When I was in elementary school, there was a skunk that would show up every day on the playground. when the principal noticed that we kids had basically adopted it as a school pet, he took it into a veterinarian and had it de-scented. The skunk lived a long happy life, loved by all the school children.
@@krisfinley6706that’s be cruel considering it was descented by that point and wouldn’t have a self defense mechanism for other animals and humans in the wild
When I was 5, back in 1966, the folks down the street had a skunk under their house and had the exterminator come out and get rid of it. Well, it turned out that it was a female, and she had a litter of babies that were discovered the next day. So they were taken to the vet, were descented and we took the only female. We named her Chanel. She was a great pet. She ate dog food, caught mice and bugs in our unfinished basement and garage, and she used a litter box. When the Sears repairman came to fix our dryer, Mom forgot to tell him about the skunk in the basement. He took the stairs 3 at a time on his way out! We had her for about 3 years until we moved and had to stay with my grandmother for a few months before we found a house. We gave her to a local petting zoo. She was a big hit with the kids.
A mixture of baking soda, peroxide, Dawn detergent and water will create a chemical reaction that neutralizes the odor. I can tell you this works from experience…a very horrible experience.
Yep - until you have experienced skunk smell, you can never truly know how powerful an odor can be! Tomato juice doesn't work. Hydrogen Peroxide does work. The mixture that @margaretbonanno654 described is correct. (I've had a lot of experience with skunks. Too much.) However, beware - hydrogen peroxide can turn your black lab into a badly done bleach blonde! 😆
My mother's dog got sprayed so bad by a skunk once that the poor thing couldn't stop vomiting for 3 days despite repeated tomato juice baths.. We had to take it in turns to try to comfort and care for her because none of us could tolerate the smell for long (even with coverings on our faces). The vet helped make sure we were able to keep her hydrated but was otherwise not much help. (this was back in the early 90s)
Yes Andre' skunks really do "do that thing with their tail" when they are going to spray you and YES they really do stink that bad! Their smell is extremely pungent and it is so thick you have a hard time breathing! There are a lot of skunks that get hit on the road at night by traveling cars and if you drive over the same area for up to hours later, your tires pick up the stench and brings it with you through the engine compartment! Lastly yes, they are problematic! If you have a doggie door they are known to come into your house at night to get food from your pets! Our county "exterminator" tells us each year to not put food out at night for your animals as that is a real attractant for them to come in.
Our one cat came as a stray kitten so I was feeding outside, we live in rural Pennsylvania, a skunk was eating her food and she came bouncing out of the bushes like she wanted to play…I’m so glad the skunk didn’t spray her…it jumped back when the kitten came out…
@@janetbaker645 Our next door neighbor had a doggie door like we do when a skunk came into their back yard. Their dog went out the door to confront it and got promptly sprayed. He then ran back into the house, directly into their master bedroom where he jumped on their bed and started to roll around in their white comforter trying desperately to get the smell off of him. We see them all the time around March as that is mating season and we see mama's and babies all the time. The county trapper basically has told us to not bother calling him as this is just what they do and we have to learn to live with them. He did say they are notorious for actually entering houses with animals and they get into the food INSIDE. He told us to never, ever feed our pets at night, and especially never leave food anywhere, including indoors for them! LOL
I had to always bring my cat's bowl in every evening because they would come at night to eat. Once caught them eating and my cats were setting as still as possible under the table . I have to admit the smell is horrible and when sprayed on something it will not wash off easily. It can take days for the stench to wear off. With that said they are kind of cute prancing around.
Texan here, good Bar-b-Q doesn't need sauce. You can add it if you like it, but go to a good place and it is totally unnecessary. It's all in the rub and the smoke. Also lamb with garlic, cinnamon, onion, tomatoes and black pepper makes a great stew any time of year. You can also add some chili peppers if you want it spicier.
