Matthew Cullifer's Blog - Posts Tagged "peanuts"
Boiled Peanuts
They say smell is the strongest sense tied to memory. I believe that fully.
My oldest brother was a gypsy until he discovered the north Georgia mountains in 1995. Before that he'd never stayed in one place for more than a year. Still, every October he would come to my parents house in Cuthbert, Georgia to boil peanuts.
Over thirty years later, the smell of peanuts boiling outside, instantly teleports me to the 1980s. It's a Saturday afternoon. There's a breeze. The weather is cool. Joe Montana is the greatest QB of all time and Ric Flair is the World Heavyweight Champion. Tonight, we'll rent a VCR from the Video Zone and watch scary movies...
My oldest brother was a gypsy until he discovered the north Georgia mountains in 1995. Before that he'd never stayed in one place for more than a year. Still, every October he would come to my parents house in Cuthbert, Georgia to boil peanuts.
Over thirty years later, the smell of peanuts boiling outside, instantly teleports me to the 1980s. It's a Saturday afternoon. There's a breeze. The weather is cool. Joe Montana is the greatest QB of all time and Ric Flair is the World Heavyweight Champion. Tonight, we'll rent a VCR from the Video Zone and watch scary movies...
