{"id":595452,"date":"2026-09-09T23:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T23:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/595452\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T23:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T23:16:14","slug":"why-does-microwaving-fish-smell-so-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/595452\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does microwaving fish smell so bad?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">This breakdown often sends lots of small molecules into the air, which means they are more easily smelled. That\u2019s one reason fishes with higher fat content (such as salmon or mackerel) generally have stronger smells and flavours when you cook them. This chemical process can <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jsfa.1311\" class=\"underline-brand-hover visited:text-foreground-secondary hover:visited:text-foreground-primary\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">smell quite delicious<\/a>, as is the case for many <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.foodres.2022.111385\" class=\"underline-brand-hover visited:text-foreground-secondary hover:visited:text-foreground-primary\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">meats<\/a> when they undergo the same processes during cooking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This breakdown often sends lots of small molecules into the air, which means they are more easily smelled.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[111,139,69,147],"class_list":["post-595452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}