food smells/other scents that remind you of s.p. or ur mom
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:12 pmHELLO OLD & NEW FRIENDS,
WAS RECENTLY TALKING TO SOME NEIGHBORS ABOUT FOODS THAT REMIND US OF OUR CHILDHOOD. IT GAVE ME THE IDEA, TO START A NEW TOPIC, ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MOST OF US LOVE "FOOD"! ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE HOLIDAYS AROUND THE CORNER. SO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND THINK ABOUT THE "SMELLS" THAT BRING YOU BACK, TO THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN WALKING IN THE DOOR OF YOUR HOME, WAS ONE OF THE BEST FEELINGS YOU CAN EVER REMEMBER.
I REMEMBER BEING VERY LITTLE AND STILL LIVING AT 1512 BEACH AVE. SOMEBODY IN THE BUILDING HAD GONE FISHING AND CAUGHT A LARGE AMOUNT OF TUNA. IT WAS DURING LENT. SO YOU KNOW, ALMOST EVERYBODY IN THE BUILDING, HAD FRESH TUNA THAT FOLLOWING FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WHOLE BUILDING SMELLED SO FISHY. I REMEMBER MRS. KATIE SULLIVAN, SAYING THAT ALL THE STRAY CATS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE GOING TO COME TO OUR LOBBY. BUT MY FAVORITE SMELL IS PUMPKIN AND APPLE PIES. BESIDES BEING A SEAMSTRESS, MY MOM WAS AN EXCELLENT COOK & BAKER! ( A TRAIT THAT VINCE/JUNIOR, DINA & I HAVE INHERITED) EVERY YEAR MOM BAKED PIES FOR THANKSGIVING. I DON'T MEAN 2 OR 3. SHE WOULD OPEN THE "FOLDING TABLE" IN THE LIV ROOM AND ROLL OUT 18-20+ PIE SHELLS. THEN BRING IN THE LARGEST POT (STOCK POT) FILLED WITH SOUPY PUMKIN. SHE SAVED EVERY DISPOSABLE PIE TIN, THAT SHE GOT DURING THE YEAR, FROM VISITING RELATIVES, OR WOULD ASK THE NEIGHBORS TO SAVE THEM FOR HER. SO NOW THAT APPLES AND PUMKINS ARE IN SEASON, I SMILE AND THINK ABOUT THE WONDERFUL AROMA, COMING FROM MY MOM'S KITCHEN.
WAS RECENTLY TALKING TO SOME NEIGHBORS ABOUT FOODS THAT REMIND US OF OUR CHILDHOOD. IT GAVE ME THE IDEA, TO START A NEW TOPIC, ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MOST OF US LOVE "FOOD"! ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE HOLIDAYS AROUND THE CORNER. SO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND THINK ABOUT THE "SMELLS" THAT BRING YOU BACK, TO THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN WALKING IN THE DOOR OF YOUR HOME, WAS ONE OF THE BEST FEELINGS YOU CAN EVER REMEMBER.
I REMEMBER BEING VERY LITTLE AND STILL LIVING AT 1512 BEACH AVE. SOMEBODY IN THE BUILDING HAD GONE FISHING AND CAUGHT A LARGE AMOUNT OF TUNA. IT WAS DURING LENT. SO YOU KNOW, ALMOST EVERYBODY IN THE BUILDING, HAD FRESH TUNA THAT FOLLOWING FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WHOLE BUILDING SMELLED SO FISHY. I REMEMBER MRS. KATIE SULLIVAN, SAYING THAT ALL THE STRAY CATS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE GOING TO COME TO OUR LOBBY. BUT MY FAVORITE SMELL IS PUMPKIN AND APPLE PIES. BESIDES BEING A SEAMSTRESS, MY MOM WAS AN EXCELLENT COOK & BAKER! ( A TRAIT THAT VINCE/JUNIOR, DINA & I HAVE INHERITED) EVERY YEAR MOM BAKED PIES FOR THANKSGIVING. I DON'T MEAN 2 OR 3. SHE WOULD OPEN THE "FOLDING TABLE" IN THE LIV ROOM AND ROLL OUT 18-20+ PIE SHELLS. THEN BRING IN THE LARGEST POT (STOCK POT) FILLED WITH SOUPY PUMKIN. SHE SAVED EVERY DISPOSABLE PIE TIN, THAT SHE GOT DURING THE YEAR, FROM VISITING RELATIVES, OR WOULD ASK THE NEIGHBORS TO SAVE THEM FOR HER. SO NOW THAT APPLES AND PUMKINS ARE IN SEASON, I SMILE AND THINK ABOUT THE WONDERFUL AROMA, COMING FROM MY MOM'S KITCHEN.