What are the natural smells that really hit you in a positive way?

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For me it's the smell of a rose or new leather.  ::D:: 

eddie wrote:

Cass wrote:

coffee yuck but BACON????? YYOU HEATHEN......pfft

Bacon tastes a bit blah, but smells divine. It promises but doesn't deliver.
I'd rather have smoked salmon.

I'd have both

Cass wrote:

eddie wrote:

Bacon tastes a bit blah, but smells divine. It promises but doesn't deliver.
I'd rather have smoked salmon.

I'd have both

Greedy!!    xxx

I can accept that, what I don't get is bacon with pancakes and maple syrup

feelthelove wrote:

eddie wrote:

Ooh absolutely FTL!! Though if I drank champagne at breakfast I'd be asleep by lunchtime  ::drnkpst:: 

Hey, everyone needs a nap now and then!!! x

Love a nap!  
God I'm getting old.   

feelthelove wrote:

Cass wrote:

I'd have both

Greedy!!    xxx

I can accept that, what I don't get is bacon with pancakes and maple syrup

bacon on a toasted teacake yummy.....

feelthelove wrote:

Cass wrote:

I'd have both

Greedy!!    xxx

I can accept that, what I don't get is bacon with pancakes and maple syrup

me either....that's icky.....my pancakes or better yet French toast has to be on a completely separate plate....

Picky, picky...guys bacon goes with anything...even maple syrup.

Original Quill wrote:Picky, picky...guys bacon goes with anything...even maple syrup.

ESPECIALLY with that.

http://www.smokestack.net/

Bacon is so full of crap I just don't really eat it, I don't like it enough to put that amount of crap into my body.

I'm a bit of a health freak if I'm honest.

I just don't get the sweet and savoury thing It's amazing what people will eat for breakfast  ::D::  x

Eddie, I only like lean back bacon, the fat

Dictionery wrote:
sa·vor·y
1 [sey-vuh-ree] Show IPA
adjective, sa·vor·i·er, sa·vor·i·est.
1. pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
2. piquant: a savory jelly.
3. pleasing, attractive, or agreeable.
noun, plural sa·vor·ies.
4. British . an aromatic, often spicy course or dish served either as an appetizer or as a dessert, as pickled fish or brandied fruit.

OK, I guess I understand the issue.  In America, esp. southern, bacon is often cured with sugar.  Wonderful with syrup.

roll mop herrings....thats PICKLED herring

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You know...in vinegar

Henry VIII used to love eels, out of the Thames. That's what got him so fat.

Victor is evil, pure evil  

Not eels, a surfeit of Lampreys.So it says in the history books.

nicko wrote:Not eels, a surfeit of Lampreys.So it says in the history books.

Yep...you are right. I stand corrected, nicky.

Original Quill wrote:

nicko wrote:Not eels, a surfeit of Lampreys.So it says in the history books.

Yep...you are right.  I stand corrected, nicky.

Jellied eels look rank! Wouldn't mind a steamed eel though.

The smell of Fish 'n' Chips drifting out of the door of a chippy on the way home on a Saturday night or passing the early morning bakery at about 4.00 am making morning rolls is something special.

Original Quill wrote:

nicko wrote:Not eels, a surfeit of Lampreys.So it says in the history books.

Yep...you are right. I stand corrected, nicky.

actually he had a jousting accident in 1436 and was no longer able to exercise - there is some talk of brain injury (hence his nastiness and habit of getting rid of wives) - and he also developed hideous stinking leg ulcers so combination of that and perhaps undiagnosed medical issue such as adult onset type 2 diabetes is what led to the obesity and ultimately his death.

My dad always said that living healthy doesn't actually make you live longer, it just makes it SEEM longer

Cass wrote:

Original Quill wrote:

Yep...you are right.  I stand corrected, nicky.

actually he had a jousting accident in 1436 and was no longer able to exercise - there is some talk of brain injury (hence his nastiness and habit of getting rid of wives) - and he also developed hideous stinking leg ulcers so combination of that and perhaps undiagnosed medical issue such as adult onset type 2 diabetes is what led to the obesity and ultimately his death.

