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> I would guess this author does not cook Exactly the opposite. People with open floor plans don't cook every day, otherwise their home will smell like a cheap

by batrat 7y ago

> I would guess this author does not cook Exactly the opposite. People with open floor plans don't cook every day, otherwise their home will smell like a cheap restaurant, unless they got used to it. My parents have an open plan, i don't. My home smells fresh every day (except kitchen) despite cooking every day, their house, smells like food in every corner because the smell impregnates in every material(especially in the winter) and is very hard to get it out.

alkonaut 7y ago
This must mean the fans aren’t powerful enough which seems strange if the house is reasonably modern. I once lived in a place with no proper duct to the outside at all (just a fan with a filter but recycling air) and in that place I avoided frying anything. If course no fan is perfect and if I’m frying something it will be noticeable in adjacent rooms, but I want the smell of cooking to be noticed in the house. It’s usually a positive thing. It does disappear again. If I hated it I’d rather buy a more powerful fan than have a kitchen door.
harryh 7y ago
I cook nearly every day. I have an open floor plan. My house does not smell like a restaurant. You just have to use a vent when things smoke and, you know, clean.
Nition 7y ago
Bit of a ridiculous statement to say no-one with an open kitchen cooks every day.
ACow_Adonis 7y ago
I admit I'm a little bit confused by the constant refrain of "people want to be protected from cooking smells". I'm arriving at the conclusion that "cooking smells" is actually a euphemism for badly designed/insufficiently exhausted kitchens. Because it's a distinct minority that I've ever encountered who proclaims: "drat, is that freshly baked bread and pastries, how disgusting! and freshly ground coffee, ewww, can't stand that, and stir fry that we love, absolute vomit! citruses, again!?" what are people doing that food smells are listed as a negative connotation?

by batrat 7y ago

alkonaut 7y ago

This must mean the fans aren’t powerful enough which seems strange if the house is reasonably modern. I once lived in a place with no proper duct to the outside at all (just a fan with a filter but recycling air) and in that place I avoided frying anything. If course no fan is perfect and if I’m frying something it will be noticeable in adjacent rooms, but I want the smell of cooking to be noticed in the house. It’s usually a positive thing. It does disappear again. If I hated it I’d rather buy a more powerful fan than have a kitchen door.

harryh 7y ago

I cook nearly every day. I have an open floor plan. My house does not smell like a restaurant. You just have to use a vent when things smoke and, you know, clean.

Nition 7y ago

Bit of a ridiculous statement to say no-one with an open kitchen cooks every day.

ACow_Adonis 7y ago

I admit I'm a little bit confused by the constant refrain of "people want to be protected from cooking smells". I'm arriving at the conclusion that "cooking smells" is actually a euphemism for badly designed/insufficiently exhausted kitchens. Because it's a distinct minority that I've ever encountered who proclaims: "drat, is that freshly baked bread and pastries, how disgusting! and freshly ground coffee, ewww, can't stand that, and stir fry that we love, absolute vomit! citruses, again!?" what are people doing that food smells are listed as a negative connotation?