stark wrote:
> I've tried everything: masks, clothes pins, mentholatum. I just can't
> get around the smell. Mine's a good brand, Three Crabs or something
> like that; and granted the taste is mild, just a salty, rich taste
> that makes a good dipping sauce. But that smell! I'm not a neutral
> scent fanatic. I don't mind the smells of frying permeating the house,
> or a long braise or even sauteeing onions and garlic. My wife must
> have some hound dog in her genes; she can tell if I've looked at a
> clove of garlic within the past three hours. She didn't mind the smell
> of my simmering fish sauce; in fact, she kinda liked it. Me? I was
> ready to abandon ship, sell the house or raze it and rebuild. Naw!
> Just dump the fish sauce and note it as another "cannot do."
>
> How about you? Do it bother you? How do you cope? How do you explain
> to guests that your sewer system is fine and that neither you nor your
> pets are flatulent or dead and that so far as you know there's nothing
> rotting beneath your house?

You must have some particular sensitivity to its odor. I open the bottle
and pour out the small amount and proceed without even thinking about
it. Maybe open the bottle and dispense what you need under the range
hood the next time?