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Subject: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: GUEST,Wavestar Date: 23 Feb 01 - 07:05 AM Help, please! I carbonised a chicken carcass on my stove last night by leaving it on to boil all night... Stupid, I know, but now my entire house smells like burned grease, and it's really nasty. I've dumped the contents outside in the garbage, washed the pot, srubbed the stove it was sitting on, have all the windows open (And my house is freezing!) and still it sits, like a loathsome zombie frog, in every room. Suggestions? -J |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: InOBU Date: 23 Feb 01 - 07:24 AM Yes indeed J. On May 13, a Sunday, if the smell persists, take the bus, a short trip to Monroe New York to hear... SORCHA DORCHA! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: guest(intruder-inactive) Date: 23 Feb 01 - 09:33 AM take a pot of water add the juice of six lemons add two tablespoona of crushed (not ground) peppercorns simmer the mixture for several hours, adding water if needed (no lid) |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: okthen Date: 23 Feb 01 - 09:40 AM Peel an onion, cut it in half and leave in the room (cut side to the air).This is supposed to remove all odours and germs. Do NOT use onion for cooking after. cheers bill |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: Pseudolus Date: 23 Feb 01 - 09:48 AM My wife's advice......candles, candles, candles..... Kinda like lighting a match in the bathroom, if ya know what I mean, but leave 'em burnin for a while..... Frank |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: bflat Date: 23 Feb 01 - 10:31 AM Get a case of baking soda. Open all the boxes and set them everywhere. OR, try washing the kitchen with Tri-sodium-phosphate, available from a paint store. Works great at removing odors. I've used it to get ride of kitty and dog urine. Ellen |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: catspaw49 Date: 23 Feb 01 - 10:42 AM Well Wavey, I could send you Paw, Cletus, and the Reg boys, but I doubt that substituting one stench for another is a good idea..........especially in the case of Paw, Cletus, and the Reg boys. I'd stick with the carbonized chicken. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: Sorcha Date: 23 Feb 01 - 10:48 AM A bowl of vinegar set out will abosrb a lot of odors, not sure about carbonized chicken. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: GUEST,Matt_R Date: 23 Feb 01 - 10:57 AM MMMMM burned grease! Aye, it's making me toommy growl! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: GUEST,Bun Date: 23 Feb 01 - 11:01 AM I couls send you the socks I took off last night, but they are probably stuck to floor! You could try cooking something else like bread or cake Bun |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: Little Hawk Date: 23 Feb 01 - 11:08 AM Geez, I saw the thread title and thought "Spaw must be in New York...", but no, it wasn't that. I suggest apple cider vinegar. Wipe everything down with it, and leave some standing around in containers. It's very strong, and should do the trick, if you can stand the transitional phase. Short of that, consider moving to Toronto. It's a much nicer place on the whole, and it's still the big city. - LH |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: pattyClink Date: 23 Feb 01 - 11:50 AM Be careful if you use these potions to clean! TSP deglosses paint, vinegar's a mild acid not safe on everything, baking soda is a mild alkali which can actually strip finishes! Once everything normal is clean, the odor is clinging to any fabrics in the room, so washing curtains, upholstery cleaning or rug shampooing might help. But mostly, much mudcat sympathy, dear. It stinks that it stinks! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: Bert Date: 23 Feb 01 - 12:16 PM It's really a sign from the powers above, telling you that it's time to paint the kitchen. You're lucky really. Talking of stenches, one time we bought some feeder mice for that snakes and on the way home one escaped into the heating duct in the truck. It died somewhere inaccessible and the truck stunk for months. Perfumes, deodorisers and baking soda didn't help at all. Bert. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: SINSULL Date: 23 Feb 01 - 01:29 PM I simmer an apple with cinnamon, a single whole clove and a touch of ginger all winter long. Use apple cider or juice diluted in water in place of the apple. Smells like pies baking. If the smell is temporary this will get you through the next few days. If not, repaint. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: GUEST,Wavestar Date: 23 Feb 01 - 02:28 PM Thanks all... I've finally closed the windows, because it was snowing again, I purchased the odour eating products that Tesco had for sale and am testing them, am boiling peppermint oil in water, (can't find vanilla at the moment, InOBU...) and am scrubbing the walls. It's fading at least a little. I only have enough candles to burn in my room, but burning they are... Just keep telling myself, it coud be worse, it could be worse. Thanks for all your help... -J |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: catspaw49 Date: 23 Feb 01 - 02:40 PM Glad to see the ol' "PLUG-O-MATIC" doing his thing!! Glad you closed your windows! Sinsull wrote me and said the stench was wafting across the river and smelled worse! BTW, you're lucky you didn't have fire, many start just that way. NOW, keep an eye on the candles!!! Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: Little Hawk Date: 23 Feb 01 - 05:40 PM As in the case of any American presidency, Democratic or Republican, the stench will eventually pass... Hang in there, and be brave. :-) - LH |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: annamill Date: 23 Feb 01 - 05:46 PM Put a bowl of ammonia(sp) in the middle of your kitchen table for a day or two. That may help. DO NOT MIX IT WITH THE BLEACH or you'll have a worse problem. Be more careful next time. You could have had a fire. Wouldn't wanna lose ya, Wavestar. Love, annamill |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: Lonesome EJ Date: 23 Feb 01 - 06:24 PM Burn down the building, plow the ruins, then sow the ground liberally with salt. This method worked wonders in Carthage. