Flavors/Smells that take you back to childhood...

laceyjaep · June 2015

For some reason with this pregnancy (my second) I am craving things that remind me of my childhood. Today I HAD to have McDonald's for lunch. I try to avoid fast food and I know how most people feel about McDonald's specifically. However, I was one of 6 kids growing up and when we went out for dinner as a family - which was a rare and special treat - it was always McDonalds as that was all my parents could afford for all of us. Every time I take a bite of a McDonald's fry I am immediately taken back to those "special" trips with my family and the excitement we felt.

What transports you back to your childhood?

jenspeake · June 2015

I'm totally the same way! I've been wanting to eat my mom's old nasty tuna casserole, fish sticks, wanting cheese balls from the old school canisters (Planters), eating Sherbert floats (with 7-up). Just stuff I use to eat as a kid!

beckles112 · June 2015

The smell of honeysuckles takes me back! Reminds me of summer nights catching fireflies in my backyard.

DeeGreer · June 2015

The powder laundry detergent my mom STILL uses. Foca.

shannond21228 · June 2015

I've been craving kid food in general. I want grilled cheese and tomato soup, fried bologna sandwiches, meat loaf and mashed potatoes. My mom used to make tuna noodle casserole too so know I'm craving that lol

bbiutmcph · June 2015

Any candy from my childhood makes me smile, pixie sticks, button candy, those wax bottles with liquid, candy necklace, ring pops. We always take our boys to the penny candy shop so we can actually get the goods.

amberrmariee20 · June 2015

Oatmeal ! My grandmother made us oatmeal with brown sugar every Sunday morning before church !!

bbiutmcph · June 2015

Tribe and exclamation perfume take me to my tween years.

Sbrouwer0706 · June 2015

My mom isn't a very good cook and doesn't like to cook much so we are a lot of boxed Mac and cheese and tater tots. The other day in the grocery store I saw some frozen tater tots and told my husband how good it sounded. He is now convinced my pregnancy is giving me the taste buds of a 3 year old.

Choco tacos also bring me back. I was allowed to get an ice cream from the ice cream truck on Fridays if I had leftover lunch money. There was nothing more exciting than a choco taco and the impending weekend

Krysta6 · June 2015

I've totally reverted back to childhood with food.. Plain spaghetti, grilled cheese and peanut butter sandwiches. Smell wise chlorine takes me back to childhood

BabyOIsComing · June 2015

Irish Spring soap and freshly brushed teeth always make me think of my dad. And I've def been craving some childhood throwbacks during this pregnancy, which has meant lots of homemade pancakes and chocolate chip cookies like my mom taught me to make.

mom4liak · June 2015

I drove over an hour one way to my hometown to eat a chocolate frosted cake donut from my childhood best friends family bakery. It was so worth it. When I walked in to the tiny shop nothing had changed (except the prices) and it smelled just the way I remembered. Now I want another donut from there!!

carlymarie021 · June 2015

Yes!! My memories from childhood have been coming back to me.. I smelled somthing in a store I couldn't figure it out and it was such s strong memory I knew was from childhood.. Brought a smile to my face. As far as food goes.. Little Debbie brownies and donut sticks. With my Nana

on_the_move · June 2015

The smell of coffee. DH and I don't drink it because we don't like the taste, but my parents always did and on weekend mornings they would have it in bed with all of us hanging out together and the sun streaming in making it warm and inviting.

germasian · June 2015

Bubble gum ice cream! I'll totally get a cone of it if I take DD for ice cream.

aah1013 · June 2015

beckles112 said:
The smell of honeysuckles takes me back! Reminds me of summer nights catching fireflies in my backyard.

This is exactly what I was going to post. Honeysuckle is my all time favorite scent. One whiff and I'm 8 again!

laceyjaep · June 2015

mom4liak said:
I drove over an hour one way to my hometown to eat a chocolate frosted cake donut from my childhood best friends family bakery. It was so worth it. When I walked in to the tiny shop nothing had changed (except the prices) and it smelled just the way I remembered. Now I want another donut from there!!

I want one too! LOL

bethforeman · June 2015

Coppertone sun screen!

christinat486 · June 2015

I would "live" this a million times if I could!! Bubble gum for sure and cotton candy ice cream, yum!! Friendlys restaurant makes rockin poppin cotton candy which is cotton candy with pop rocks in it, another childhood fav, and abd LOVED And craved both a lot lol

yeadawnnn · June 2015

I am from Louisiana so we had lots of seafood and wild game meats in our house. The few times my dad would cook, he would either make fried eggs or Deer sausage sandwiches. I can't have either without thinking of my childhood.

jenb0203 · June 2015

These all sound like wonderful family memories!! I am trying to think of some of my own but just can't. Stay tuned if something comes up!

casserole27 · June 2015

- The smell of tomatoes reminds me of canning homemade tomato juice with my grandpa.

- Saltine crackers with butter on them remind me of my grandmother. She would always put them in chicken noodle soup and we would read while I ate lunch. Canned peaches also remind me of her.

- The smell of sand or dirt instantly puts an image in my mind of this playground at a park we used to always go to. It was one of the fun wooden ones with the metal slides that would burn your legs if you weren't careful. Everything is all plastic and wood-chips now.

- Oust Air Freshener the “outdoor” scent makes me think of a very specific conversation with with someone I went to middle school with. Very weird memory trigger!

Other generic things are: squeeze-its, swimming pools, fresh blackberries, gel pens, walkie-talkie's, jelly shoes and bowling alleys.

april&aaron · June 2015

Campfires - that smell always reminds me of eating smores and roasting hotdogs with my dad and little brothers.

Brewing Coffee - same as previous posts, my parents drank coffee every morning, it always takes me back to the kitchen of my childhood home.

Fresh box of crayons - Crayolas always smelled the best. I don't know if it was the wax or the wrappers, but I loved it!

And flavor-wise - Chocolate Malt Milkshakes! Yum!

sarapagan · June 2015

The old school bath and body works smells remind me of being a kid...

Going to the mall with friends with a fresh $20 bill in my pocket and that was enough for a movie, a snack, and a little purchase. I would always buy the lotions from bath and body works: cucumber melon, juniper breeze, sweet pea.

elmann1 · June 2015

-Anything "blue" flavored; if you got the blue Warhead candy or the blue jolly rancher you totally won.

-Macaroni but they have to be in shapes (Annie's "bunny" shapes)! The texture of them always bring me back to junior high when i learned to cook them. mmmm

-Anything cucumber melon- I remember when I was 10 I would buy J14 or Teen magazine and I would spritz myself with cucumber melon Bath and Body spray to feel more like Britney Spears lol

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