"Silvar Beitel" > wrote in message
...
>I made the mistake of thawing a plateful of frozen squid[1] uncovered
> in the refrigerator a few days ago and now the inside smells of fish.
> Apparently strongly enough that my wife's coworkers noticed the smell
> on the Tupperware containers she brought in with her lunch.
>
> So, I've Googled the 'net and absorbed the "wisdom" contained
> therein. Seems like mostly old wives' tales: "I put FOO in my fridge
> to absorb the odors and in a week they were gone!" (Gee, ya think a
> week's worth of opening the doors several times a day might have
> something to do with it?)
>
> Anyway, I'm looking for your opinion. Minimal effort solution
> preferred, of course. My current plan: Heat a plateful of charcoal
> briquettes in the oven to dry them out thoroughly (and drive out any
> aromatics they might have collected while sitting in the garage), then
> put the plate in the fridge. In a week, I hope the odor will be
> gone! :-)
>
> [1] for Rhode Island style "spicy and greasy" calamari, along the
> lines of this:
> http://www.loulies.com/rhode_island_...y_crisp_greasy.
> except my version is not as greasy and uses a variety of peppers to
> limit the heat and add more color. Plus some fried onion rings. Over
> buttered fettucini. Mmmmm.

Take all perishables and put them into a cooler.
Turn the fridge to OFF.
Place a FAN blowing into the fridge and wipe off and clean all surfaces.

Smell comes from odor particulates the only way to get rid of them is to
dilute the number of particulates. Like smoke trapped in drapes after a
fire.

Dimitri