I recoiled when he said smoked in sauce. Then I remembered he's from the North and likely more familiar with St. Louis Ribs covered in sauce. Either way, I agree smoking is done with a rub and sauce is only used when cooking over open flame/coals.
Funny, but in case anyone reading this doesn't know... Not all Marijuana has what is known as a skunky smell. Most doesn't. However, there is some that does have a sort of stink. It's not actually a skunk smell. I would liken it to when people like those stinky cheeses. It's a "good" stink. True skunk smell is never good.
Or they make those straw brooms that are soaked in cinnamon. I love those things. They're usually like 98 cents or something. Just get one and stop second guessing it.
Cinnamon also cuts down smells like cat litter boxes. Its a great deodorant. One of the.best smells ever. I forget which country it is but 90% of cinnamon comes from there. They scrape the sticks and all that.
The Abercrombie smell is cologne. I worked there in my early 20s. It gets sprayed throughout the store everyday….. at least when I worked there in the late 90s. lol.
That's more the Dutch. The British invaded half the world just for trade in general, and more importantly: to increase tax revenue. France also invaded countries with an emphasis on food but they mostly just figured out what other ingredients they could put butter on. Last but not least, Portugal colonized countries for the sake of spices but unlike the others, they actually used the spices.
@@SirTrollerDerby @cathys949 0 seconds ago When I was a kid in the late 1960s we would smell the tobacco curing in barns at the cigarette factories in downtown Richmond, VA, near the railroad.
I used to live a town over from the McCormick spices plant in Maryland. At times I thought I smelled spaghetti sauce on the breeze -- oregano, I think.
Up close, skunk spray is akin to tear gas, or better yet, pepper spray. When they are babies they don't have their spray glands developed so you can have a vet remove them. They actually make wonderful pets, much like a ferret, and like a ferret, they never quite get rid of their smell unless you bathe them constantly.
It’s the fall in the States! We are getting ready for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas!!!! Pumpkin, vanilla, cinnamon, pine and cranberries scent wafting around all winter. Besides he’s from U.K where they can’t even tolerate spices so that should say something.
In Texas, BBQ and grillin' aren't the same thing. BBQ cooks it low-and-slow, and can infuse a smoky flavor to the meat. Sauce, IF you use it, goes on when you eat it. Grilling cooks meat quickly, often putting the characteristic stripes on it. You might add sauce towards the end, and let it bake on, and get brown and delicious.
Skunks can actually make good pets if they are raised from infants, but you wouldn't want to take one out of the wild. Their scent glands need to be removed if you keep them captive though. Even after that there's a bit of a musky order but they do like to cuddle up and receive attention.
Okay, picture this: Abercrombie & Fitch, a clothing store, was all the rage back in the mid-2000s. Think preteens and teenagers, and you'll get the picture. They had this strong, almost overwhelming cologne-like scent that was the signature of the brand. You were right in the thick of it, shopping there along with Hollister and American Eagle, which were similar stores. It was a fashion frenzy for young folks back then! Even if you don't know what those stores are, you get the idea!
@@louisesmith4251Similarly with the cinnamon scent that Laurence was complaining about. There are mall food stores that purposefully pump out cinnamon scent to attract buyers, and there are movie theater concession counters that pump out artificial butter aroma to entice movie goers to buy popcorn. This scent-based marketing can be quite overwhelming and off putting to people with more sensitive noses or with aversions to particular scents.
These days you'd need to enter one intentionally. It's not like back in the day when you went to the mall and passed by an A&F. Nobody goes to the mall anymore.
I was in a big store the other day and the teenage girl running the fragrance counter seemed to think it was a good idea to walk around the floor spraying some perfume in the air. Never going back to that store again. It's the new indoor smoking.
There are lots of skunks where I come from. They are actually quite cute and can make great pets. If you don't alarm them and they know you they will not spray around you. They get along with domestic house cats and love to eat the cat food. They will come into your home if you have a pet door so they can eat the food. They clear a lot of insects from the yard so they are helpful but if you ever encounter their spray at a close distance you will not be able to control your reaction.
