# How to get rid of urine smell when cooking kidneys? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2015, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-urine-smell-when-cooking-kidneys/729255 "2015-08-29T06:31:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-urine-smell-when-cooking-kidneys/729255/21 "2015-08-30T04:37:06Z")
> [@grude](#): > > My local groceries sometimes have pork kidneys, and they are amazingly cheap. Pardon me for asking but it seems I missed this being mentioned, but where are you exactly? I’m sure pork kidneys would be amazingly cheap if I were to find them in my grocery store, but that’s one thing I don’t recall seeing. It may be available at times, but I haven’t noticed it in the offal section at Jewel or Mariano’s, and I _do_ peruse it from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-urine-smell-when-cooking-kidneys/729255/22 "2015-08-30T04:44:01Z")
If you want fresh kidneys, or even frozen ones, you usually have to ask the butcher for them. IDK how this would work at a big-box grocery store; a butcher shop is a better bet and may even have them in the freezer. An independent shop I sometimes go to has brains, sweetbreads, chicken feet, tripe, etc. in the freezer case. They sell everything that’s legal to sell. I, too have heard of soaking organ meat in milk, or vinegar and water, to remove strong flavors. Grude, aren’t you the guy who lives in Trinidad? ---
**Author:** ![dofe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ba0ec/32.png) [@dofe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dofe)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-urine-smell-when-cooking-kidneys/729255/23 "2015-08-30T06:40:35Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Okay, I am NEVER eating kidneys. Never. I ate kidneys at a chilean barbecue once, and they were . . . not bad ([even good](https://www.google.com/search?q=rinones+asados&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAWoVChMI3bvzupfQxwIVkDaICh3odAHN&biw=1440&bih=838#imgrc=_)). Texture-wise like a cross between liver and foie gras. I have nothing to contribute as to how Grude would get rid of the urine smell, however. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-urine-smell-when-cooking-kidneys/729255/24 "2015-08-30T12:59:30Z")
> [@grude](#): > > LOL I’m not eating them out of poverty or anything, ok the real story is I wanted to make or attempt to make British steak and kidney pie which is usually made with cow kidneys but having no source for those thought I’d try pork kidneys instead. But not wanting to waste time and beef if it tasted like shit I figured I’d see what pork kidneys tasted like by themselves first. > > My food “experiments” are just a source of amusement for me, I’ll try anything EXCEPT feces, and yes there are some native foods from the far north of the globe that have animal feces in them. > > EDIT:My wife has no place to complain really, her culturally loved foods include chicken foot souse and cowheel soup(don’t care for chicken feet, LOVE a good cowheel soup). Having tried calf brains (meh), I’m on your side here. Just messin with ya. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-urine-smell-when-cooking-kidneys/729255/25 "2015-08-30T15:33:37Z")
My grandfather wanted my grandmother to cook kidneys for him and a neighbor and she refused to even have them in the house. She was away one day, came home to find the house absolutely reeking of the worst smell! Grandpa and the neighbor decided to cook up a kidney feast for themselves, and they ate them. She said the next day both of them were deathly sick and vomiting, all day. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-urine-smell-when-cooking-kidneys/729255/26 "2015-08-30T22:02:10Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > My grandfather wanted my grandmother to cook kidneys for him and a neighbor and she refused to even have them in the house. She was away one day, came home to find the house absolutely reeking of the worst smell! Grandpa and the neighbor decided to cook up a kidney feast for themselves, and they ate them. She said the next day both of them were deathly sick and vomiting, all day. Sounds more like food poisoning, not necessarily because they ate kidneys. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-urine-smell-when-cooking-kidneys/729255/27 "2015-08-30T22:24:04Z")
Mmm, kidneys, organs that function primarily to process pee…mmm (Homer Simpson drool). 😋 ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-urine-smell-when-cooking-kidneys/729255/28 "2015-08-30T22:36:56Z")
I have heard the best option is to masturbate and breastfeed simultaneously while cooking your kidneys. > **[Masturbating while breastfeeding](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=598022)** > > I was reading a Nerve.com article on sex and motherhood (I know, I know, my first mistake) and a writer mentioned hearing that breastfeeding while masturbating could be very erotic, so she decided to try it out. If anyone here has tried it, feel... ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-urine-smell-when-cooking-kidneys/729255/29 "2015-08-30T22:52:45Z")
The correct method is to place it in a plastic bag of some sort, seal it tightly… and promptly toss it in the nearest trash bin. There is a reason that it is so cheap. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-urine-smell-when-cooking-kidneys/729255/30 "2015-08-31T05:42:48Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > Do you like urine smell in your milk? Don’t really want to see Nestle’s cartoon character for that one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-urine-smell-when-cooking-kidneys/729255.md?page=1)