I couldn’t not talk about vanilla, one of the most ubiquitous spices. Its extract can be used in cakes, cookies, pies, cupcakes etc., but also with meat, shellfish and fish. There are many varieties of vanilla, but Mexican, Tahitian, Indonesian and Bourbon (not related to the liquor) are the main ones. Vanilla originated in the …
Okay, so this is another ick for a letter. But other than ugli fruit, with which I am not familiar, I couldn’t come up with something beginning with U of any great significance and with a distinct odor. Urine isn’t something people normally talk about, but physicians look at it for content (red and white …
Not a lot of people like the smell of tar. I could have chosen thyme or tarragon (like anise!) or any number of other herbs, flowers etc., but tar is the first thing that came to mind. To me, it has a sharp clean smell and is related to the sea and sailing, one of …
Betcha no one is going to pick sweat for the S! I actually like the smell of well-earned sweat and particularly that of a man. There is something rather sexy about it. Or maybe I’m weird. Sweating or perspiration or diaphoresis is the production of fluid by two types of glands in the skin of …
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I’ll bet you didn’t think rain has a smell, but I’ve always smelled something delightful with a fresh rain. There is a word, petrichor, derived from the Greek (petra, meaning rock, + ichor, meaning fluid that flows in the veins of gods), for the scent of rain on dry earth. Now two Australian scientists, in …
Thanks for stopping by! Quince jelly was a staple in both of my grandmother’s homes. I liked its taste, sort of like pear or apple, but only lately have learned about the fruit the jelly is made from. A quince is a highly fragrant fruit, depending on where it is grown and the species, with …
I love the smell of onions cooking. It makes me feel homey and strangely peaceful, not sure why. Onions figure into almost all of my main dishes, and I miss them when they’re not there. The best smell of onion is when our grass is being mowed. Our lawn is seeded with them, so along …
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I love peaches and had never eaten a nectarine until I was in my 30s. A nectarine is basically just a fuzzless peach, the fuzzy skin governed by a single allele of their genome. Nectarines are slightly smaller and supposedly a little more aromatic than peaches, and I’m transported by the ripe smell of both. …
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Thanks to everyone visiting my blog! Coming from New England, I have to have maple syrup around: it is one of life’s wondrous staples and I love its smell. There are lots of imitations out there, Mrs. Butterworth’s for example, but nothing beats the real stuff. Maple syrup is made from the sap of the …
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