Favorite food/cooking aromas?

[TastyReuben]

Thinking of typical food and cooking aromas, I’m sure things like bacon frying, or a roast in the oven, or a simmering sauce, would place high on a lot of people’s list of favorites.

I was struck by one I never would have considered. I made devil’s food cupcakes the other day, minus any frosting, and popped them in a plastic container to keep fresh.

I went to pull a couple out the next evening, and when I took the lid off, I was overwhelmed by an intense cocoa/chocolate/sugar smell that was just wonderful - every bit as good as any of those others I listed, which is funny, because I never think of a finished cake as having much of a defining odor to it, apart from the sickly-sweet smell of some frostings.

What about everyone else? What are some of your favorite kitchen aromas?

 

[Cthulhu]

well...for me the aroma that spreads around the house while the Bolgonese lasagna is cooked in the oven is priceless

I'm a salt person, not a sweet one!

 

[Morning Glory]

I'm a salt person, not a sweet one!

Me too. A lot of us here are savoury rather than sweet oriented.

I find the question really difficult to answer. I love the aromas of so many things. In fact I often spend time in the kitchen opening the tops of herb and spice jars, just to sniff them.

 

[Cthulhu]

Me too. A lot of us here are savoury rather than sweet oriented.

I find the question really difficult to answer. I love the aromas of so many things. In fact I often spend time in the kitchen opening the tops of herb and spice jars, just to sniff them.

Me too! what about nutmeg?

 

[Windigo]

The smell of onions and garlic sauteeing makes me feel at home anywhere because almost no good cooking is done without one of those two (imo). I love it when I have a stew on and the aroma spreads through the house. But I actually like cooking smells in general, unless it's fish.

The smell of apple pie baking is also a very nostalgic one, I used to request a specific one every year on my birthday and I still make that one frequently .

 

[garlichead]

Where would I begin, how about everything lol. From taking a prime rib roast out of the oven, to curry simmering on the stove, to the smell of parmesan when it hits hot plate of pasta, to making chimichurri.....blah, blah, blah.

 

[LissaC]

I love the smell of coffee. Whenever I'm preparing my coffee pods I always smell the ground coffee straight from the jar

 

[karadekoolaid]

Onions cooking gently on the stove.
Bacon sizzling in the pan.
Fresh herbs recently plucked from the kitchen garden.
And the smell of unpasteurised Petit Livarot when I open the fridge

 

[Morning Glory]

Me too! what about nutmeg?

Yes, love it. Have you come across tonka beans? This is one spice I find almost too overpowering when sniffing the jar.

 

[Cthulhu]

Yes, love it. Have you come across tonka beans? This is one spice I find almost too overpowering when sniffing the jar.

never heard about it!
maybe because I'm not passionate in pastry, and I red it's used for sweets!

 

[LissaC]

Love the smell of fried onions too!

 

[TastyReuben]

The smell of onions and garlic sauteeing makes me feel at home anywhere because almost no good cooking is done without one of those two (imo).

…and to think, some people wrinkle their nose at the smell of frying onions - I love it!

 

[Morning Glory]

never heard about it!
maybe because I'm not passionate in pastry, and I red it's used for sweets!

I've used it in savoury although it is used more often in desserts. I don't have a sweet tooth at all really.

 

[Cthulhu]

…and to think, some people wrinkle their nose at the smell of frying onions - I love it!

they're disbelievers!

 

[LissaC]

I've used it in savoury although it is used more often in desserts. I don't have a sweet tooth at all really.

Me and the fat in my thighs are envious of you