How to get rid of that fried smell

As you may (or may not) know, your faithful Fry-Day bloggers are apartment dwellers in Queens, NYC. The first night we had fry-day, my whole apartment smelled like fried odor for the entire weekend. I've been experimenting with different methods of fried odor-removal and am here to share my secret recipe for success today!

1. Keep as many windows open as possible while frying and for a few hours afterward.
2. Don't use your exhaust fan unless it actually exhausts outside. Our just pushes the air further into our apartment, which is not a good thing.
3. Keep the lid closed on the fryer as much as possible.
4. In a saucepan, boil 2 cups of water. Add 1/4 cup of white vinegar and sprinkling of ground cloves. Leave at a rapid boil for a few minutes. The vinegar neutralizes the smell in the air, and the cloves cover up the smell of vinegar. You could also add a cinnamon stick or some vanilla.
5. Slowly and carefully carry said pot of steaming helpfulness around your apartment, getting the corners of the rooms and other places where odors like to hang.
6. Return the pot to the stove to bring back to a boil as it cools. You'll want it to be as hot as possible to give off maximum steam.

So that's it! Happy Frying to you.

P.S. Tonight we made Panko fried chicken tenders, fried cheese sticks, and fried scallions. To offset the fried goodness, we also had a vegetable bisque soup and kale salad. For dessert, there was butternut squash cake with an orange glaze.