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hi all, i use to like after christmas when we took the tree down and mum chopped it up and put it on the coal fires in the livingrooms and our bedrooms the whole house smelled of pine will always rember that smell mmmmm xxd

Thats what we were on about Helena9, about how a smell or taste and even a vision of some thing can bring back such vivid memories! some good and some bad
Smudger,

hi yes good & bad i used to love the smell of frushias we had loads at my sisters wedding then a fortnight later my dad died and we had them again they have never meant the same to me since xd

hi there all,it's strange isnt it ,how we recall the vivid things in our memories through smells ,sounds and the touch of something.I love the smell of tar,it reminds me of been a child,and making sure i didnt get it on my clothes,although it seemed to melt in the heat a lot easier then.
what smells are your most and least favourite,anyone gonna tell????

Best nice smell= The air right after a thunder storm, its so fresh and new

Worst= Smell of Bar/B/Q the smell of burning flesh, brings back really bad memories
Smudger,

OH smudger how awful for you to know that smell let alone remember it


To help bring on another memory......
I love to smell and look at gingerbread but I do not like the taste.

I would really like to start a candy Gingerbread house.
I think it would be fun to do. Seems like there is no time at the Holidays so maybe I will start right after this season. Is there a technique for fake Gingerbread that would look ok? Maybe clay or Plaster of Paris?

Does anybody know how long they can be kept or the best way to preserve them? We live in a very dry climate so I am wondering about that being a probelm. Any help with information appreciated.

It might be fun to have a mini Holiday house to decorate too! Not just the Christmas version either but all of the Holidays. Dressing it up would be easier than decorating our house.

The smell of milky tea reminds me of my Grandma.. As does freshly baked potoatoe pie with beetroot..
I luv the smell of new babies after a bath..
Worst smell.. It's got to be rust, it makes me heave as it reminds me of the smell of blood... yuk....
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Does anyone remember the days of best butter.. That was in the days before we worried about our weight and cholesterol..

Hello all,i love best butter,but don't eat it for the reasons you gave sheryl.Ilike the smell of the garden when its just rained,and fresh perculated coffee.bread thats just come out ofthe oven,freshly cut flowers,and a confectoners shop!!!!Oh,and my hubbys aftershave!!!!!

Ah! Yes best butter!! and the smell of the old Grocers shop, with the smell of fresh ground coffee and bacon being sliced

Or the smell of a sawmill!!I used to pass every day on the way to school as a nipper one of our lodgers worked there, and I can still smell his jacket when he came home at night, Ah! what memories

Abbi, Some smells bring back even the worst memory
Smudger,

I know smudger
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When I worked in construction the bacon cooking inside the houses while we were working made me nutty for baconI love bacon!

I also love the smell of wood shavings.
All the wood smells great and different from another.

Yea! Abbi, Have you noticed that food in general doesnt taste like it used to??
Bacon for example, its full of preservatives these days
even bread tastes different or is just me??
Smudger,

Medications can do that.

I have lost my taste for chocolate and bacon compared to years past.
I like them but do not crave them any more.

My hubby has a bad habit of not sealing food containers so food picks up other tastes. Sometimes it tastes like the cabinet or just plain stale. *pet peeve*

Abbi have you heard of salt dough you could try that to make alturnate gingerbread house no good to eat but keeps well and would be easy to work with dont know recipe know it is salt @ flour i am sure there would be some info somewhere on the internetxxxSan

hi san,nice to see you .
i can find ot how to make salt dough,my grandchildren have made allsorts of decorations with it,and some of the childre at school i believe!!!!They make it regularly!!!!I will ask tonight what they use!!!!x

Thanks Mistygirl - I think that is what some candy houses are made of now that you meantion it! It does look like that dough

Geesh I think I asked around for a recipe last year, for ornament making but never found one. The ornaments made of that are fun and easy to paint.

Hi smurfles *wave*
Thanks!

Chating about making gingerbreadhouses,bought a memory back,of my dear mom making a snowman out of cardboard and cottonwool,which was hollow,she then filled it with small gifts,for us to pick out of it over christmas.

Hi Mistygirl, Yep! its the little memories that come back to us and they do so at special times

I think thats why all the lonely people get so depressed over this time of year, just like Abbi mentioned in that other thread
Smudger,

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE! may it bring you all health, happieness, and what you wish for most in life xxd

Happy New Year helena9!