657628 Tue Oct 06 18:07:36 -0700 2009 47 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 5084132 I am making Eggplant Parmesan and it smells absolutely amazing in my home. I'll even go so far as to say I am proud! It made me consider: is this the best cooking smell coming from my oven ever? Hard to say. Roast Chicken is high on the list. My mom made a beef stew that my cat would sit in front of the stove just to savor the smell of. Obviously, desserts fit the list too, but I was thinking of dinner items. But whatever. Right now the Eggplant is wonderful, but I think if I had to pick an ALL TIME favorite I would say a roast chicken and yams. What is your favorite oven cooking aroma? Tue Oct 06 18:07:36 -0700 2009 124208 SamuelAt 1 5084221 Simple roast chicken always seems to get the most attention. Tue Oct 06 18:40:31 -0700 2009 5084132 36661 Sam Fujisaka 1 5084230 Would HAVE to be roast turkey, hands down, in our little family. Sons can barely contain themselves before I pull it out of the oven. Tue Oct 06 18:46:00 -0700 2009 5084132 11983 Val 2 5084242 The roast turkey on Thanksgiving Day. Either that or my MIL's lasagne. Tue Oct 06 18:50:28 -0700 2009 5084230 253542 cycloneillini 1 5084236 Nach Waxman's Beef Brisket! Makes my whole house and entire neighborhood (!) smell like Jewish Heaven (even tho' there's no such thing...). Second on Sam's roast chicken. Third on baking anything-bread, cinnamon rolls, or choco-chip cookies; which I'm about to pop in the oven in an hour or two. adam Tue Oct 06 18:48:36 -0700 2009 5084132 154787 adamshoe 2 5084271 I hear you. Roast chicken wins for me - when you bake a yam with it the scent is incredible! Tue Oct 06 19:05:54 -0700 2009 5084236 124208 SamuelAt 3 5086127 Sweet potato in the oven, the smell is just wonderful Wed Oct 07 12:50:04 -0700 2009 5084271 154901 roro1831 4 5092379 I agree! For me, because I grew up with that - especially in cold months, that aroma spells comfort. I think I will be making that Sunday. Fri Oct 09 17:24:39 -0700 2009 5086127 124208 SamuelAt 1 5084305 Is it cheating if I say the smell of french onion soup just finishing under the broiler? Oh, how I loved the smell of the kitchen on french onion soup days. I have got to figure out how to do that one gluten free so I can eat it again. Tue Oct 06 19:20:31 -0700 2009 5084132 64882 Vetter 2 5084321 No cheat at all! That sounds amazing and I can "picture" it! Tue Oct 06 19:31:21 -0700 2009 5084305 124208 SamuelAt 1 5084316 It's a tie between a well-buttered roasting turkey and baking bread. How does anyone pick just one favorite? Tue Oct 06 19:30:38 -0700 2009 5084132 1099762 CookieWeasel 1 5084326 Most popular in my house is my sausage rolls - people go crazy over the smell (and the anticipation of eating them - I have been known to burn my tongue from eating them straight out of the oven!) Tue Oct 06 19:33:08 -0700 2009 5084132 261734 AussieBeth 2 5086884 @ AussieBeth, Your answer had me so intrigued I had to google sausage rolls. You make the traditional Aussie type; aka Toad in the Hole? They sound mighty good....got a recipe you'd care to share? adam Wed Oct 07 16:55:35 -0700 2009 5084326 154787 adamshoe 1 5084492 Wow! It's too hard to choose just one. Cinnamon rolls, brownies and chocolate chip cookies always smell great on the sweet side of things. I'm with a lot of people on Thanksgiving turkey. The anticipation is almost unbearable when I open the oven to baste the bird. Lately, my favorite is carnitas. The scent of all that fatty, porky goodness cooking down with onions and garlic is so fantastic. Tue Oct 06 21:18:53 -0700 2009 5084132 52023 justalex 1 5084526 Roast Chicken, as others have mentioned. Gramercy Tavern Gingerbread... I don't like to eat it, but it always makes the house smell like holidays. Chocolate Chip Cookies or Oatmeal Cookies or Brownies Caramelized Onions and garlic Baked Roasted Soy Nuts - pre-soaked, then sprinkled with salt, onion powder and baked til golden and crunchy Tue Oct 06 21:44:13 -0700 2009 5084132 15572 Emme 1 5084620 Turkey roasting with dressing cooking with it. Thanksgiving tops all wonderful aromas coming from the kitchen. Putting the turkey in and waking up to the smell of it is wonderful. Of course now turkeys don't have to cooks so long. So we don't need to cook it all night. I miss