There may be a lot of different cooking smells during Christmas, but that doesn’t mean the odours need to linger.
While the smell of Christmas dinner can be alluring, and the whiff of a chocolate pudding can be enticing, the mixture of smells may become off-putting as the day goes on.
“Over Christmas, those cooking smells are going to be worse,” Lynsey shared on her TikTok channel. “So this is what I do.”
Heating some white vinegar on the hob, the Queen of Clean lets the white vinegar (taken from a spray bottle) to simmer.
“This will break down those odours and will not leave a vinegar smell,” the captions read.
“I just boil up some white vinegar on the hob, five minutes, then let it simmer,” Lynsey clarified.
Having originally posted the video back in 2021, hundreds of people flocked to the comments section.
“I just open a window,” one remarked. “Just light a candle,” another added, but somebody else chimed in: “That’s masking it.”
The contributor elaborated: “Everyone keeps saying just open a door… cooking with oil is what [white vinegar] is mostly for. Normal cooking smells? Yeah, just open the door.”
Some mistakenly used malt vinegar, which did indeed lead to a stinky odour akin to a “fish and chip shop”.
To clarify, the white vinegar Lynsey used is the white vinegar spray you can find in the cleaning aisle in supermarkets, such as Asda and Sainsbury’s.
One commentator asked: “Is this safe for toddlers to breathe in? I have a 16-month-old…” Lynsey put the commentator’s fear to ease by replying: “Yes it is [safe].”
Someone else, however, highlighted the extraction unit above the hub – “turn it on!”.
