Ladies, how do you manage to keep your hair from smelling after cooking?

[PrettyKitty1]

I got married 8 months ago, and I still have VERY limited abilities to cook. I know what ya'll think, poor hubby lol. One of my pet peeves is that after I'm done in the kitchen, my hair smells very bad, and also my clothes. I can't wash my hair every day, and I definitely can't cook naked lol. So ladies, please help me out here, what are some tricks for not getting a smelly hair? UGH...it makes me want to puke I swear...lol

[samahmohamed]

1-Cover your hair with shower cap and scarf over your head.
2-Keep pajamas in your kitchen and wear it each time before cooking and change it after cooking.
3-there is electric home fryer with a cover so you can fry without smelling like oil.
4-get an exhaust fan and open the window
5-you can wash your body after eating, you don't have to wash your hair.

The above steps helps a lot
I have the same problem as well as every single person I know :D maybe some people just don't recognize it.

[Stevewr537]

Other oils are hugely more damaging to you than lard and if you exercise you will work it off anyway,vegetable oils etc.wow,Google that one if you dare.
Deep fry with olive oil it's safe it does not convert into your cancer death and will neutralise lard and finally can be used again and again as it does not degrade,it aso contains qualities that fight disease, this is a scientific and historical fact see  the heart problem stats. of Mediteranian countries.
Buy fabreeze by the way stand in the mist.
Steve.

[ChitChatNine]

We have a healthy cooking community~!  http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Healthy-Cooking/show/280

I bet they'd love your suggestions!

C~

[24CookingMother]

YOU HAVE TO READ THIS ( My tools: Shower Cap, Old Bathrobe, Body Spray, Scented Candles, Baby Wipes ) I usually open the window 1st, use a plastic shower cap and an old bathrobe, don't remove them until at least 5-10 min after is done, wash my hand well, wipe my neck well with the Baby Wipes, spray plenty body spray ALL OVER even on my clothes right away flip your hair up and let it fall while spraying and  leave the window open 10-15 min after cooking or longer and light scented candles while cooking and leave them one for 1-2 hrs after ( this works for me and my daughter who's already in law school so it has been a long, long battle lol ) but I've seen sub chefs use a cap and robe set similar to the ones used in hospital and I'm not kidding once I worked in a famous catering facility and I saw them use it, hum who would know I would need it later lol ( try a little Olive Oil for your steak it even taste better, and if after you marinate your chicken ( breast ) or fish, you beat 2 eggs and dip it there and cover with bread crumbs bake it at 400 it comes out really good, crispy and it's healthier, less smelly.  Avoiding the smell of food after cooking, can be frustrating, and a big project, I'm in the same page!

[AprilBussell]

Cooking with lard is better than some but cooking with unrefined coconut oil is the best you can use it with everything and it smells nice!

[specialmom]

furballsmom, I love a good scalp massage.  My eyes roll half way in the back of my head just thinking about it!!  Good suggestion.  Keeps your hair healthy AND feels terrific.  Peace

[FurballsMom]

You could try this one simple approach:  When you get in the shower, just massage the scalp and don't use shampoo.  You can use just conditioner if you feel like your hair is rather dry.  Usually just a good scalp massage and a good rinse takes care of all sorts of hair issues.  Scalp massage is said to benefit oily hair issues, too.  This is how I deal with the hair issues, even though I haven't really experienced the cooking odor issue in the hair in a long time.  Still, this should work.  You would be amazed at how well just getting into the shower or the bath either one and massaging your scalp and hair will work.

[specialmom]

My hair has never smelled like the food I cook.  I make all sorts of dishes and cook daily.  

[Van310372]

I dint get what you said that in all your years of cooking you never experienced that.  What is it that you cook is the question as any cooking brings up odours some nice and some not so nice. Mention some of the dishes you cook please.

[HelpinUtah]

Personally, I've never had my hair smell that I know of - but if I cut onions I swear they smell for days!  LOL!!!!

[VicUser]

I like your thinking, I know if I went home and my wife was naked and said you can have me if we can go out to dinner, I'd do that!!!!!

