Smoke

Trevor was in charge of making dinner tonight.  Things didn't exactly go as planned.
It got a little, well actually really, really smoky!

 

He followed the recipe perfectly.  No, seriously he did.  It was a recipe for stuffed flank steak, and pre cooking part it looked delicious.  It was a pressure cooker recipe.  This is where it went wrong.  It said to cook it on high for 30 minutes.  Patrick thought that sounded long for the pressure cooker, but double checked what the recipe said.   The house quickly filled with smoke, so they stopped it early.  The steak was obviously over cooked.  We told him these things happen and jumped into the  car to buy fast food.

 

When we got home the smoke smell (even with fans on and doors & windows open) was horrible!!  I started reading about some ways to get the smoke smell out of the house.  The two things I decided to do are : put charcoal on plates in a few places around the house to absorb the smell.  The other thing I decided to try in to place a few pans of vinegar around the house to absorb the smell as well.  I also soaked a dish towel in vinegar, then rung out the excess and then hung it on a fan blade in the living room.  After the kids go to bed I'm going to super clean with more vinegar. 

 

Hopefully the smoke smell will be gone soon.

 

*We are going to try the recipe again tomorrow, this time in the oven.