Yes, you are right.  I've read all of those things.  No one schooled in modern medicine was on site in the 16th-century, so we only speculate as to his condition(s).  But the eels contributed, I'm sure.

BTW, I do remember the history books speaking of eels in his diet.  I looked it up...

Wiki wrote:Lampreys (sometimes also called lamprey eels) are an order of jawless fish, the adult of which is characterized by a toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth. The common name "lamprey" is probably derived from Latin lampetra, which may mean "stone licker" (lambere "to lick" + petra "stone"), though the etymology is uncertain.

I was wondering a bit whether there was any knowledge of Type 2 diabetes in 1436 ...

Particularly knowing about this awesome Scot:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hunter_(surgeon)

... who lived centuries later!

By the way, it is 1536...not 1436.  The latter was back during the Hundred Years War.  Henry lived from 28 June 1491 to 28 January 1547.

The first jousting accident of Henry VIII was in 1524, but you are right (almost) he suffered one on 24 January 1536.

By the way, Hunter was a good friend of Edward Jenner, who took the incredible risk of injecting his own family with live bacteria from a cow with a cowpox infection to inoculate them against smallpox. Yes, he was a mad scientist in every sense of the term who is now revered as the father of immunology, and called his procedure "vaccination" after the Latin word for cow ("vacca").

I think we should celebrate every May 17th (Jenner's birthday) by eating steak ("carne de vaca" in Spanish).

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Original Quill wrote:
Picky, picky...guys bacon goes with anything...even maple syrup.

ESPECIALLY with that.

http://www.smokestack.net/

 

IF there's one thing those North Americans know, it's how to ruin foods...    :aspukeas:

Lone Wolf wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:

ESPECIALLY with that.

http://www.smokestack.net/

 

IF there's one thing those North Americans know, it's how to ruin foods...    :aspukeas:

No, no, Bee...you haven't had the pleasure of a visit to good ol' England. The only good restaurant in London is an Indian place in Knightsbridge. Lol.

Irn Bru wrote:The smell of Fish 'n' Chips drifting out of the door of a chippy on the way home on a Saturday night or passing the early morning bakery at about 4.00 am making morning rolls is something special.

Yes. Very very mouthwatering!   

eddie wrote:

Irn Bru wrote:The smell of Fish 'n' Chips drifting out of the door of a chippy on the way home on a Saturday night or passing the early morning bakery at about 4.00 am making morning rolls is something special.

Yes. Very very mouthwatering!   

made me hungry.....................  you rotten lot.

Require full English now, cooked by someone else of course to appreciate the aromas.  Smokey bacon, grilled Portebello mushrooms, scrambled eggs, fried bread, luscious bangers and grilled tomtoms, almpst forgot the homemade potato cakes.

Original Quill wrote:By the way, it is 1536...not 1436.  The latter was back during the Hundred Years War.  Henry lived from 28 June 1491 to 28 January 1547.

The first jousting accident of Henry VIII was in 1524, but you are right (almost) he suffered one on 24 January 1536.

yes quill it was a typo on my kindle.

Ben_Reilly wrote:I was wondering a bit whether there was any knowledge of Type 2 diabetes in 1436 ...

Particularly knowing about this awesome Scot:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hunter_(surgeon)

... who lived centuries later!

doubt it. it is speculation as the records are very scarce but he did suffer from gout and supperating ulcers (which in itself is a symptom of diabetes) so combination of that and lack of exercise and being the king and able to eat anything anytime anywhere and hey presto obeisity and early death. probably congestive heart failure too. don't forget bleedings and emetics and purging would further weaken an already comprised patient.

gerber wrote:

eddie wrote:

Irn Bru wrote:The smell of Fish 'n' Chips drifting out of the door of a chippy on the way home on a Saturday night or passing the early morning bakery at about 4.00 am making morning rolls is something special.

Yes. Very very mouthwatering!   

made me hungry.....................  you rotten lot.

Require full English now, cooked by someone else of course to appreciate the aromas.  Smokey bacon, grilled Portebello mushrooms, scrambled eggs, fried bread, luscious bangers and grilled tomtoms, almpst forgot the homemade potato cakes.

Am away to get the frying pan out.

