Potentially a stupid question but....

I know birds cannot eat garlic.

But can they be affected by the fumes a body produces if a person eats a lot (like 2 bulbs worth) of garlic?

The reason I'm asking is because I'm craving a Spanish recipe called pollo Al ajio... A simple recipe of bone in chicken legs, olive oil, white wine bay leaves stock and. 2bulbs of garlic that's simmered down until thick and creamy and the garlic is mushy. But I don't want to put albie at risk if it can in any way affect him.

So glad for the anonymity of a forum!

I often wonder about fumes in the air when cooking really strongly scented/spicy foods but 2 cloves is nothing ---I've done that around Noodles many many times. I definitely don't think you need to worry about smelling like it yourself.

noodles123 said:

I often wonder about fumes in the air when cooking really strongly scented/spicy foods but 2 cloves is nothing ---I've done that around Noodles many many times. I definitely don't think you need to worry about smelling like it yourself.

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I don't mean 2 cloves, I really do mean 2 whole bulbs x

Oh gotcha--- I am sure that when we have visited my parents house, my dad has made something with that much garlic in it. I would not worry about your odor so much as the strength of cooking odors in the house. I wouldn't have my bird in the same room if simmering something SUPER fragrant for a long period of time, but my dad has made some VERY pungent foods on our visits and I just generally close off Noodles' room and run the air filter if it seems like it is getting super strong

I've cooked upwards of 5 cloves in recipes at a time multiple times with no issue, but that's as close as I've gotten to 2 bulbs.

Well, you have clearly hit upon a true method of assuring Social Distancing!

As my good friends above commented on, spices that release aroma during cooking are carried by steam into the room /home, but they are not sticky in their structure. Hence, do not become trapped in the Air Sacks (lungs) and tend to flow back out much like humidity in the air.

Regarding their Feathers, there is likely a chance of a limited build-up on their feathers. At most they will have a very slight aroma of your sauce. With the first active fluff of their Feathers, the light dust falls to the floor. An, extensive build-up will be shed after a good plain water bath.

Enjoy the sauce!

Noodles smells like a curry 70% of the time lol. Poor gal! It's like the smell of a fresh box of tissues mixed with curry powder. You know how Kleenexes have a smell (not the ones with added lotion...just standard tissues....) It's kind of odd.

I absolutely love this particular dish, my great gran (the one who passed away) taught me how to make it, because you braise the garlic in wine and stock it comes out like butter and it's sweet and garlicky

But I didn't want to make it incase it would hurt albie in some way.

The biggest concern (in my humble opinion) is when a bunch of oil gets heated up with all of that stuff. That is what worries me more (just because oil has a different structure---and I am probably too paranoid about it). Like I said, Noodles has survived some very potent dishes but I do take extra precautions if there is a lot of oil involved. I almost always open the windows when cooking heavily spiced foods.

noodles123 said:

The biggest concern (in my humble opinion) is when a bunch of oil gets heated up with all of that stuff. That is what worries me more (just because oil has a different structure---and I am probably too paranoid about it). Like I said, Noodles has survived some very potent dishes but I do take extra precautions if there is a lot of oil involved. I almost always open the windows when cooking heavily spiced foods.

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Great question!!!

Oil even in boiling water does not become hot enough to (in volume) mist with the steam. The important 'words' here are: In Volume. Regularly boiling of water with oil -- with time it begin to show-up on surfaces. That would likely require a daily boiling and not cleaning for a month to develop a light sticky surface. Note, the volume of this sticky surface will be found very close to the range and reduces quickly as one moves away from the range. This due to the heavier natural of oil mist and the lighter structure of water (humidity /stream).

Yet another reason to keep the Parrot out of the Kitchen, as a general precaution, plus they are very insistent in commenting on one's cooking style, per Madam Boats!


FYI: Cooking in oil creates a light to heavy smoke that can lift and stick to near everything. The effects of cooking with oil shows up within a couple of days. Move the Parrot away from the Kitchen. As before, the heavier nature of oil causes it to fall out of the air sooner.

I don't Cook with him in the kitchen, too many hazards to give me a heart attack having him fly about! And. I cook with my back door open and the living roo. Door shut.

Two bulbs a lot? I use so much, I buy it peeled! In large bags! Costco carries a US grown brand! I just made up a bunch of broccoli rab, I used about four bulbs! That’s about three meals for me!

Flboy said:

Two bulbs a lot? I use so much, I buy it peeled! In large bags! Costco carries a US grown brand! I just made up a bunch of broccoli rab, I used about four bulbs! That’s about three meals for me!

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I use loads of garlic in my daily cooking and 2 bulbs is the minimum, typically its 1 bulb per person and there's only 2 of us fir 1 meal...therr are never leftovers!