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: Mark Cohen Date: 23 Feb 01 - 09:27 PM One more reason to be a vegetarian... |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: CamiSu Date: 24 Feb 01 - 09:48 AM Hey Spaw,Sinsull wasn't being threatened by Jess' stink! It was Paw and Cletus standing outside your place! Jess is 5 time zones away, and the wind is out of the west! Now if there are any 'catters in Denmark or Norway, perhaps we better check on them! But she says she baked an incredible chocolate raspberry cake and things smell better. Also, her landlord is out of town, thanks be. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: catspaw49 Date: 24 Feb 01 - 10:17 AM Aw nuts, that's right .... I forgot. T'was the Manhattan thing.......DOH................Anyway Cami, tell the kid she's gotta' be careful......seriously........That could really have been a nasty situation. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: wdyat12 Date: 25 Feb 01 - 09:13 AM Wavestar, Try any of the above methods then turn up your heat to 80 for awhile. Go see a movie. Blow out the candles before you leave. Oders will need heat to be absorbed in vinegar or baking soda. SINSULL's recipe is the one I use on my woodstove to change the olfactory ambience of my place. If you have forced hot air heat the smells with be sucked up by the cold air return and filtered out anyway. If you have baseboard heat you need to vent the foul smell outside. Turn your heat down, open your windows and turn on a windowfan when you get back. Go see another movie. wdyat12 |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: CamiSu Date: 25 Feb 01 - 11:06 AM Spaw, I think she knows. At least she does now... We once put a stock pot of half finished maple syrup on the woodstove (shut WAY down) over night. At about 2 am we woke to this DELICIOUS smell, and then our brains kicked in. There was syrup ALL OVER! Thank goodness everything was clean enough so we could filter the syrup we scooped up off the hearth and use it. I never leave anything on overnight anymore. Cami |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: GUEST,Wavestar Date: 25 Feb 01 - 02:53 PM It's made it's impression... the smell still lingers, but it's much better. Andrew comes home tomorrow, we'll see if he notices. Thanks for everyone's suggestions. I could have sworn I'd done this before and not had these results, but... never again! I was told that my reaction time when I woke up and smelled something burning was very impressive... I was downstairs in about four seconds. -J |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 25 Feb 01 - 04:01 PM Noone's mentioned joss sticks, which surprises me with this place. They can do wonders, and come in all kinds of peculiar aromas. Cover just about anything, and unlike a lot of modern products, they smell nicer than the smell they cover. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: kimmers Date: 25 Feb 01 - 10:21 PM Yup, incense will fix almost anything. I had a dying cat with unspeakably bad digestion, and boy could she make a stench. Incense, usually vanilla, is my stink-chaser of choice. Basically, since you're dealing with something non-toxic, all you have to do is cover up the smell, clean up what's obvious, and keep the air circulating. It'll go away eventually. And yes, be careful with the TSP... it's what painters and contractors use to scrub surfaces absolutely clean and free of grease. It's very strong and harsh, not good for your skin, and pretty bad for any watershed that it might end up in. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: Bob Bolton Date: 26 Feb 01 - 10:06 PM G'day Wavestar, McGrath's suggestion of 'joss' sticks (incense) worked for me. I had done just what you did: I had a full chicken carcase and sundry herbs quietly heading for stockdom ... and forgot to turn off the gas when we went to bed. About 3.00 am the good lady woke me up and said "Something's burning!". I poked my head out of the bedroom and was met with dense acrid smoke from ceiling to knee level. I headed out and opened the front door, took a few deep breaths and made it through the house to get the back door open ... them Pat staggered out (I hoped she would stay in the bedroom ... but didn't think to tell her so. We stood in the light rain for a while - and the smoke didn't move! I hyperventilated again and dashed through opening windows and keeping towards the open front door. Still the smoke stayed put, so it was another smoke dive to get the standard fan going full pace towards an open window. After that I managed to get every other fan in the house (Hey, this is Australia, I have a lot of electric fans) aimed out a window. Next morning ... well you know what it smelt like! Friends turned up with an assortment of incense sticks and burners. We lit them in the kitchen, the dining room and the adjoining laundry ... and went out all day. Hey, you could live with it (maybe we were getting used to it) and WE couldn't notice it after a day or so more. CAVEAT: We do live in Sydney - and this climate lets us air the lot. I hate to think of what this would do in an inside arpartment. Regards, Bob Bolton |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: GUEST,Blind Desert Pete. Date: 27 Feb 01 - 04:50 PM What the pros use for sm oke odors damage is ozone.The extra o atom bonds with whatever hc s that make the smell |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: SINSULL Date: 27 Feb 01 - 05:02 PM This thread reminds me of the SIMPSON'S episode when Lisa got gum in her hair. all the helpful neighbors each had a secret remedy for the problem. Poor Lisa ends up with vegetable oil, peanut butter, avocado, and who knows what glopped in her hair on top of the still stuck gum. I bet Andrew walks in and asks if Wavestar has been pickling apples, lemons, and onions in vinegar and vanilla while offering incense and fruit and peppermint candles to the Buddha again. Then adds: "What's burning?" |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Stench that ate Manhattan From: GUEST,Wavestar Date: 27 Feb 01 - 07:12 PM Actually, he came home, and took a while... I mentioned to his friend that something had gone wrong, and admitted that there was a strange smell. He looked up, very tired, and said, "yes, I'd been wondering what it was." He was pretty understanding - he'd carbonated a pot of honey this past summer. But then, that's better weather for opening windows. It's been COLD recently. The house still smells variously like peppermint, incense, lavender, chemicals, and burned chicken. Ah well. Time is the great healer. -J |