If you've deep-fried the fish, drain the oil into a tin can, throw in some bread crumbs or bird seed if you maintain a birdfeeder and cover it tightly to hold in the smell. Set it in the freezer where it can stay still you need a suet ball for the wild birds. If you don't have a feeder, leave it there until garbage collection day and toss it out then.

Smoke point is the stage at which hot oil begins to emit smoke. Aside from producing acrid odors and giving an unpleasant flavor to foods, overheated oil has chemical compounds that are very unhealthy to consume. Animal fats such as butter and lard have relatively low smoke points, which means they're not so good for frying. Canola oil and peanut oil have high smoke points (good for frying).

2torial #0838: Learn2 Remove Fishy Smells (Continued) Cook it right   Is it possible to cook fish and not have a fishy smell? Attention to how you cook and what you cook will show that you can greatly reduce the smell. To keep fishy smells out of the refrigerator, keep the fish tightly covered in plastic wrap until you're ready to cook it.   Pan-frying is one of the easiest ways to cook fish. It's also the method most often responsible for giving the house a cooked fish smell. To prevent this odor, be careful to keep the frying fat from reaching its smoke point. Frying fish in overheated (smoking) oil is notorious for producing fishy smells.   Aluminum foil is your biggest ally when it comes to cooking fish in the oven. It keeps your fish moist, seals in flavors and odors, removes much of the skin for you when you unwrap it, and best of all, it leaves you no smelly pans to deal with.   Cook another dish that adds a pleasing smell to the kitchen. A dish prepared with garlic can fill an entire home with its tantalizing aroma.   Once the fish is cooking, clean up the bowls that held the raw fish. Aside from reducing the spread of fishy smells, the utencils used for raw fish and cooked fish shouldn't come into contact with each other, for health reasons.   Refill the sink with hot soapy water. After you transfer the cooked fish to the serving plate, drop any dirty pans into the sink to soak while you eat.   Enjoy the fruits of your labor. It's time to eat! Why not light a candle or two for a little added charm at the table? Nobody has to know that you are also quietly burning away odours. Step 4