My wife is getting things ready for a women’s retreat at Lake Whitney. She just sautéed some bell peppers and onion for a breakfast casserole. That smell has spread through the whole house and leaves my mouth watering. I would love a huge plate of fajitas right now. There are so many food smells that trigger a reaction for me. On the good side are the aforementioned peppers and onions but also, baking bread, coffee brewing, and bacon frying. On the bad side there’s tuna casserole and salmon patties. What cooking smells do you love and dislike?
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Very few things beat the aroma of fajitas, to be sure.
One thing I always look forward to in the fall is making chili. When you're cooking it, you acclimate to the smell rather quickly. I always make it a point to go outside.....rake the leaves, something....so that when I go back in the house the smell will hit me and I will become very happy.
Another smell that I really look forward is that first whiff of fat rendering down from ribs onto the coals on the PBC. It's unique and, oh so wonderful!
(I can absolutely agree with you on the tuna casserole, yuck.....but salmon patties? Can we meet halfway and agree on crab cakes?)
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Peppers and onions cooking are definitely a trigger for me. It doesn’t matter if there’s fajita spices, chili spices, or just olive oil and garlic. Yummmmy.
My wife loves beets, and their smell literally makes me nauseous. My dad loved liver and onions, and I hate that smell, too.Comment
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Black beans and smoked sausage cooking in the oven in a Romertopf clay cooker. Cooking french onion soup. Garlic bread sticks in the air fryer. Chili cooking using chunks of smoked chuck roast.Comment
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Bacon and toast in the morning.
So your wife is headed to a retreat, that would not be a quilting retreat, would it ?
My wife is gone to a " quilting camp " , she no longer calls them retreats.Comment
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A book club retreat... so do they have a specific book they are all supposed to have read and then they talk about it? Or they share their feelings about different books? So it's not a specific 'agenda' or what?
I thnk we need a beer drinkers retreat. And then a whiskey drinkers retreat. And THEN a WHISKY drinkers retreat. Different from whiskey drinkers.
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realdocBBQ Oh it’s about one book that they’ve read. This one was evidently a real tear jerker. They also have a wine tasting ie they drink some wine. They have a pot luck dinner and breakfast casseroles for breakfast. It’s a two day no holds barred estrogen fest. I fish which can include all the things you’ve mentioned. -
My wife and her "book club" do an event every month, I ALWAYS get roped into cooking the main dish. One doest eat anything but boneless fish or chicken, so when I did brisket, I set out a 10 piece chicken mcnugget for her, lol.
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Lots of good choices above but I’ll add in the smell of making a big batch of chicken stock on a cold day.Comment
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The smell of my Mom's tomato sauce is pure heaven. Used to be able to smell it down the block when she made up a pot. It's one of my favorite recipes to make now.
I've got a Dutch oven full of drunken beans baking right now. It smells amazing and I'm reminded that it's lunch time.
I also happen to be one of the weirdos who like liver and onions.
I hate the smell of overcooked Brussels sprouts and cauliflower.Comment
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Gag on the liver and onions, but it is mostly a psychological block. The first meal I was ever served (and had to eat because we were starving) in the Army was cold, fried liver and onions and cold French fries. It was at 3 AM when we got to Ft. Bliss, so there were no other options. Been blocked ever since.
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OK, I’m a sick, puppy, but this just forced its way into my head:
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Love the fatastic smell after bringing in a brisket that has been smoked to perfection, then finished in a faux cambro for at least a couple of hours. Wrapped in foil, full of jiuce, open that baby up, and it fills the kitchen with incredible aroma in just a matter of minutes, attracting a large crowd from the rest of the house.
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The smell of apples and cinnamon takes me back to childhood at my Mamaw & Papaws house as she made Wassail on the stove. Also while not a food, the smell of Hoppes #9, wet pine needles, and coffee reminds me of deer camp with my father as a very young boy. Finally, the smell of fried chicken, hot dish, tatertot casserole, and smoked chicken reminds me of oh so many Sunday covered dish dinners after church.Comment
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Thought this was gonna be a Skynyrd thread
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Great idea for a thread Oak Smoke !
Garlic and onions is one, but also the Trinity (onion + celery + green pepper) and mirepoix (onion + celery + carrot), or just onion & celery. The latter especially makes me think "Thanksgiving"
I also love the aroma of just-popped popcorn, virtually any smoked meat when it's first unveiled to get ready to serve, and, of course, bacon in pretty much any format. Just this morning we had BLTs from bacon I smoked in the pellet rig... SO good.Comment
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Onions and Garlic followed closely by Onions and Peppers. Baking Bread and the more yeast smell the better. Properly seasoned beef and porkComment
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Making a roux and sautéed onions. Reminds me of Thanksgiving when my Mom would start making the gravy.Comment
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