I walked up on what I thought was a cat at night. I said, "What are you doing here?" It didn't run off. I looked a little closer and noticed the white patch on it's head. I backed off as quick as I dared. Funny thing is that I never smelled it. I usually notice their smell at night a good distance away. This one had no odor, at least at that moment.
Cinnamon is used often in fall and winter for thanksgiving and Christmas recipes in particular. Cinnamon rolls are popular all year. Pumpkin spice is very popular all fall With regards to skunks, the liquid they spray is almost impossible to get rid of. Typically you try bathing in tomato juice and then you have to wait a week or more for the smell to wear off.
I live in Chicago. There are tons and tons of bake shops and restaurants. That yes, there's a possibility you may smell Cinnamon. Like Cinnabon or Ann Sathers, Molly's Cupcakes, etc . And during the holiday season, for sure, which h I think is to be expected. Not everyone puts sauce on meat while cooking it on the grill. It's called seasoning, rubs, etc. They're not used to seasoning their food like we do.
I remember the first time I had a Cinnabon and it was the most amazing thing ever. They make a Cinnabon flavored coffee and it's wonderful. Paired with hazelnut Coffee Mate and the flavor is practically unbeatable.
I used to work near Blommer's chocolate, that smelled great! Next job was near Belmont Sausage Co. They smoked meats on Fridays. Delicious! Now I work near a Nestle plant and a Dunkin' bakery. Love it!
Ok, I love your channel and positivity. Disinfectant: have you smelled Fabulosa? Leaves your home smelling wonderful after cleaning! You’re welcome. Abercrombie & Fitch: haven’t been there in years as my children are grown. Never noticed a smell and my nose is very perceptive. Cinnamon: like you we love the smell of cinnamon during the holidays. Pine cones are dipped in cinnamon oil to put near the fireplace, and many traditional holiday recipes have cinnamon. But the rest of the year you only smell it at donut shops where they make cinnamon rolls or Cinnabon, a chain store for said rolls. Skunks: I live in Texas and skunks are nocturnal animals. They are most active when the moon is close to full. It is a regular occurrence to pass a dead skunk and its terrible scent when driving on the extensive highway system. Now, my friend, trust me when I say you do not want to get skunked personally, nor hit one with your car, nor have them spray under your home. There is no bear spray that is more horrible than skunk scent. It will leave you nauseous, vomiting, and eyes running with tears if it happens. It doesn’t wear off for a minimum of a week, usually longer. Oh, I forgot. Don’t let your barking dog get skunked, because that scent does not wash off even after multiple shampoos. Been there, done that, wore that t-shirt. They also are one of the worst for carrying rabies, which is another whole ball of wax. People that keep them as pets have usually had scent sacs removed, if they still do that. Not sure if vets these days would. But my friend, if a skunk turns its backside to you, runnnnnn! 😂. Hope you and your family have the best day ever.
The spray from skunks will also temporarily blind any recipient. They stand on thier front legs doing a little hand stand and spray up over thier backs using thier tails to disperse the spray in the direction of the enemy. So they are the most dangerous when they are facing you. The smell can be detected for a VERY long distance 1.5 miles to up to 20 miles. The spray can travel up to 20 feet. So you dont have to get too close and still get directly tagged. They are very gentle creatures with a heck of a chemical weapons arsenal. They actually put the arse in arsenal😂
I have a core memory of skunk smell. I remember one night while i was still in the army. Me and a few buddies were heading out to go party. After getting gas, we were waiting to pull out onto the road when we saw a skunk run across the road and get hit by a car maybe 20 meters from us. The smell was so powerful and so instant, we all started choking as the driver peeled out to get away as soon as possible. I smell it all the time out in the country, but its never been so close and right as it sprayed. It was HORRIBLE!
