Best Kitchen Smells

[Chris_H_2]

For me, it’s a tie.

- sautéing garlic in olive oil
- baking bread, usually around the 25-minute mark (Reid would appreciate that)

What you got?

[E.H. Ruddock]

Bacon cooking

[washing machine]

That bread smell is second only to the popping sound the crust makes for the first half hour it's out of the oven.

-chili that's been simmering while you've been outside doing chores on a cold day
-pan fried lumpia
-citrus peeled with a channel knife for cocktails while cooking

[wease]

Ruddo and Chris both nailed it.

Although, I do enjoy the smell of coffee brewing.

[Orpheus]

Lemon zest right after it's grated

Any sort of spiced bread/cake in the oven

[Bammer]

Scrambled eggs hands down.

[knee tunes]

Scrambled eggs hands down.

[knee tunes]

For me, it’s a tie.

- sautéing
garlic & ONION in olive oil

[washing machine]

Consider a shallot

[96583UP]

For me, it’s a tie.

- sautéing garlic in olive oil

[B]

Buttered popcorn

[spike]

Buttered popcorn

under normal circumstances, this would be a movie theater smell, not a kitchen smell. but, well.

[dad]

going along with others...

sauteed garlic and onions

coffee

bread

additionally: ham, cookies, cakes, and pies.

[B]

Buttered popcorn

under normal circumstances, this would be a movie theater smell, not a kitchen smell. but, well.

Movie theater butter's probably better, but my wife made popcorn the other day with real butter and it smelled awesome.

[Chris_H_2]

Bacon cooking

i'm all of this. but the problem is that it never goes away. i love it, but i don't love hearing from my vegetarian wife.

[Orpheus]

You think its bad for humans, apparently dogs smell it at full strength for something like the next 24 hours.

[spike]

agreed that bacon smell gets downgraded for lingering

[tragabigzanda]

from the ashes of tonkotsu

[Chris_H_2]

Rosemary

oh my, yes.

[doug rr]

i don't even know what to add to the list as they're all great...maybe ground sausage frying with fennel