Not a good memory. I think I was about 4. My mom had just painted the kitchen walls with high gloss enamel (oil based, because it cleans off easier). The smell was overwhelming in the kitchen. The kitchen light fixture had been removed, and the 100W bulb was just hanging by the wires, and was reflecting off ALL of the walls and the ceiling above. It was enough to do me in. Then she brought out of the oven the dinner that night. Tamale casserole. A BIG pan of it for the 5 of us. That added smell was overwhelming. I don't like tamales to this day...and I remember the smell and the glare to this day, and my head hurts.
Another weird one was when the city used to fog the neighborhood for mosquitoes from the back of a pickup down in Denton TX. As a kid I used to open my bedroom window instead of keeping it closed (explains a lot...). I'm sure it wasn't DDT....pretty sure
Grandmothers kitchen, literally anything frying in grease.
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