Indians might find this offensive, but I hope we can all secretly agree. We stink, and it’s not funny.

We smell of curry. Our houses smell of curry. Our clothes scream Udupi restaurant for hours after we have eaten there. It is ridiculous and embarrassing.

The thing that worries me most about cooking in my apartment now is suffusing it with curry smell again. It bothers me more than I enjoy it, so I certainly don’t want to put my neighbors through it. Some of the complaints online from people about Indians stinking up their corridors is heartbreaking. You read it and you feel for their suffering.

I found some websites with solutions to eliminating cooking odor. The one where you simmer water, vinegar and cloves for a few minutes sounds doable. I am going to try that one.

(I think my Asian neighbors in my previous apartment can use these as well)

http://www.indiacurry.com/faqhints/eliminatecurrysmell.htm

http://www.ehow.com/how_114422_remove-cooking-odors.html

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/369532

http://moroccanfood.about.com/od/tipsandtechniques/a/remove_cooking_odors.htm