Home made sausages! When I was young I lived in an area with a lot of European migrants and the smells coming from the kitchens was unbelievable - like being in smell heaven! One of our neighbours made sausages, another made turkey soup, killed the turkey in the barn, plucked it, cooked it! You make me feeel like a kid again.

Glad you are home and you and Sam and family are doing the Christmas season things. You have fun now.

Sue.

My grandparents came over on the boat from Poland and the food they made was wonderful. Smell is supposed to be the most powerful sense, and I can still "feel" (and it is a feeling) the aromas of their kitchens. The thing that got me into making sausages again was a trip I had to Sicily a few years ago. It was the Saturday before Easter and I was walking around the town. There was an outdoor marketplace where they were selling everything from fresh vegetables, cheeses, and sausages. The women were mixing and grinding them right there, out in the open, while the people waited for them. It was amazing. It's just not something we see here in the states. I decided right there and then that I would get back into it. It had been a long time since I had done it, but after dusting off a few cobwebs, it came back. I don't know if I'll ever be as good at it as they were, but I have their recipes and I'll give it a heck of a try.