us until it completely dries

and degrades.

[Warpy]

3. It's already fermented

so there's not much for new bugs to feed on.

I have a feeling it'll be a faint smell you'll notice but no one else will for as long as you have the same kitchen.

[alfredo]

4. I was wrong about the vents. It's going to get better... I hope.

I noticed that plastic seems to absorb the odor.

[MrMickeysMom]

5. The jar was glass?

Oh, man… why didn't you recycle it?

[alfredo]

6. We usually recycle, but we just wanted to get it out of the house.

[The empressof all]

7. Wipe things down with Vinegar and water

Better to smell like a salad for a few hours than a dead fish for longer. Vinegar is a great odor remover. I will pour a little in a saucer and keep it near my stove when I am cooking something with a really strong smell. Its also great to clean your garbage cans with. When mine get a little funky and I don't have time right then to take care of it;leaving a bit of vinegar on a paper towel or cotton ball will freshen it up

You may need to get into those small crevices with a q-tip otherwise you will have lingering odor forever................


Yikes!

[Paper Roses]

9. Question: Do you leave a dish of Vinegar out all the time?

I don't have a vent over my stove and cooking odors linger for hours even after I clean up everything. Will a dish of vinegar help the general food cooking smells when I get ambitious and cook something good but smelly?

[alfredo]

10. I use vinegar for everything from cleaning my cutting board to washing my hair. BTW

The smell is not as intense, so I think we have made progress.

[The empressof all]

13. I don't leave it out all the time as I generally have good ventilation

In the summer I will leave a bit out in a saucer near fruit on the counter to collect fruit flies. They love apple cider vinegar. I don't see how you can be harmed in anyway by keeping a bit on your counter. Try it and see what happens.

[cbayer]

8. I have had repeated problems with fish sauce.

For whatever reason (sadism?) they put them in jars with lids that do not close securely.

[alfredo]

11. It's punishment for not using all of it right away.

[cbayer]

12. Lol. I find a little bit goes a long way, and

a little bit in the bottom of the fridge lasts forever.

[alfredo]

14. Bartender's Friend, then baking soda seems to have gotten the bulk of it.