way OT Help with Burnt smell

MI AC Parsons · Apr 24, 2013

Think we need a help forum. Did our house spring cleaning and Klutz here, heated honey on stove to change from sugar and forgot about it. Water boiled dry, melted honey and burned to a crisp. Been 4 days, whole house fan, doors, windows open, but still can smell that acrid odor. Any suggestions? Can't believe the potency. SWMBO very unhappy with my 'helpfulness'

Greg1959 · Apr 24, 2013

Microwave the honey next time.

rrlund · Apr 24, 2013

The wife says mix salt and baking soda with water in a spray bottle,spray everything down. Scented candles and plug in deodorizers.

MI AC Parsons · Apr 24, 2013

No joke, Greg, my kids who have stopped over have taken her side...suggesting reading the paper in the KITCHEN, setting a timer, sticking around. I think this will haunt me for awhile. And I was doing such a helpful thing, gonna combine 2 sugared jars...

old · Apr 24, 2013

Well #1 you should never heat honey very hot to turn it back from sugar to honey. Putting it in a sink of hot water will work just fine and does not harm the honey where as heating it real hot does hurt it and breaks it down so the value of it as food is a good bit less. By the way this is a thing learned by being a former bee keeper and working with many gals. of honey

retired farmer · Apr 24, 2013

If you are married, there are several household appliances you must never go near. 1. Dishwasher. 2. Electric or gas cook stove. 3. Microwave. 4. Washer and dryer. 5. Vacuum cleaner. You don't want to let her know you know how to operate any of these things. Gives you more time to work on tractors.

oldtanker · Apr 24, 2013

(quoted from post at 12:34:55 04/24/13) If you are married, there are several household appliances you must never go near. 1. Dishwasher. 2. Electric or gas cook stove. 3. Microwave. 4. Washer and dryer. 5. Vacuum cleaner. You don't want to let her know you know how to operate any of these things. Gives you more time to work on tractors.

Heck how are we supposed to reproduce if we don't go near the dush washer? Or are you trying to say loading the dish washer don't mean giving her a few drinks?

Rick

MI AC Parsons · Apr 24, 2013

thanks for the comments, all good advice, you'd think by now I would learn, meant to just warm it, but never got my learners permit on the stove. I really like the idea of spray, it's just I don't know where. Open a cabinet door and there it is, so I opened everything and aired it all out again. Lit too many candles and she was a tad irritated with all the different smells. I'll tell ya, I got tagged on this one. Mother's Day is coming, and I've already sprung for a buffet at a decent place.

JMS/.MN · Apr 24, 2013

Quote: "working with many gals of honey". Wanna "splain that? Anything related to "Minnesota Nice" from when you lived here?

JMS/.MN · Apr 24, 2013

Aren"t there laws against thaT, OR IS THAT JUST REGARDING CATS?

jon f mn · Apr 24, 2013

A week from now she will be used to the smell and won't notice it. You probly need to shampoo everything, carpets, furniture, drapes, the works to get rid of it.

old · Apr 24, 2013

In my house I do 99.99999% of the cooking so that does not hold true very much of the time at least in many homes I know of. Now my dad well he could burn water and even mess up a peanut butter sandwich

old · Apr 24, 2013

Many gal of honey as in extracting the honey from the combs. Then straining it and then putting it up on jars and buckets. Yep we did a lots of 5 gal bucket of honey. A few years ago I found 2 or 3 of those buckets in my parent storage trailer and pulled them out and heated them up and put the honey on gal jars. The buckets would not have lasted much longer since they where getting to the point of almost falling apart.
We never had any bee when we lived in MN but did have a good many in NE

greygoat · Apr 24, 2013

Thanks: "Retired Farmer", Several years ago I
developed Arthritus in my spine..Doctor said I
SHOULD NEVER vacuum as the repetitive motion was
very bad for my spine...Guys ! always remember
this if your wife whines that you should help
vacuum. Whenever my wife asks me to help vacuum, I remind her of "Doctors Orders", But tell her
that i"ll sacrifice my health if she"ll help
mowing or snow blowing, she quiets down then !

Dell (WA) · Apr 24, 2013

AC Parsons.......heres the SIMPLE way to clear the house smells. Gitt some YELLOW sulfur dusting powder from the AG supply part of the hardware store. Set a small ashtray on newspaper in middle of floor. And BURN the sulfur. Simple, eh?

All the perfume in the world won't gitt ridd of the burned smell ...unless... you re-paint the walls. .......smell-less Dell

Dick2 · Apr 24, 2013

Odo-Ban is available at Home Depot, Sam's Club and probably other sources. Comes in a gallon of concentrate; just mix with water according to directions and spray as necessary.

I am chemically sensitive but Odo-Ban does not bother me. It is the most effective odor eliminator that I have found.

Unruh · Apr 24, 2013

We put our honey jar, closed of course, in the dish washer when we run it with dirty dishes. Does a nice job of liquifying it again.

showcrop · Apr 24, 2013

Get some Febreze, it is odor-encapsulating.

frrankmn · Apr 24, 2013

That must be what you do now that you can't buy the actual sulfur candles that were made for eliminating odors. Good to know.

old · Apr 25, 2013

Even that is to hot if you leave it in for the dry cycle. You only need around 120-150 degrees no hotter or it can break down the enzymes in the honey and make the honey not near as good as it is normally

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