that. Tue Oct 06 23:39:20 -0700 2009 5084132 10921 Janet 1 5084636 Pot Roast! No doubt about it. Wed Oct 07 00:13:54 -0700 2009 5084132 10426 shaebones 2 5084960 Pot Roast indeed is at the top for me, along with Corn Beef and Cabbage. Wed Oct 07 06:30:08 -0700 2009 5084636 233294 cuccubear 1 5084665 For pure nostalgia, definitely Christmas Day. Mom made Madeleine Kamman's French onion soup that was served early afternoon so we had that aroma to start the festivities. For the remainder of the afternoon, the turkey aroma took over, embellished by the spice of baking brandied peaches. While no longer eating pork, mom's pork and sauerkraut ( with mashed potatoes and applesauce) would have us writhing in famished agony until dinner. CP Wed Oct 07 01:46:11 -0700 2009 5084132 138009 Chefpaulo 1 5084835 Easy. The smell of roasting peppers. Wed Oct 07 05:30:07 -0700 2009 5084132 260733 slewfoot 1 5084872 For me, it's the smell of curry or a tagine. The slow cooking process and the combination of spices pervades the house with mesmerising aromas for hours. I also love the smell of onions and garlic being sautéed. Wed Oct 07 05:50:06 -0700 2009 5084132 240789 Paula76 1 5084920 Roast chicken and holiday meals: glazed ham, turkey and dressing. Wed Oct 07 06:13:50 -0700 2009 5084132 253735 bayoucook 1 5084934 of corse roast chicken but also roasted pork butt...yum Wed Oct 07 06:20:47 -0700 2009 5084132 11854 LaLa 1 5085283 Any bird that mom would roast, Chicken , duck and especially Turkey with her 4 hour to prepare bread stuffing. Now for me, Kasha with lots of onions slow cooked in butter. Last time I made some kasha and gave some to my sister, she told me a story. She had just eaten some and her BF came to visit, He said you smell delicious. I think onions cooking in butter as a start for Lox , eggs and onions, or garlic cooking in olive oil as a start for almost anything are sublime. Aroma of steaming corned beef for a few hours makes me woozy. Freshly baking bread or cake is hard to resist. I guess that's the start of the attraction of Pizza, especially with garlic and basil. I think the cinnabon phenomenon is mostly smell. Popcorn is great too. Wed Oct 07 08:30:52 -0700 2009 5084132 28638 phantomdoc 1 5085303 Roast chicken Wed Oct 07 08:37:17 -0700 2009 5084132 154102 Harters 1 5085363 Bacon Wed Oct 07 08:55:41 -0700 2009 5084132 56183 soypower 2 5086160 While eggplant parm or lasagna or any other yummy red sauce dish was going to be my initial answer, I'd have to agree....there is nothing better than waking up to the smell of bacon cooking in the oven! Wed Oct 07 12:58:59 -0700 2009 5085363 429926 CreativeFoodie42 1 5085382 I think it is baking bread, but my husband would swear that it is gumbo, each stage of gumbo in fact. First the nutty smell of the roux, then the onions, celery, and peppers cooking, then the sausage sauteeing in the roux, and then finally everything together with the stock, garlic, spices, okra, etc. Whenever I make gumbo, he talks about how wonderful the house smells the entire time, and if I know he's had a bad day, I'll make it so that when he gets home he's hit with the smell. He says he can smell it 1/2 way down the block! :) Wed Oct 07 09:01:21 -0700 2009 5084132 120180 tzurriz 1 5085408 For me it's roasting turkey, baking bread, and pumpkin pie. Although I could add gingerbread baking in the oven also. Oh... and maybe a really spicy vegetable stir-fry with all the usual ingredients. Then there's the huge pot of meat laden tomato sauce on a slow burner simmering away for hours. Haven't done that since forever, though, but the memory lingers on. Wed Oct 07 09:10:21 -0700 2009 5084132 75332 Gio 1 5085589 Roast lamb. Turkey a very close second! Wed Oct 07 10:07:39 -0700 2009 5084132 111267 meatn3 1 5086090 Hands down - Roasted Garlic! Wed Oct 07 12:40:04 -0700 2009 5084132 18654 mitchell25418 1 5086194 Fresh bread for me. Wed Oct 07 13:08:40 -0700 2009 5084132 15507 Rick 1 5086897 Roast Chicken, particularly if I have onions, carrots and celery cooking in the pan (for stock/gravy). My very favorite's not from the oven: Hot mulled apple cider with cinnamon, allspice and cloves (and a little brown sugar). I make this by the gallon in the fall at our restaurant -- spiked with one's favorite spirit the cider beats a plain old hot toddy any day. Wed