We had a dog that got sprayed by a skumk. Despite all of our efforts to clean him up and get rid of the scent we failed. The faint smell of skunk when she got wet lingered for months. We eventually had to get rid of the sofa she laid on.
@@maureenshoevlin8968 i grew up out in the country, and my one dog samson always got out. He came back reaking of skunk a few times. He was a massive dog with long hair, so yeah... it stayed for a long time. I know what you mean. 🤮
Yup, that's a smell I won't soon forget. I don't know if skunks actually carry more of that awful scent in reserve than just one little spray's worth at any given time, but I would swear on a Bible that fresh skunk roadkill is ten times more potent.
@@maureenshoevlin8968if any of your dogs get tagged again rinse them with white vinegar. Be careful of thier private areas as well as ears and eyes as it can sting or burn in those areas. But it will get rid of the skunk scent. Although they will smell like a fresh salad for a bit.
One time my house smelled like burning chemicals. Everyone was choking. We thought there was a fire somewhere unlocated within the house. We called 911, and so did the neighbors. The firemen showed up, and at that point our noses were becoming numb to the smell, and we started thinking maybe skunk. Firemen showed up, awful smell obvious to them, we suggested maybe it was a skunk. They said "No way, that's burning rubber or something similar." Firemen spent about 10 minutes searching our house and neighbor's, at which point it had faded a bit and they too admitted it was probably a skunk. We think one sprayed under the porch. It was like a chemical weapon, which I suppose it literally is.
We rarely do BBQ.. it takes too long.. But we do "cookouts"! Hamburgers, steakes, chicken, hot dogs for kids, brats, baked beans, potato salad, egg salad, pasta salad, watermelon.
It depends on where you live. Here in the south we BBQ all the time. I tend to load my smoker every weekend. It keeps me from heating up the house . It was 106 degrees today. Ain’t nobody trying to cook in no kitchen
This is one of those language differences by country. Outside the US people tend to use "barbeque" for any type of grilling outside regardless of whether you prepped the meat ahead of time with barbecue or not. Just having burgers or hot dogs gets called "a barbeque" in the UK and Australia.
Most of the time I smell skunk it's because it got hit on the road. When they get killed on the road, they let all that scent out into the air and it hangs around for a day or two and up to 100 yards away or more. When you get that smell in your car, you wait until you are well past the skunk then open the windows to wash it away. No mistaking that smell.
unlike the Brits, Americans like foods with scents and flavor. Cinnamon is not only a flavor enhancer, it's a mood enhancer. It smells like joy. In Northern California we have a lot of skunks. Just don't approach them and they will go away. It's not a big deal. One interesting note about skunks. They cannot or do not climb.
We had a pet skunk and they are adorably sweet and gentle little animals. Skunks will eat garbage, but they don't have the powerful claws like raccoons, so they don't do much damage.
I gag at the mere whiff of Axe. My brother used it as a teen & it was awful. Now he has a teen son who does not know restraint. I can't embarrass my nephew for the stench as he's been 'groomed' that way lol. Instead I leave the room.
Yes, skunks really smell that bad. My car smelled for a week from having the windows open during the time a skunk got killed on the road by another driver. I was parked in a shopping center. All that smell got inside my car and was there for days...not to mention, the surrounding area smelled to high heavens from that one skunk. Trust me, that is one smell you can live without.
Skunks are night animals and feed on grubs. They do live in suburbia, but many people are unaware of them. That is until their dog chases one and gets sprayed in the face. You HAVE to bath your dog with something immediate,y because if you bring it into the house, the house will smell of skunk for days. Even after you bathe your dog, it will carry some of the scent for several days. Mostly you smell skunks while driving. These are animals that have been killed by cars, and as the body decomposes, the smell os horiffic. If it is near your house, you will (or get someone else to) bury it as soon as possible. Then your shovel will smell for quite a while.
