herbs like rosemary, thyme, and roasted chicken!
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herbs like rosemary, thyme, and roasted chicken!
Frying bacon and anything in the smoker have got to top my list.
On the negative side, however, is a strange one. About 8.5 years ago, I developed an allergy to eggs, which runs in my family. Prior to that, I ate lots of eggs (probably a dozen a week) fixed in various ways. Since the discovery of my allergy, I now can’t stand the smell of eggs frying. Makes my stomach turn, and I used to enjoy that very smell. Even if bacon grease is used to scramble eggs, they don’t cancel out—the egg smell overwhelms the bacon smell and repulses me.
Tough to narrow that down, there isn't much that has already been mentioned that wouldn't be on my top 25, 50 or 100 list. But...if i had to pick one only...maybe fresh crushed garlic hitting a pan of hot butter & olive oil. That just says "something really good is on the way"!!
Almost too many to list
Indoors: Bacon, Coffee, Pot Roast, Bread
Outdoors: Pretty much anything on the grille. Burgers on the Weber is a classic smell, as is Brisket on the Big Green Egg.
For Christmas, I make "Smells of Christmas." I take a large stockpot, and add cinnamon sticks, dried oranges, tangerine, lemons, nutmeg, grapefruit skins (small pieces), vanilla and whole cloves. Add water, bring to a simmer, and it smells like Christmas.
My mothers macaroni and cheese. My dad used to go to a Kiwanis dinner meeting and my mom would make macaroni and cheese using Kraft Old English cheese. We would eat while watchingCarol Burnet.
Kraft Old English came in a brick like Velveeta but it more like cheddar. Sadly,Kraft stopped selling it in the US. I think maybe they still sell it in Canada but only wholesale. Sysco shows it on their website. I need to cultivate a business owner in canada willing to buy the cheese and ship it to me. That’s a lot of moving parts.
I recently started making a Hungarian goulash. Oh, good golly, does that smell good when it's simmering on the stove! It's like a plussed-up beef stew. Here's the recipe video if anyone is interested:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmvLyGMy9Wo&t=682s
I really like this guy. He's a New Yorker who demonstrates how to make the Italian-American food he grew up eating.
I remember when I was a kid, 6 or so, my parents cooked a load of crabs one day and it stunk the house up so bad I couldnt be inside. It was during a heavy summer rainstorm. I sat on the front porch for 8 hrs to avoid it.
I was waiting for someone else to bring up NOT favorites. During the time that I was the live in building maintenance guy in a community center, a group held a soul food dinner and made chitterlings. I had to vacate for several days.
Boiling chicken for Brunswick Stew today – the aroma got me thinking about favorite cooking smells.:) Baking bread is a classic, but I'm all about the sizzle of garlic, the earthy herbs, and the rich scent of simmering soup. What's your go-to kitchen fragrance?
Brunswick GA had their Stewbilee yesterday. I understand there is a bit of a controversy about the origins and the recipe.