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47. Nope. We were a big familie in a family of big families. We ate pirigi's often. ...

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 05:36 PM

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... Mock goulash, stuffed peppers, stuffed cabbage; spaghetti on Fridays, roast chuck or fried chicken or chicken paprikash on Sunday.

My favorite of all food smells came from the Westside Market in winter. They would hang canvas to cut the wind and burn the crates the vegetables came in. Banana's were $.10 or less a pound. We lived about 10 blocks away, we'd go every Saturday.

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The sense of smell stirs the greatest memory. What is your favorite Christmas smell.? Mine is cinnamon. [View all] debm55 Thursday OP

The smell of the tree Mad_Dem_X Thursday #1

Thank you Mad_Dem_X. Was there a special Christmas tree smell you liked? debm55 Thursday #2

Just the smell of the pine. :) Mad_Dem_X Friday #27

Stuffing, turkey & tree SheltieLover Thursday #3

Thank you very much SheltieLover for sharing the smells that bring back your memories. debm55 Thursday #12

Evergreens. Ocelot II Thursday #4

Thank you very much, Ocelot II for sharing with us. Love those smells debm55 Thursday #11

Grandpa Whyisthisstillclose Thursday #5

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Mine is Ginger, justaprogressive Thursday #6

Thank you very much, justaprogressive. I want to cry. That is so nice for posting the recipes for us. You are wonderful. debm55 Thursday #9

Just some work I'd already done... justaprogressive Thursday #13

Sugar cookies MustLoveBeagles Thursday #7

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I See, well then justaprogressive Thursday #14

Wow 😲 MustLoveBeagles Thursday #19

the smell of the tree. the turkey quietly cooking for hours . and the dressing. psst close the door AllaN01Bear Thursday #15

Thank you very much, Bear. HAHHAHAHHha debm55 Thursday #20

Pine tree smell, I have Christmas candles Tree Lady Thursday #16

Oh that smell is wonderful. thank you very much Tree Lady. debm55 Thursday #21

The tree smell.... electric_blue68 Thursday #17

Thank you very much, electric_blue68 Love your choices, Now sing that carol debm55 Thursday #22

🎵🎶 "Deck the Halls with.." electric_blue68 Friday #24

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Love The Smell & Taste Of Cinnamon, Too ProfessorGAC Thursday #18

Thank you ProfessorGAC, Did you try to get a patent for it. It sounds delightful debm55 Thursday #23

While I Was Still There... ProfessorGAC Friday #25

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Cooked goose. OLDMDDEM Friday #26

OLDMDDEM , thank you very much for your post. I love the smell of cooked goose and the raspberry sauce on top. debm55 Friday #39

Gingerbread cookies C_U_L8R Friday #28

Thank you very much C_U_L8R.for sharing with us. I can right now while reading your post smell the gingerbread cookies. debm55 Friday #40

Anise Bmoboy Friday #29

Thank you very much, Bmoboy, I love Anise pizzelies debm55 Friday #41

mmmm... Pizzelles C_U_L8R Friday #42

My Grandma made Springerle Anise cookies Bmoboy Friday #46

In the fifties when my mother, grandmother and Mrs Wagner would take over the kitchen and make several hundred ... marble falls Friday #30

Oh wow, marble falls. What a wonderful array of food smells. Did they make the pirogis for a church group? I like the debm55 Friday #44

Nope. We were a big familie in a family of big families. We ate pirigi's often. ... marble falls Friday #47

Wow, thank you marble falls. Is it still there? Your foods sound like mine. But were is the Haluska? debm55 Friday #48

Absolutely. But it's filled now with ironic hipsters and gentrifiers. They drove out my favorite restaurant, the ... marble falls Friday #49

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Gingerbread and sugar cookies. The warm pine smell from candles. Polly Hennessey Friday #31

Thank you so much , Polly Hennessey. The smells you selected say Christmas. debm55 Friday #36

Pine from the tree that my dad chopped down and mom's brown sugar Christmas cookies baking. catbyte Friday #32

Thank you very much for sharing with us. catbyte. Pine and fresh cookies baking are the ultimate smells of debm55 Friday #35

Pine from the Christmas tree. Itchinjim Friday #33

Thank you very much for sharing with us, Itchinjim. That is a very unique smell. I wish I could enjoy it, but it gives debm55 Friday #34

Pine sap and the smell of baking gingerbread. Aristus Friday #43

Thank you Aristus. for your selections. I can't do the pine anymore as it gives me migraines but I can do the freshly debm55 Friday #45

Wassail in a Crockpot. Sneederbunk Friday #51

Thank you Sneederbunk.Yummy debm55 Friday #52

I got a cinnamon smelling decoration for my grandmother applegrove Friday #53

Thank you applegrove. That was very kind of you. debm55 Friday #54