Ohhh! I'm sorry you all are missing out on bbq sauce! Also, we will absolutely wreck our cars trying to avoid skunks lol! You can beat out a dent, but skunk NEVER comes out! If your dog gets sprayed, he will smell of it every time he gets wet for at least a year. Not kidding. Smart dogs only chase them once.
The people who have skunks have the scent glands removed typically. And skunk spray can linger up to a week after they spray an area. In terms of unpleasantness, it is akin to burning rubber.
The smell can last way more than a week. Had a neighbor hit a skunk with his car and you could smell it when the car was around for like a month. One sprayed a pair of my best leather work boots. Left them outside for about a year. Thought the smell gone and put them on and me and my kids went to a small grocery store. As we waited at the checkout, the women in front of me started turning and looking around with their nose wrinkled and about that same time, I began smelling skunk. It still was on my boots, just not as strong.
Is skunk odor really that bad? Yes. Yes, it is. However, when traveling by car the instant anyone notices a skunk odor you're supposed to shout SKUNK! and everyone rolls up their windows for the next 5-10 minutes until you pass beyond the source of the odor. Also, the people who keep skunks as pets will very often (always?) have the scent glands removed by a veterinarian. The secretions from the scent glands would contaminate everything as it is very, very had to wash off (especially off of any hapless dog who gets too close to one in the wild.) Oddly, tomato juice is one of the few things that will wash away skunk odor. If I lived in the country on a ranch or a farm, and let my dogs roam my property, I'd keep a case of the big, family-sized, cans of tomato juice on hand, just in case.
Skunk's stench can be smelled over 5 kilometers away, depending on weather conditions. I've often been on rural roads where you catch the scent, and it's still going strong 2 miles (3.22 km) farther along in the journey.
Skunks are really cute, but their scent can carry for over a mile and last over a day! It’s quite pungent, and difficult to remove from textiles and dog fur!
Lawrence does live close to the city of Chicago and most American Cities have “smog” miasma that spreads outwards to the suburbs. In most places the common smell would be fresh cut grass. Americans are obsessed with their lawns and a neighbor is always mowing.
Ambercrombie & Fitch, Hollister... they're young adult clothing outlets where they obnoxiously spray cologne EVERYWHERE. Typically at shopping malls. Seriously.. on clothes, everywhere. You can smell it from outside the stores. A bit cringe, honestly.
I mean the clothes are cringe because they’re teen brands that haven’t been in style since the 2000’s, but I actually like the smell🤷🏻♂️ And even if you don’t like it, it’s definitely an effective marketing tactic. Everyone whose ever walked around in a mall can distinctively recognize the smell of particular those stores.
Yes! And also in shopping malls will be small kiosk stores making and selling sweet yeast buns pastries with intense cinnamon smell and icing; the smell wafting through the mall is their sales and marketing strategy.
When I was little in the 90s, malls were still somewhat popular and I remember big department stores had people who'd stand around and try to spray you with perfume. I'm pretty sensitive to fragrances, and I swear they'd practically chase me. Of course that could have been my over dramatic little kid imagination.
I guess he would prefer living by or walking around a sewage plant than smelling delightful smells. Wonder how often he takes his garbage out or keeps it for weeks to smell his home up.......My preference would be Axe, cinnamon, etc.
@@cloudsnYES! Attractive young people were hired by the perfume/cologne manufacturers to spritz passersby with product and say the name. They would become quite aggressive. Now, with allergies, etc, there would be lawsuits.
Here cinnamon scented things are everywhere its not just in dishes. During Fall and Winter cinnamon is even more popular...Candles, air freshener, cinnamon ice cream shakes and desserts usually paired with apples.
In the fall, the smell of "pumpkin spice" is everywhere. It's something that sort of started with Starbucks, and Pumpkin Spice lattes. But now has become pervasive throughout the whole holiday season. The thing with skunks is that yeah they really do spray from these special glands. The thing is is you get directly sprayed it can take weeks to get rid of the smell with continuous showers. They're actually kinda cute and will leave you alone, its more if they feel sttacked they spray. It's common for dogs to get sprayed.
