A little girl hugged her grandmother and said, "Mmmmm! You smell so wonderful, Grandmother! Is that Oil of Old Lady?" (1)

Have you ever noticed how a particular smell or aroma can bring back memories. You smell something and before you know it your mind has taken you back to when you were a child.

There's one aroma that immediately brings me back to boyhood and that's the aroma of chicken frying. I'm not talking about KFC or Chicken Express. I'm talking about hand battered skillet fried chicken. Because we didn't have air conditioning, you didn't have to wait for the door to open, instead you could smell the chicken frying once you hit the edge of the driveway. My mouth would start watering and my step would get a little lighter. And as soon as I hit the door, I'd be in the bathroom wash…