I remember one night on the way home after getting bladered I went and bought Fish 'n' Chips and started tucking into it whist going the Cashline machine to get some more money for a taxi. It was years ago and the cashline machine in those days had a glass screen that went up to give you access to the keyboard panel when you put your card in the slot. I put my card in and up went the screen so I laid my fish supper on the side of panel and started to key in my pin number when suddenly the machine flashed 'Cashline Going Out of Service' and the screen came down and spat my card back out but my fish supper was behind the screen with just a bit of brown paper and a few chips on the outside. I was gutted and after a few seconds I couldn't see it anymore because the glass got all steamed up.

Had to go to another Cashline machine down at Haymarket to get the dosh to get home starving.

Bread baking, coffee brewing, the old fashioned smell of Eau de Cologne because my Nan used to wear it, fresh cut grass and herbs as you run your hand over them.

eddie wrote:I hate the smell of petrol, it actually makes my head hurt.

I have a really really strong sense of smell, and it can be a real hindrance! I can't abide people spraying perfumes, aftershaves or any aerosols near me.
They actually make me feel,sick.

Though I do love perfumes.

Hey edds, today I learned that a 2012 study showed that psychopaths tend to have bad senses of smell.

So we've got that going for us ... which is nice ...

Fresh cut grass. Along with, bleach.

harrymuffin wrote:Fresh cut grass. Along with, bleach.

Bleach, seriously? That one makes me feel sick!

But like I referenced above, people like me and eddie smell these things really powerfully. I've switched my laundry detergent and dryer sheets recently and I notice it every time I get dressed, the perfumes are stronger than I would like ...

Ben_Reilly wrote:

harrymuffin wrote:Fresh cut grass. Along with, bleach.

Bleach, seriously? That one makes me feel sick!

But like I referenced above, people like me and eddie smell these things really powerfully. I've switched my laundry detergent and dryer sheets recently and I notice it every time I get dressed, the perfumes are stronger than I would like ...

Yes, bleach. It may seem a bit strange. I enjoy the "clean" smell of bleach.


Have you tried the unscented fabric conditioner or unscented washing powders?

Ben_Reilly wrote:

eddie wrote:I hate the smell of petrol, it actually makes my head hurt.

I have a really really strong sense of smell, and it can be a real hindrance! I can't abide people spraying perfumes, aftershaves or any aerosols near me.
They actually make me feel,sick.

Though I do love perfumes.

Hey edds, today I learned that a 2012 study showed that psychopaths tend to have bad senses of smell.

So we've got that going for us ... which is nice ...

See? I knew we were the sane ones in this madhouse   

harrymuffin wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:

harrymuffin wrote:Fresh cut grass. Along with, bleach.

Bleach, seriously? That one makes me feel sick!

But like I referenced above, people like me and eddie smell these things really powerfully. I've switched my laundry detergent and dryer sheets recently and I notice it every time I get dressed, the perfumes are stronger than I would like ...

Yes, bleach. It may seem a bit strange. I enjoy the "clean" smell of bleach.


Have you tried the unscented fabric conditioner or unscented washing powders?

I have, like them a lot better. My latest supplies I had to buy in a hurry from a place that didn't offer such things, though.

harrymuffin wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Bleach, seriously? That one makes me feel sick!

But like I referenced above, people like me and eddie smell these things really powerfully. I've switched my laundry detergent and dryer sheets recently and I notice it every time I get dressed, the perfumes are stronger than I would like ...

Yes, bleach. It may seem a bit strange. I enjoy the "clean" smell of bleach.


Have you tried the unscented fabric conditioner or unscented washing powders?

I think its ok in small doses. one son loves the smell of hand sanitizer.

a lot of hospital staff love the smell of anti-septic though.

Cass wrote:

harrymuffin wrote:

Yes, bleach. It may seem a bit strange. I enjoy the "clean" smell of bleach.


Have you tried the unscented fabric conditioner or unscented washing powders?

I think its ok in small doses. one son loves the smell of hand sanitizer.

a lot of hospital staff love the smell of anti-septic though.

I think that's the mental association. Have you read what's in hand sanitizer? Alcohol.