7:05 In your country of Portugal, you won't find an exact equivalent to Auntie Anne's, but you can enjoy similar pretzel experiences at local bakeries and shops. One option is **"Pretzel Bakery"** in Braga, known for its international bakery treats, including pretzels. For broader shopping and gourmet experiences, Porto offers various unique spots like **The Feeting Room**, which focuses on Portuguese brands and includes a café with local treats.
Yeah, I put cinnamon on lots of things. I’ll sprinkle it on plain cookies to give it more flavor, in oatmeal of all kinds blueberry, banana, plain. I’ll put it in rice pudding(they actually have cinnamon rice pudding as well as plain that you can buy, I add extra cinnamon either way), I put it in hot chocolate, coffee, root beer floats, sprinkle it on my apple pie, put it in vanilla ice cream. I also put it in tea… not sweet tea because I feel like that would constitute a war crime, but I’m one of the few people in my area that actually drinks herbal/hot tea and a lot of them taste good with sugar and a dash of cinnamon, most people around here, I live in the South, only drink herbal teas if they’re sick, like having peppermint tea to clear sinuses and things like that.
Honestly here in America some of that skunk smell is probably weed especially if your in an urban area. Even in prohibited states like Texas you can smell it in downtown Austin. I dont know much about drug culture in england, but marijuana use seems to be pretty common. Its like almost everybody and they mama smoke.
also just to add to my theory that americans are less bothered by skunk smell is because good weed smells similar to that, but not in a putrid way. Its a good way to tell if its high quality made or just mexican brick weed.
To be fair, there's plenty of places in the US that don't smell too great. My cousin lived not very far from a pork processing facility, and, the stench of rendering hog fat is AWFUL!
Rendering plants are responsible for speeding with NO tickets giving , I have been passed by cops who couldn't leave the smell at a high enough rate of speed !
Skunks can make nuisances of themselves by burrowing under buildings or getting into trash cans, but they're neither as dexterous nor as determined to get into the trash cans as raccoons. People who keep skunks as pets have their scent glands removed; otherwise, it would be impossible to live with a skunk. Skunks typically give some warning signs, like hissing, stamping their feet, and lifting their tails, before they spray. The spotted skunk actually stands on its front legs and does a handstand, the better to aim with its rear end.
I had a pet skunk many years ago. My mother talked the vet into removing her scent glands. They aren't the problem that raccoons are, but they do carry Rabies. I walked outside last night & smelled a skunk, so I retreated back to the house! To me, a faint skunk smell is like Marijuana.
I've got a family of skunks living in a burrow under my trailer right now, at least two of them. They stunk up the back yard pretty bad about an hour ago, when we had the windows open due to the heat. Not very fun when you have to choose between sweating or smelling them.
I think fresh air in general has a location-specific scent. I've noted that even within my state that the local scent varies. I think the cool, fresh air of a spring day or the balmy breeze of summer is created by humidity, temperature, soil composition, vegetation, etc., so there's no single "American" scent. In a country as big as the US, the possibilities are endless.
The smell I associate with Christmas is fresh pine brought into the house from the woods and warming up to give off a pine odor, cloves from making gingerbread and Russian tea, mandarin oranges because when I was a kid, it was a rarity, and therefore part of our Christmas stocking and bay, the bay candle lit once a year when mother read the story of Christmas in the darkened living room before we went to bed. Thoughts of those smells really dredge up memories from nearly half a cenury ago. Oh my. I wonder if those fragrance memories will run across my mind on my deathbed?
