You've probably heard about the link between our sense of smell and our memory. And I'm sure you've experienced it-- the smell of pine bringing you back to childhood Christmases, a whiff of gin reminds you of the time you had too many G&Ts (ugh, abort, too vivid! avoid at all costs)..you get the idea.
My mom so believed in this that she once tried to have me study for a test in middle school with a vial of perfume under my nose, so that I'd better recall the answers when I took the test (with the same perfume). True story. Don't think it helped much...
In any case, I believe there are certain foods that have the same quality. Sure, because of the smells they have, but oftentimes because of something else...
For example, yesterday as I shopped for my groceries in the Porter Square Shaw's, my heart skipped a beat when I saw a package of Crumpets! When I spent a semester in London, crumpets were my all time favorite. And I swear as I tore into the plastic this morning as I got ready for work, revealing the soft spongy-ness of the ivory crumpet, for a brief moment I was standing in the kitchen of my South Kensington flat, watching BBC 1, wearing my flats I had bought at Miss Selfridge and dreading going to my internship at a certain film studio located in Oxford Circus. Ah, those were the days...
Does anyone else have a similar "time-travel" food???
Love,
Dish Gal
Who is Dish Gal?
- Dish This!
- New York, MA, United States
- Dish Gal believes... 1. that eating a delicious meal does not mean you have to spend a lot of money. 2. that you should always tip 20% (Dish Gal used to be a waitress). 3. that you should try a new restaurant at least once a month. 4. that food always tastes better if it's free 5. that you only get so many meals in your lifetime, so why not make the most of each one?
1 comment:
Hurrah for crumpets - but make sure you toast them properly, otherwise you'll have a tough old time!
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