Odor permeability of buttercreams

[arriba!]

I know how readily buttercreams absorb odors and wondered if making buttercream while cooking pungent food(or really anything for that matter)is a bad idea in a home kitchen with barely there overhead exhaust? I can open windows for better ventilation if necessary but working on supper and buttercream just didn't seem like a good idea. Any opinions?

[K8memphis]

I don't think random cooking smells in the kitchen will meld with buttercream in my experience. I mean if you are smoking salmon or something yeah maybe pick another day to make your buttercream.

In the frige the smells will attack for sure.

[arriba!]

Thanks K8. I learned the hard way about smells during refrigeration when I carelessly covered some of that heavenly PH lemon cream--not a buttercream, I know, but several bites were dEFINITELY off and I don't want to re-visit that horror!!