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How to keep house with out smell ? How to keep house with out smell ?

Topic started by Kavitha (@ adsl-67-36-190-27.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net) on Tue Apr 22 17:02:54 .
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Hey frs can any one let me know how to keep our house with out the spicy smells...always our home smells when we enter in to the home after the outting. I found this in all my indian frs home. But in american houses i find fragrance smell. How is that? I shyed asking them this...pls any one help...

Kavi

Responses:

From: Hema (@ 01-057.044.popsite.net) on: Tue Apr 22 22:22:36 EDT 2003

* Keep home well ventilated.
* Keep trash cans clean and empty them as often as possible.
* Keep kitchen, sink clean.
* Keep carpet clean (do vacuum atleast once a week, steam vacuum atleast once in 6 mns).
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* Use frangranced candles.
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* light candle or keep vinegar in a cup while deep frying. It reduces the smoke, smell.

And, 1 main reason why Americans keep their home w/o bad smell is, they dont cook like us (atleast from the scratch).
From: Kavitha (@ adsl-67-37-186-193.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net) on: Wed Apr 23 18:21:36 EDT 2003

Hey Hema
Thanks for ur response..Everything u mentioned is good in my part except ventilation. I always keep my house clean but don't ventilate for long hr since i am in chicago(very cold during winter?)What to do?
Thanks..Kavi.
From: Hema (@ 03-143.044.popsite.net) on: Sat Apr 26 21:49:40 EDT 2003

Hi Kavi,

I live in Boston, I use to keep windows open (little bit at least) when cooking even when it snows. Ventilation is the major factor. It takes few days to be odor free.

I found many Indians dont keep their home (carpet, floor, restroom, kitchen, kitchen-cabinets-tables-sinks, trash can, even dumping unwashed clothes!) clean, certainly that makes odor.

Good luck!
From: Hemant (@ 203.195.208.26) on: Sat Apr 26 23:51:50 EDT 2003

Hello Kavi,
Try this out.
Keep charcoal (Large but lightweight )pieces at the back of kitchen cupboards and near spices.
Change them regularly.Large and ligh weight pieces have excellent absorption power.
The smell of spices would be absorbed and will remain absorbed.
And as Hema said, keep proper ventilation.
From: Kavi (@ adsl-64-108-201-54.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net) on: Tue Apr 29 16:37:50 EDT 2003

Thanks Hema and Hemant.
I will buy some charcoal this weekend and Make my home odorless..Once again thks guys.

Kavi
From: Saad Lodhi (@ eclipse.cntrvilhs.fcps.k12.va.us) on: Thu Nov 20 12:43:17

Indian hindus smell because they carry cowpiss in their house.....and they also drink it......they dont take shower for weeks and by the way you probably wonder why they dont take haircuts because many hindus arent allowed to........
and their also F.O.B.
Thank God i was never an indian....its good to be part afghan and Pakistani
From: rohit yuvraj (@ eclipse.cntrvilhs.fcps.k12.va.us) on: Thu Nov 20 13:03:35 EST 2003

I'm an Indian..and i'm ashamed to call myself one because my people really need to take a bath because they smell as shit.......and yes i agree they r also fobs.
From: rohit yuvraj (@ eclipse.cntrvilhs.fcps.k12.va.us) on: Thu Nov 20 13:03:40 EST 2003

I'm an Indian..and i'm ashamed to call myself one because my people really need to take a bath because they smell as shit.......and yes i agree they r also fobs.
From: :) (@ d150-184-242.home.cgocable.net) on: Thu Nov 20 13:40:14 EST 2003

rohit/saad,
you first need to go to a psychiatrist and figure out who you really are before you worry about smelly people. Mental health is more important.
From: jen (@ cache-dq08.proxy.aol.com) on: Thu Nov 20 19:23:31 EST 2003

Kavi
Hi one thing u can do is buy any of the sprays people use to scent clothing.. like febreeze, bounce or all... bounce works really good.
another trick tack a fresh dryer sheet on the heat vent.. when the heat comes out the smell of dryer sheet will come...
i am american but when i cook from scratch ..90% time it is indian only... i esp tell difference in smell when i cook north indian.. because south indian is so fragrant (good smelling) to me I don't notice it...
but the other poster is right.. mostly americans don't cook from scratch.. most american foods are not cooked.. south indian food is a lot of popping mustard seeds.. which i love that smell, but most americans don't like.. or frying with fresh onion and garlic.. this is why american homes don't smell so much.. or they smell different (cook more meat than even traditional hindu nonvegetarians..) americans also seem to use alot more frozen foods in microwave or oven.. so this does not smell as much when cooking.. hope this helps.
From: raja (@ cs2417572-237.houston.rr.com) on: Thu Nov 20 23:30:50 EST 2003

great ideas,all
From: Miami (@ 1cust114.tnt1.bloomington.il.da.uu.net) on: Thu Nov 20 23:49:29 EST 2003

