# Help me get fishy smell off casserole dish

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 16, 2005, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-fishy-smell-off-casserole-dish/335852 "2005-12-16T02:44:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-fishy-smell-off-casserole-dish/335852/1 "2005-12-16T02:44:56Z")

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I have taken to baking fish in a large rectangular casserole dish that I have. What happens is, the smell kind of sticks around in the dish later even after I’ve scrubbed the thing several times. Maybe I’m dreaming the impossible dream to think there’s some magical way to get it off and I’ll have to get another one for non-fishy baking.

Does anybody have any tips or remedies for this?

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**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-fishy-smell-off-casserole-dish/335852/2 "2005-12-16T02:52:47Z")

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You might try running a wedge of lemon around the fishy odor. That helps with some things. You could even let the juice sit for a while. Or maybe you could try “baking in” another odor. (I don’t know if you can bake in the lemon juice.)

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**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-fishy-smell-off-casserole-dish/335852/3 "2005-12-16T02:55:32Z")

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Fill w/ hot water and either bleach or ammonia, leave to soak overnight. Rinse well.

NEVER COMBINE BLEACH AND AMMONIA EVER.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-fishy-smell-off-casserole-dish/335852/4 "2005-12-16T13:42:06Z")

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Scrub with vinegar and/or baking soda. Leave overnight.

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-fishy-smell-off-casserole-dish/335852/5 "2005-12-16T19:01:57Z")

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I was in the store the other day and saw a spray for just this sort of thing. I believe it was called “F.D.S.”

d&r

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**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-fishy-smell-off-casserole-dish/335852/6 "2005-12-19T02:34:28Z")

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Thanks so much for the advice, people.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-fishy-smell-off-casserole-dish/335852/7 "2005-12-19T09:42:22Z")

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I sometimes get this with my cast iron pan; my solution is to cook something mildly savoury (but non-fishy) in it, like a vegetable risotto. Typically this intermediate dish won’t noticeably acquire any of the fishy aroma, whereas something like sweet pancakes would.

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-fishy-smell-off-casserole-dish/335852/8 "2005-12-19T15:59:51Z")

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I’m now haunted by this TV voice from the era of 13 channels, saying

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> We’re going to give this plastic bowl something that will last forever. Fish odor! \<2-foot long fish plops into bowl\> Wouldn’t you rather have a bowl that will last forever? \<8 minute commercial for set of several nested steel bowls\> …but that’s not all! Order now and you’ll get…