LOL, we just threw away a few tubs of lard from the pigs we had butchered, I was going to make lye soap but never got around to it. (My Grandma used to make her own soap so I thought it would be cool, after reading it was easier and cheaper to buy soap)

[flmagi]

Since you're newly married, I have some suggestions.....,only use the kitchen when your husband is home and make sure you're naked. This will solve all your problems. You won't ever get to the point of actually cooking and then you can get him to take you out for dinner.
Lard!?????? no, really....Lard ???!!!!!!!  LMAO  I thought they banned that stuff 20 years ago.

[whitebear1]

I have the same problems with cooking in the kitchen, it drives me mad  - I use BED HEAD  its like hair spray called Headrush and smells lovely..

or maybe try working a hat, or cooking the things that smell the most the day before you wash your hair.

[PrettyKitty1]

GRose, I'm doing something similar. I'm getting a cook hat!!!  :)

sobermommy, I will certainly do so. I got a black one just because everything I have on my kitchen counter is black, you know, for matching purposes :)

[GRose]

Why don't you try a bandana on your head, fold it in half like a triangle and tie it at the top of your head.

[sobermommy]

The ladies are right...you will love the crock-pot. Did you get the pretty red one that they have on sale right now??? LOL. I have one too...love it. Good luck. When you figure out some great recipes...come back and share them with us. I need to try some new things. Best of luck.

[PrettyKitty1]

Thanks April, I will also get some good recipes online and try my best to cook a good, tasty, healthy meal. I'm sure I'll love it, too. It was only $15.00, God bless Target! and God bless you for that idea you had. I had no idea about the existence of a crock pot because simply, I never had to worry about cooking. It's so comfortable living with your parents. You usually notice it the most once you have left for good. Thank God hubby is considerate, and eats what I cook, and never complains. Poor man LOL

My hair smells no matter what. Even chicken in the oven makes my hair smell. Mind you, I don't put weird ingredients or unheard of herbs in my chicken. Yuk...

[April2]

It's not just frying that will make your hair smell. It's anything that's putting off an oder in the air, whether it be a soup, chili, anything that you're cooking on the stove. I especially notice it when I'm making chili. My hair will smell like chili!

PrettyKitty, you will LOVE the crockpot! Just get an easy cookbook for crockpots and start trying it out. I guarentee you'll love it!

[PrettyKitty1]

Tuckamore, You're right about places where frying takes place, and perhaps this hasn't happened to you, but when I go to Quiznos or Subway I get the same end result. I always leave with a stinky hair and clothes, and I don't think they fry. I just don't get it. Why does my hair have to stink no matter what I cook. Although I gotta say, cooking spaguetti is the only thing that works, but I can't eat spaguettis for the rest of my life lol.

Oh by the way, I bought the crock pot today! Now I gotta learn how to use it  :)

[Tuckamore]

Crecco, good one!!  LOL  

Prettykitty if you don't fry your foods you hair will not smell. I've noted that employees that work at restaurants that fry a lot of food "smell" like hot grease. Wisconsin is famous for the traditional Friday night fish Fry's. In some of the smaller, (and often the best) local fish fry restaurants even the guests smell like hot grease. I had a waitress tell me once that if she goes to work with wet hair that is in a tight wrap her hair does not smell. So you may want to try it.

[soulsearcher2018]

That's not accurate. I don't fry foods and my hair absorbs smells. It doesn't matter how I'm cooking it, if it has a strong smell (like tacos, or something with onions), it sticks in my hair. It happens when I eat at restaurants too, especially Mexican restaurants.

[crecco]

I can't say that I have ever had kitchen smells stick in my hair from cooking either. But I did fall asleep one time while frying chicken and it burned so bad it was like a big lump of charcol stuck in the pan. My house smelled like something similar to wet chickens for about 2 weeks.

[1nana]

You will LOVE the crock pot!

No more stinky hair!!!

[PrettyKitty1]

I will get the crock pot tomorrow :)

wannabenana, I'll keep my fingers crossed that I will get to like my cooking :)
Thank you for your help hun.

I'm very happy with all the help I've been getting. Thank you all!!

[1nana]

Good idea and good luck!

I think you'll even start liking your own cooking! LOL