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The “Question of the Week” for last week was: “What’s a smell that instantly takes you back to childhood?”
Following are the responses: Hal McBride - “The smell of fresh mown grass in the morning damps.”
Ariel Smith Treece* “Cigarette smoke. I used to sit with my Daddy on the porch and talk about the stars and the mysteries of the universe. He passed when I was 13 and the smell of cigarettes in night air always makes me think of him and smile” Shannon Schlotterbeck* “Machine shop solvents and cleaners take me back to my family’s machine shop when I was a kid. Good memories of my uncle and my grandpa who are no longer here. The scent of baking cinnamon rolls takes me back to my great grandma’s kitchen… I miss her, too.”
Kim Rogers* - “Spearmint gum. My Great grandmother always had a piece in her mouth and a package in her apron pocket.”
Kandy Bahr-Marks* “Cinnamon rolls. My mom put them on the floor furnace to rise. The taste of Doritos and Pepsi take me back to the skating rink that was ran by my Aunt Betty & Uncle Bob Bahr.”
Kim Gorman* - “The smell of grease in a mechanics garage, takes me to Grandpa’s garage. The taste of Dr. Pepper takes me to the Laundromat” Amber Young Valentine* - “The smell of black concrete, like they have at amusement parks always makes me think of my childhood” Angela Williams* - “Burning grass. My favorite time of year, burning pastures with my folks.”
Waylon Stitt Davidson* “The milk house at the dairy farm to get fresh milk from the chiller tank tap.”
Rick Barb Stout* - “Suntan oil that smelled like coconut” Sherie Layton* - “Tar. My father was a roofer. He would bring home pieces of tar for us to chew on. Also the ocean because he made surfboards on the side.”
Tricia Koop* - “Sherie Layton, chew on tar? Was it good?”
Sherie Layton* - “As kids it was. And it was cleaner then. Dad said it helped clean or teeth. I tried it in my 20’s. Not so good.”
Susan Richling* - “Carpet rolls and Formica glue!”
Susan Epperson* - “The outhouse lol” Don Pennington* - “Susan Epperson Howd I forget that?”
Carla Green Deniston* “Iris’s bc of May-day flower baskets with Iris’s we used to make in Sunday school class and then go and hang them on peoples doors.”
Vera Jones* - “Carla Green Deniston, It was also fun to hide in the bushes and watch them come and get their little goodies.”
Carla Green Deniston* - “Vera Jones, yes!! We did that too” Darla Hampton* - “Pig poop! We raised pigs growing up.”
Parker Day* - “I was gonna say this because of Bellars Farm! Growing up being neighbors plus the smell would blow with the wind toward the school even worse during track season” Darla Hampton* - “Parker Day, my Dad always said it smelled like money!”
Parker Day* - “Haha omg same!”
Monica Jeaneen Ashdown* - “My dad always smelled like cigarettes and cool water cologne mixed together” Tara Boyer* - “Monica Jeaneen Ashdown, drakkar, my favorite cologne. But my favorite scent is cucumber melon or honeydew.”
Don Pennington* - “Spent shotgun shells.”
Amber Garrett-Irvin* “Red Door by Elizabeth Arden. It always reminds me of those hugs from Grandma.”
Buddy Stitt* - “Antique car thats been sitting. And old cellars” Moriah Gillespie* - “Wood burning stove in the winter time” Laura Bartholomew* “fresh turned soil or coco butter” Shelly Bills* - “The smell of fresh cut alfalfa” Misty Arie* - “The smell of lilac because back home we used to have a lilac bush that sit out in the backyard” Kelly Kirkpatrick* - “My moms old lady perfume from Avon. I believe it was a musk. The smell burned my eyeballs out of my head.”
Carla Green Deniston* “Kelly Kirkpatrick, my little had a bottle of Charlie and it stunk and always triggered my headaches! Lol! I meant to say my little SISTER! lol!”
Sue Ellen Wenthe* - “The smell of a beef roast cooking. My mom made the best!”
Avery McLean* - “Campfire” Heather Houchin* - “Avery McLean, aww, your dad always made the best fires Avery!! Anytime I sit around a fire I reminisce of sitting at a fire listening to whiskey myers with your family and the girls!”
Michele Seeley* - “Fresh baked bread and simmering homemade applebutter, memories of my mother and paternal grandmother.”
Mary Barnes* - “A Kansas cedar tree. We always had one at Christmas time.”
Rodger Kraft* - “Gear oil and vp racing fuel smell.”
Tricia Koop* - “Chicken frying.”
Marsha Laderach Yoakum* - “Fresh hay.”
Jordan Ring* - “Wild sage” Matthew Wilson* - “Bactine” Francie Gee* - “The smell of fried chicken. My Momma cooked it, and so did my Grandma’s. Oooh so good!!”
Msrjorie Morgan* - “Alfalfa” Merry Barrentine* “Pine trees” Do you have a recommendation for the “Question of the Week” please send it to Robin at news@eurekaherald. com, or stop by 822 E. River St., Ste 100, in Eureka.
