Joy Mission: Question #3
Do certain smells or foods ever remind you of childhood? We want to hear about it with today’s question. Leave your response as a comment and you could win one of 10 Udi’s Holiday Essentials Kits we’re giving away. Help spread the joy by telling your friends and family!

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WINNERS LIST
- Janette C. – My grandmother’s homemade potato soup. It was and still is so yummy!
- John B. – I’m Greek, and my mother always made the most fantastic meals for Greek Easter–all the traditional dishes
- Mary P. – Thanksgiving was my favorite. My Grandmother had everyone over and she made everything from soup to dessert. She made the best Italian Sausage Stuffing in the world.
- Anne D. – My Mom would make creamy chicken and Mushroom crepes. They were insanely good!
- Monica C. – Living in Buffalo, NY….we have a General Mills factory. When they burn a batch of Cheerios, you can smell it all over the city. It smells like a fresh bowl of Cheerios. Cheerios was my favorite cereal as a kid.
- Megan F. – Cinnamon rolls from the can the pillsbury kind…they are soooo good and a sunday tradition…or were a sunday tradition
- Suzanne R. – Home made chicken noodle soup!
- Aaron A. – This question made me fondly remember a rice & cheese casserole my mom used to make for me. Kind of like Mac & Cheese for a celiac kid in the ’70s. It’s better in some ways.
- Angela J. – Tacos on homemade tortillas = yum!!
- Ivy G. – A leftover hodgepodge pasta primavera that my mom would throw together at the last minute. Not too high class but I would fish out all the broccoli.
Spaghetti and meatballs.
My grandpa’s shrimp cakes straight from the hot oil. The smell still reminds me of dinner time in the Giese house.
Fried Chicken with mashed potato’s & gravy, peas.
the smell of a sugar cone, my mom would pick me up early on Firdays from preschool and take me to baskin robbins for an ice cream cone
The whole family grinding leftover easter ham in an old grinding machine, with pickles, to make HAM SALAD!! lovely, AND fun!
i remember meat loaf. and potatoes. lots of meat loaf… haha
(maybe some gluten free bread crumbs would help?)