Cooking smells, likes and dislikes

Sometimes, my mother cooks shrimp paste and smells awfully bad & fishy at the start but it tastes great after it gets cooked. delayed gratification I guess.

so people that don't know how to cook should be banned at purchasing an gas cooker or an oven... OR may be they are not cooking they might do something else:)... I like the smell of fresh garlic and jugged onion... the best in the world;)

We live in the city now and smell coffee from a neighbor. We do not drink coffee however it does smell good. We only have a problem when they have something that is burning like wood, brush or maybe a grill. That reminds us too much of our housefire and we go searching for the source and are relieved it is not where we are living now. Also the neighbor with the coffee has a chemical company that sprays their lawn. That makes me sick within two days. So you know how I stand on that.

I have Asthma and allergies, so my nose is very sensitive and I don't miss much. Fish, any kind of seafood. I can not eat it, because I can not stand the smell. I have never eaten lobster, crab, sardines, muscles or oysters. Now I like breaded Red Snapper and shrimp, sometimes, but not often. The smell is just so awful that I can not bring it too close to my nose. People say that seafood is really good, I just don't see how it could be. I also like tuna, as long as it does not taste to fishy.

I've kept my fingers crossed that so far I haven't had a problem for a few months now...You see the apartment below me is organized a little different than mine...where my bedroom is, is the neighbor's downstair's kitchen...and so far no foul odors...these people are relatively new--but a few years ago...OMG---One time it smelled like they were cooking with 30 pounds worth of garlic..now I like garlic but not that much..then there was one dish they'd cook every once in awhile and really...I wanted to gag..you see the smell would come right up into my apt. and especially the bedroom...arghh! The people that lived before them was different too..they were from India, and OMG whatever they were cooking smelled SO wonderful, that I wanted to invite myself to their dinner--LOL But it's not only cooking odors though...another neighbor must use a truck load of pine cleaner...and that smell seeps into my apt. too...it's nauseating! As for cooking odor that smells from my cooking...sacre bleu! Mai, non! My cooking is great!

My great grandmother used to live with my family and I. Our house had a finished basement complete with it's own kitchen and bathroom and that's where my great grandmother lived for a while. Anyhow she used to make stuffed peppers and since my bedroom was right abover her kitchen it used to KILL me!!!! The smell was so horrible I couldn't even stand it. Her and my dad were the only ones who ate them so I never knew why she'd make them. The best thing about where I live now is that I live right near a bakery so certain times at night and early in the morning if you walk outside you smell probably one of the best smells ever, fresh baked bread.

I can not stand the Smell of Chips frying (Fries) as it smells out the whole Place and the Smell lingers for a long time to

I hate it when people cook meat, especially roast chicken. That smell turns my stomach and ensures I lose my appetite (in case you hadn't guessed I am vegetarian!).

Hey. I know that smell, because I have a neighbour that is either burning his food or spilling greese all over the element and yes it can be stink. And Ive since banned pre-cooked microwaved popcorn, that stinks out our house big time... Smells like chuck!!!

We had neighbors when living in an apartment once and they always cooked the grossest smelling food. They were Chinese and I love chinese food, and I have no idea what htey were cooking but sometimes I gagged going up the stairs to our apartment. My husband cooks fish often and I loathe the smell. I also get gaggy when he does this. I have to open the windows. lol, and my dad cookes Venison occasionally and I hate how that smells. That;s the worst to me, I have to leave the house or get sick. lol.

Nope nothing like that has ever happened to me, because i live in a house on the country side of kerala and all the neighbours houses are far enough to prevent any foul smells from getting over to our house. And i must say that their cookin is far better than what i get in the city, far better than the junk food anyways..

A few years ago, when I lived in Virginia, I had a really awful neighbor. For starters, all the apartments on that floor were 2 bedrooms. They had at least 5 kids, they kept them indoors all day, and they played in the hallway at night. Anyway, a few times as I was going out for something, I would see the dad coming in carrying a bag of garbage from the dumpsters. I would regularly smell what I can only describe as "cooking garbage" coming thru the walls. That was the worst thing I've ever smelled from a neighbor.

hate the smell of the gas

i live in a condo and yes,i get all kinds of smell everyday but thank god,they're all good cooking;)sometimes i feel like going to their doorstep with a plate and have a taste of what they're cooking.especially when mom's not around.

I don't live in an apartment so I don't have that worry. Actually, that is interesting as I had never thought about cooking smells. I had only considreed how awkward it must be hearing other peoples noises! My hubby cooks a lot for us and I love to smell oninons and garlic as they brown gently in a pan. When hubby starts a dish that way I am in heaven smelling it! However, I simply can' stand to smell liver cooking. I seriously have to leave the house and sit on the deck! I visited a friend once whose husband was cooking while we sat and visited, and of course...you guessed it, liver and onions! I had to excuse myself!

I hate the smell of boiling shrimp. I like to eat it, but hate the smell. I'm allergic to bell peppers, but before I knew that, I could tell whem my mom was using them across the house & upstairs. It didn't have to actually penitrate my brain, I could tell when someone with me could not. I also don't like celery, but when you cook it, that smell that it makes is what is in it that I don't like. It makes my eyes itch. Once it is cooked soft, then it doesn't bother me.

This is 2 edged, my friend. I have smelled both wonderful and awful things. Sometimes, yes, I get to smell weird, burnt smells. But other times, I really hope to be invited to their table.

I don't usually smell the neighbor's cooking even though our houses are pretty close together. But every once in a while I catch a whif of something that smells really good. I don't know which house it's coming from but oh boy does it smell positively mouth watering. During the summer of course almost every day someone is cooking out on the grill and that always smells wonderful. Both me and my husband are pretty good cooks. Now don't get me wrong, I love my vegies, a good salad, green beans, peas, spinach, carrots, celery, and many more, I love them. But my hubby loves all the vegies that to me smell like sulfer. He loves cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and goes thru about 4 bags of frozen brussel sprouts a week. I don't mind the taste of any of these, I rather like it but the smell really gets to me. I never say anything about it though, at least he likes them. A lot of men will only eat meat, corn and potatos.

sometime it is good and sometime it really pieces me of. the pungent smell of cooking always irritates me but sometimes it's really sooting

Hi, I am from Bangalore, India. Here the houses are situated very closeby. Actually there is only a 2 ft space is there between my house and my neighbours house, and such smells comes at times.. Sometimes when the smell is very bad, I feel bad, otherwise it is OK for me..