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Reducing the Smell When Cooking Cauliflower?

April 15, 2005

Cauliflower cooking in a stainless steel pot.I would like to know if there is anything you can add to cauliflower while preparing it to take away that gaseous smell. I love cauliflower, but hate the smell.

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April 5, 20050 found this helpful

How about cooking it oudoors?
Or, keeping the lid securely on the pot and also while the water cools after the cauli has been removed.

 
April 5, 20050 found this helpful

Read if you add a little (tbsp or so?) to the pot of water it will keep the odor out of your kitchen. Doesn't put the vinegar taste into the veggie.

 
By Joyce. (Guest Post)
April 5, 20050 found this helpful

All I do is just put some vinegar in a small bowl with lemon juice this keeps down all odor that might occur while cooking.

 
By Nell (Guest Post)
April 6, 20050 found this helpful

You might try adding a little vinegar to it. I know this works for cabbage, but I am not sure about cauliflower

 
By Suzie (Guest Post)
April 6, 20050 found this helpful

Simply heat (NOT boil) some plain white vinegar on the stove while you're cooking it (in a separate pan) and the vinegar gets rid of the smell. The "vinegary" smell dissipates quickly, too.

 
By CayC (Guest Post)
April 16, 20050 found this helpful

Try a teaspoonful of vanilla in the cooking water. It's amazing what vanilla will do for unpleasant smells--such as paint, etc.!

 
By Marie Barrett (Guest Post)
July 27, 20050 found this helpful

My mother taught me to put a slice of white bread in the water with the cauliflower to take away the smell. Sounds odd but seems to work.

 
By John (Guest Post)
September 30, 20070 found this helpful

Seriously - Any ideas for broccoli? Everyone in my house, except me loves the stuff. To me the only thing worse than eating it (I know, I am morally deficient) is the odor when it is cooking, it literally ruins my appetite for hours.

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Will the vinegar or vanilla ideas work for brocccoli as well?

 
By John (Guest Post)
September 30, 20070 found this helpful

oh, forgot my e-mail address if you have any ideas for the broccoli. pelchat AT charter.net

 
By Linda Sue (Guest Post)
September 29, 20080 found this helpful

I hope the vinegar trick works for the odor!
I'd suggest cider vinegar, organic.
I do know that vinegar added to many long-cooked dishes helps draw out the calcium and other nutrients into the broth...maybe it will do the same for smelly cauliflower, broccoli and collard greens?

 
By Stu (Guest Post)
December 2, 20080 found this helpful

Best way to do away with the smell of cooking cauliflour is simply to add a bay leaf while cooking and only take it out when you are ready to serve. Enjoy!

 
By Mark (Guest Post)
December 16, 20080 found this helpful

The best thing to do to stop Cauliflower smell is to not cook at it.

Here is a definition of Cauliflower that I find most descriptive:
A vegetable warmed by passing gas on it.

 
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