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Food odours and neighbours
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millie Posts: 2
Posted On: 4/26/2016
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Hello
We live in an apartment building and are a mid aged couple. We are both Canadian.
I cook for my husband on daily basis.
We really enjoy curry and maybe twice a month I will cook it.
My neighbour who is in her 80s and frail mentioned casually that the smell of curry triggers her asthmatic breathing problems.
I get that this is a food issue but curry is my husbands and I favourite food.
We really enjoy it but as I repeat I cook it no more than twice monthly but obviously there is the strong smell.
We do have a fan in the kitchen but no window.
We both enjoy spicy food and I do cook other spicy food and add spices to that so it gives off an odour and not necessarily curry.
Husband is in his 60s and works hard and at our age we don't have much, apartment life, no pension, he works in a factory, I work in health care part time.
The neighbour has not directly complained to me about any smell, also nobody else on the landing has because it rarely does smell bad but today she has mentioned this.
While I care for her health, I would not want my cooking to trigger any health problem but int he same breath we want our curry.
The walls are thick, old building and concrete, so think it is almost soundproof. Building was built back in the 60s.
The worry is if I make a curry she may complain and our landlord may consider us a nuisance and we may get thrown out.
He will obviously favour the poor 80 plus year old with the health problem.
Please give advice. Should we stop the curry but even if we do ... we still enjoy spicy foods and I use spices maybe twice a week in meals.
There is no window in kitchen but we do have an overhead powerful fan.
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Moderator Moderator Posts: 4142
Posted On: 4/28/2016
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Hello,
Thank you for sharing your situation and question with us.
We can appreciate that you would want to know what your options are in this situation and that you would want to find a suitable solution.
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