Favorite cooking smells

A topic inspired by Brad Olson's family tradition of A Standing Rib Roast on Thanksgiving, nothing smells better IMHO, a roasting Turkey just as good, and a combo of frying bacon and percolating coffee ranks right there, many others, what's yours?

Sausage and peppers at the fair.
 
A good BBQ joint.
 
And yes, I agree, Thanksgiving turkey.

Roasting peppers and frying onions.

Oh, bacon at No. 1. I just wish bacon tasted half as good as it smells while cooking. Coffee, too, and I wish it tasted as good as it smells. A roasting turkey? You bet. Onions cooking. That's a big one for me.

Ditto on bacon.

Hickory smoke is one of my favorites! I also love the smell of fresh brewed coffee, potatoes and onions in the skillet. I'm not too keen on turkey except the crisp browned skin.
 
  David O.

A good Italian Sauce is not a bad thing to smell, while it simmers, maybe taking a crusty piece of bread to dip in it to check for seasoning balance.

The smell of Italian "gravy" spreading through the house on a Sunday...or the smell of baking bread!!

Bacon
Ground beef and onions
Barbecue
Roasted garlic
 
But the best will forever be fresh baked bread. 

Well, I'm an equal opportunity dipper of bread while I have a Sunday gravy going.

Fresh baking bread can't be beat.

At college we were a few blocks from the Stella Dora baking factory----
It was painful when your mind was trying to study.
 
In Brooklyn in the 30's there was a German Bakery on the corner and his Sunday morning baking woke every one up within a mile radius.  And in those days you couldn't go to Communion unless you were fasting from midnight.  That baker was a tool of the devil.
 
I love to wake to the smell of coffeE and/or bacon.  God's in his heaven, all's right with the world.
 
But---------------there will never, ever be anything that could replace the aroma of My Mother's Apple Pie.  What a joy that was.  Oh ! those were the days my friends, those were the days.
 
 

2am mass at the Polish Catholic church (celebrated by Father Budowski - he's in the Guiness Book of Records for giving blood) allowed us to sleep in on Sunday morning. 
 
But, back to the subject: bacon and fresh baked goods are aromas that will always haunt us.
 
Cheers, John 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

For me it's a beef roast... every time I make it according to my grandfather's recipe (rump roast with a pouch of Lipton Onion Soup mix ), it brings me back to when I was a kid going over there for Sunday dinner.
Turkey is a close second.

To sum up what everyone has said----Anything that's ever been cooked in the home with passion by or for people we love smells good---And that also includes Cinnamon Rolls!

Mr Food-B-U
Dear Sir,
My Mother made kidney stew for us 5 kids ----with plenty of passion and with love in her heart, ah yes------but it was the worst smelling stuff you have every smelled.  We opened all the doors and windows, even though it was 10 degrees outside, to get rid of the odor-----------but it remained to haunt us for years and years.  
 
Other than that I would have to agree with you.

Salty John-----what is the Sainted father in Guiness for-----quantity ???
There was a "Printer's Mass" in downtown NY City on Sunday morning ---maybe 2 AM also---can't remember exactly.  It was designed for the guys who got the papers on the streets at 6 in the morning.  Only problem ---with all the guys going to Mass on their way home after a night on the town it often smelled like a brewery, and 1/2 the congregation slept through most of the ceremony. 

Ancient One, you beat me to Mom's Apple Pie!
However You didn't beat me to a leg of Lamb with plenty of fresh garlic roasting

OK CTF -----lets go outside and have a race---who beats who wins.  I built a model house and was told by the realtor that the easiest way to sell was to put on a pot of coffee and bake an apple pie. 
 
Didn't sell many houses but I made a damn good living selling apple pie and coffee. 

SeamusD


For me it's a beef roast... every time I make it according to my grandfather's recipe (rump roast with a pouch of Lipton Onion Soup mix ), it brings me back to when I was a kid going over there for Sunday dinner.
Turkey is a close second.

SeamusD,
I am cooking a beef roast as we speak that I use to put into pot pies with veggies, gravy and lots of sharp cheddar. All topped with a puff pastry shell. It is intoxicating in here right now.

the ancient mariner


OK CTF -----lets go outside and have a race---who beats who wins.  I built a model house and was told by the realtor that the easiest way to sell was to put on a pot of coffee and bake an apple pie. 

Didn't sell many houses but I made a damn good living selling apple pie and coffee. 

MY Wife was a Realtor. She advised clients to put some cinnamon sticks in a pot of water and warm it up on the stove. It Works!

the ancient mariner


OK CTF -----lets go outside and have a race---who beats who wins.  I built a model house and was told by the realtor that the easiest way to sell was to put on a pot of coffee and bake an apple pie. 

Didn't sell many houses but I made a damn good living selling apple pie and coffee. 

MY Wife was a Realtor. She advised clients to put some cinnamon sticks in a pot of water and warm it up on the stove. It Works!

So mr Food-B-U your one of those guys, send your poor wife
out to work while you sit watching football.  By the way,
I would not have made big bucks selling soggy cinnamon sticks.
Come to think of it, I never make big bucks at anything I did.
Say La Vee.

the ancient mariner


So mr Food-B-U your one of those guys, send your poor wife
out to work while you sit watching football.  By the way,
I would not have made big bucks selling soggy cinnamon sticks.
Come to think of it, I never make big bucks at anything I did.
Say La Vee.

That was back in the 70's. She's now functioning as a Professional Nagger! 

Wintem01

SeamusD


For me it's a beef roast... every time I make it according to my grandfather's recipe (rump roast with a pouch of Lipton Onion Soup mix ), it brings me back to when I was a kid going over there for Sunday dinner.
Turkey is a close second.

SeamusD,
I am cooking a beef roast as we speak that I use to put into pot pies with veggies, gravy and lots of sharp cheddar. All topped with a puff pastry shell. It is intoxicating in here right now.

That sounds awesome. If I still lived in Columbus, I'd have to invite myself over for the final product.