Oct 07 17:01:00 -0700 2009 5084132 270888 shaogo 1 5090271 Savory...Pork roast w/garlic cloves tucked inside slits. Aromatic and delicious. Baked...I can't pick one. There are so many lovely things that smell so good. Thu Oct 08 23:12:42 -0700 2009 5084132 1107449 tonina_mdc 2 5090532 True about the baked goods, tonina...especially anything with spices as one poster mentioned the gingersnap cookies. I finally FOUND some canned pumpkin at Wal-mart here in SWFL...made pumpkin bread the other night and my son came inside and said "Whatever you baked, I can smell the aroma out in the garage!" Fresh homecooked bread, too, of course, drives everyone wild. Fri Oct 09 06:08:46 -0700 2009 5090271 11983 Val 3 5090650 I made my first pumpkin bread the other night and that definitely made my boyfriend very happy to come home to! Fri Oct 09 06:58:59 -0700 2009 5090532 429926 CreativeFoodie42 3 5091146 I have never actually made my own bread (I've only had the option and opportunity to do any sort of normal baking for about a year), but I have hear it's one of the best smells in the world. But I'm with you on the pumpkin bread. I made two loaves of pumpkin gingerbread for my husband to take to work last week and the whole house smelled heavenly. Cinnamon sour cream coffee cake this week...mmmmmm. Fruit-based baked goods can smell wonderful too, like blueberry zucchini bread ; it just smells so fresh and summery and blueberry-ish! I'm going to be thinking of that all winter, even while I revel in harvest and holiday treats for the next few months. Fri Oct 09 09:54:37 -0700 2009 5090532 1107449 tonina_mdc 4 5091489 Yes, smelling my first pumpkin bread of the season in the oven is a sure sign of fall in my house! Fri Oct 09 11:40:35 -0700 2009 5091146 429926 CreativeFoodie42 5 5091877 Isn't it funny how much we associate certain times of year with certain food scents? For me, summer is marinated chicken or brats on the grill, blueberry zucchini bread, the smell of fresh herbs in my garden, and my mother's strawberry bread. Autumn is my first hearty pasta sauce, with lots of fresh herbs and home-grown tomatoes, green peppers, and sometimes onions, all simmering away on the stove. It's also things like pumpkin bread, pumpkin rolls, and all kinds of baked goods that use apples. I love this time of year! So many good scents, so little time.... Fri Oct 09 14:00:08 -0700 2009 5091489 1107449 tonina_mdc 6 5094848 Absolutely! The scents of roasted chicken or turkey, hearty soups, and apple/pumpkin baked goods are sure signs of fall. In fact, I'm off apple picking today and the apple cake I'm making tomorrow will probably add to that! :-) Sun Oct 11 08:26:33 -0700 2009 5091877 429926 CreativeFoodie42 1 5090794 Bacon, onions, garlic....separately or in any combination Fri Oct 09 07:49:29 -0700 2009 5084132 109838 1stmakearoux 1 5091279 Garlic soup. Sautee'd garlic and parsley in simmering beef broth. Elliot always gets a little lilt in his step when he opens the door and gets that wave of aromatic love :) For sweets, it would be chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. They are done as soon as you can smell them. I don't know what's better, the smell, or the fact that the smell means they're ready to eat :D Fri Oct 09 10:32:33 -0700 2009 5084132 285186 Popkin 1 5096499 According to DH: Roast Turkey, pecan pie, or chocolate chip cookies. According to me: sweet potatoes and banana bread. According to my FIL: anything I put on the plate in front of him :) Mon Oct 12 05:46:47 -0700 2009 5084132 149592 iluvcookies 2 5097913 Apple pie!! Mon Oct 12 15:15:54 -0700 2009 5096499 10947 middydd 3 5098997 Apple is one pie that I never make myself, but the scent is heavenly. Tue Oct 13 05:28:38 -0700 2009 5097913 149592 iluvcookies 1 5099235 A few nights ago I made pork chops with roasted apples and butternut squash. It was an amazing aroma of the pork with the sweet apples and squash in the oven. Hello Fall! Tue Oct 13 07:21:01 -0700 2009 5084132 429926 CreativeFoodie42 1 5099304 For me it's a combination of onions, mushrooms, pancetta or bacon, & thyme sauteeing together. Tue Oct 13 07:45:55 -0700 2009 5084132 158403 jcattles 1 5099587 I made apple butter this weekend from homemade applesauce - it was pretty incredible smelling. Tue Oct 13 09:16:05 -0700 2009 5084132 15250 sebetti