>>another trick tack a fresh dryer sheet on the heat vent

what is dryer sheet? where can i buy one?
From: saad (@ eclipse.cntrvilhs.fcps.k12.va.us) on: Fri Nov 21 11:03:09 EST 2003

you see my friend and i are in the same high school in Virginia....he doesnt like indian ppl because they need to take a God damn shower. There were 3 indian guys in my gym class last year and every 1 told them to take a f_cking shower. another time i went to this indian guys house and his house smelled as hell...anybody could smell it in the hood....so conclusion is take a bath everyday you nasty ppl..........
From: saad (@ eclipse.cntrvilhs.fcps.k12.va.us) on: Fri Nov 21 11:05:12 EST 2003

and raja use a better internet service stop using netzero...i can tell by your ip addresss your using netzero...cheap!!!!!!!
From: SAAD (@ eclipse.cntrvilhs.fcps.k12.va.us) on: Fri Nov 21 11:10:55 EST 2003

HEY CHECK THIS OUT http://www.siliconindia.com/siliconsquare/newdisplay_message.asp?mid=1531

A GUY FROM YOUR OWN COUNTRY PUT THIS UP ON SITE:

Author: Aman Singh
E-mail: as@india.org
Date: 8/12/2002 9:31:19 AM
Subject: Yes! Chinese do not Stink as Indians do...
Message: One area where chinese surely shine is the area of personal hygeins. Have you ever taken a subway ride with an indian......Boy our people stink like RATS. We need to spent more efforts on educating our people about HBO (Hindu Body Odor)
Lets be different from our elders...lets take showers.

Jay Bharat.
From: Vipan G. (@ cache-ntc-aa11.proxy.aol.com) on: Mon Jan 5 02:26:19

i see that is nothing is wrong to have body aroma.it is heritage. our forefathers did'not use deodorants why should we use now?
From: Jardit Turi (@ cache-ntc-ad02.proxy.aol.com) on: Mon Jan 5 22:18:27 EST 2004

Hema, I don't know where you got your statistics but most Americans do still cook from scratch. It's what is used in the recipes that makes the difference as far as smells are concerned. Curry for one has a lingering unappealing oder. Also, Americans are much more dilligent than Indians about masking unpleasant body oders. A little deoderant between daily bathing will help.
From: quake (@ 202.68.154.210) on: Tue Jan 6 10:32:36 EST 2004

http://www.iomx.com
From: Dorri (@ cache-ntc-ad02.proxy.aol.com) on: Sat Jan 10 07:36:19 EST 2004

What is the big deal here? Body odor?!?!
Why be so trivial? Condemning people just because they have a certain smell about them.
Jeeez,get a life all, start accepting people for who they are; not how they smell.
From: The homebound (@ adsl-68-79-49-225.dsl.emhril.ameritech.net) on: Sat Jan 17 15:01:52 EST 2004

Hello All,
A tip that I use to avoid heavy smells from settling down is to light a small candle next to the stove. For some reason it works. For the rest of the left odor, I use a small amount of baking soda spread in a plate. Also..its good if you spread some of it on the carpet, as it absorbs odor like the charcoal does.
From: SetJah (@ cpe-144-132-198-160.nsw.bigpond.net.au) on: Sun Jan 18 19:03:53 EST 2004

shutup Pakistani AFghan who said indian smells , bloody arab
From: SetJah (@ cpe-144-132-198-160.nsw.bigpond.net.au) on: Sun Jan 18 19:05:30 EST 2004

sorry , too much prune juice
and yes i just had a wiff of myself , damn i do stink
From: jp (@ cache-dq08.proxy.aol.com) on: Wed Jan 21 18:55:59 EST 2004

dryer sheets - these are thin cloths that you can purchase in grocery stores where they sell laudry detergents. they are in boxes.. one name is bounce, it is an orange box.. i never saw in india.. but in US u can surely get this
From: quake (@ 202.68.154.210) on: Thu Jan 29 09:50:43 EST 2004

http://www.iomx.com
From: Peggy (@ 07-053.164.popsite.net) on: Fri Jan 30 14:18:14 EST 2004

Hi Kavitha

When you cook, make sure the exhaust fan on. Espeally when you are doing vagar or deep frying.
From: Kannika Chandran (@ wc09.ym.rnc.net.cable.rogers.com) on: Sat Jan 31 16:50:00 EST 2004

Bake a cake in your oven,it will change the smell of the whole house.
From: gumgum (@ 202.90.32.131) on: Sat Jan 31 21:59:22 EST 2004

Do some surgery so that your olfactory nerves stop working. You won't know any smell. People who have polyp problems inside thier nose are lucky, they know no smell!!!
From: ysl (@ c-24-126-235-225.we.client2.attbi.com) on: Thu Feb 5 01:52:48 EST 2004

Do you know the muslims doesn't take bath for many days that is why they use strong scents. before pointing indians see how u smell. you know indians are the only one who takes bath early in the morning and do puja, not like u, u people can do namaz without taking bath but not indian hindus, with out taking bath we can't even sit before god. so watch ur tounge.

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