Questions tagged [smell]
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Why do my stored cashews smell like fish?
I have a 30 Oz plastic jar of Roasted, Unsalted Archer Farms Cashew Nuts. I've noticed that after having it 'open' for a week or two (i.e. the lid is tightly screwed onto the jar, but the initial paper seal has been broken), the nuts begin to…
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How can I get rid of garlic breath?
I personally do not enjoy eating garlic, but some people in my family do. I really dislike the smell, and I care for them. I do not want to be rude, but if I can have some help on how to get rid of the smell, that would be great! Thanks!
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Are there particular palate cleansers for particular foods?
Whilst buying perfume for my wife, the assistant kept offering us a glass of coffee beans to 'cleanse our olfactory palate' in between smelling fragrances.
I had heard of 'palate cleansing' before, but never thought of it in an olfactory way, nor…
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why does toast smell and taste different than bread?
Besides the obvious fact that toast has less moisture due the toasting process, how is it different than regular bread? Why does bread taste different in toasted form than it regularly does?
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How to prevent cheese and certain other products from stinking up my fridge?
Certain food products have a very strong odor,
that may not seem annoying at all when I buy them,
but become very much apparent after I keep them in the fridge for a few hours.
For example these kind products:
roquefort cheese
liver pâté
pretty…
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Cooking Buckwheat without the smell
I have an allergy to buckwheat. My father does not, and subsists on it. When he cooks it (in a glass pot), the whole house smells even as I turn on all the filters to max and open all the windows. What is the best way to cook buckwheat…
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Why does cooking mushrooms longer alter the taste so much?
When pan frying sliced regular white mushrooms, I prefer to cook them on high-heat with a generous amount of EVO until they shrivel up quite a bit and become golden brown in color. This is opposed as opposed to cooking them with less heat for a…
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Why does room temperature coffee taste so bad, even to asnomics?
It's been theorised that room temperature coffee tastes more bitter might be due to the smell sense being activated by hot coffee (particles moving around), which improves the taste.
However, as a congenital anosmic (no sense of smell since birth),…
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Sardines without the nasty breath?
I recently tried to do more with small canned fish. Despite the stigma, they're cheap and healthy and underutilized--what's not to love?
More than 3 hours later, I was mortified to find out that I was still burping up an ungodly fish smell. Clearly,…
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How to get Garlic & other strong Spices' smell out of my Zojirushi Flask/ Thermos acquired via a herbal Immunity decoction?
How to get Garlic & other strong Spices' smell out of my Zojirushi Flask/ Thermos acquired via a herbal Immunity decoction?
Update:
After 1.5 yr of keeping it away, the silicone rubber section still smells a bit. Lets see if there's any more ideas…
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How can i make food have a more desirable smell?
I am cooking a wrap with avocado, chicken and vegetables such as carrots, cucumber, capsicum, red onion etc.
However, once I make these, they don't have any smells to it. So I was wondering how do I make it smell better?
More spices on the chicken?
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How can I package durian flesh so that its fragrance cannot be detected?
How can I package durian flesh so that its fragrance / smell cannot be detected?
I tried to package some durian flesh using several layers of ziplocs followed by several layers of plastic bags but it didn't prevent the fragrance from escaping the…
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Getting onion/garlic smell out of rice cooker
I used my rice cooker for rice with pork, onion and garlic. I washed it well twice but it still smells of pork and onion. It seems like the fat from the meat permeated the teflon (slightly scratched). I cleaned the lid well too. I wonder if I should…
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How to remove onions smell from hands?
Why does the smell of onions linger on your hands long after you have been cutting them? Even after washing your hands. I have heard that stainless steel remove odors from hands? Is it true?
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How to contain the smell of truffle spice?
From our trip to Venice, Italy we brought home some truffle spice. It says "truffle powder" on the small container and mainly consists of salt, flour, truffle and dried mushrooms.
It smells delicious, but very intensive. A very small amount of…
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