According to an employee of Abercrombie and Fitch, they spray their own brand of cologne on all the clothes in the store. That is why it smells so strongly. You can smell the store about 4 stores away in any direction. One of my favorite comfort foods is to put butter or coconut oil on a piece of toast and sprinkle a mixture of cinnamon and sugar all over it. I know I am not the only American to eat this, though everyone seems to have a different name for it. We do use cinnamon in LOTS of foods, apple sauce, french toast, breakfast cereals, breads, desserts, drinks, even some savory dishes use cinnamon. It doesn't stop there, but I figure you get the idea. I have only seen skunks in real life once in my nearly 40 years of life. I have lived in heavily desert areas too much amd skunks don't love the desert. My sister lived in a house that had a family of skunks living under it. No matter how hard they tried to catch and remove these creatures it never worked. Her whole house smelled of skunk all the time. This meant all her clothing, bedding and other porous items obsorbed the smell. To my undrstanding the liquid that skunks spray does not act like a liquid that can be washed off. It actually binds with the skin and hair and cannot be washed off even after multiple washings with soap and water. Basically it stays until the skin and hair sheds and is replaced with new over time. This process can take weeks. This also helps skunks identify preditors that have been previously sprayed and they can more easliy avoid them in the future.
Cinnamon-sugar toast is a very simple, cheap, and delicious treat. It was always a warm, toasted piece of wheat bread with butter melting on it. Once the melted butter is all over the toast, add sugar, tgen cinnamon. Delicious, but very rich. My brother likes cinnamon applesauce, which also contains some added sugar. To him, it tastes like cinnamon apple pie without the pie crust!
Stores sell the cinnamon sugar premixed in the spice aisle. There's several brands, which shows how popular it is. Inspired by that, I used to keep a shaker with a mix of cocoa powder and sugar to sprinkle over nut butter on toast.
Cinnamon is everywhere fall through Christmas in America. It's true. I love it though. Also, yes skunks really smell that bad. If you get sprayed by a skunk, or more likely your dog, the smell can linger on them for up to a week unless bathed in special soaps or tomato juice.
Yes we love cinnamon and pine cone smells at Christmas time. A bar-b-que from a neighbor's backyard has been inspired more bar-b-ques around the neighborhood. Skunk smell is HORRID!. Dogs that get in a fight wth a skunk smell so bad. Evidently tomato juice helps neutralize the smell. Skunks can carry rabies.
tomato juice works pretty well to remove the smell, as I discovered with one of my terriers. Unfortunately it also turned her white fur a lovely shade of pink.
After we had lived in mexico about 3 years my grandmother came down to visit us. When she went to hug me i was overcome with the odor that came from her. Perfume, scented deodorant, the smell of laundry soap form her clothes, the smell if her hairspray, the smell of her cosmetics, jyst an overwhelming smell if artificial chemicals and perfumes were horrible. I tried not to get too close to her after that. She stank!
Cinnamon is really popular in the US year round, but when the weather starts to cool it is everywhere. Foods, air fresheners, candles. Stores that carry Christmas decor usually have bags of pinecones that are infused with the scent. Sometimes it's overpowering. Skunks are cute but they stink and can be a nuisance. They try to live under porches. We have a lot of them in my area. They come out around dusk and dig little holes in my yard looking for grubs to eat. They spray pets when startled as well. Nothing I've found smells like skunk. The scent can carry a half mile away and if there is no wind the stench will hang in the air forever.
The smell of skunk spray is so powerful, it's like a physical force. If for some reason you're talking to Americans and you happen to bring up this topic, most Americans will physically flinch/react to this question, that's how strong the negative memory of skunk stench stays with us.
Axe cologne became a joke in middle schools all over the the US due to its "look at your man, now back to me" commercials back in the early 2000's. It started off as teen boys would use it as a cringy attempt at attract the ladies, and devolved into boys wearing it ironically as a meme. Because of this, It is indeed seen as a cologne for teen boys rather than men.
I believe Northern Illinois is skunk capital of the world and where I used to live. They were everywhere and come spring you can always smell them from a mile away pretty much all the time. You get used to the smell, but as long as they don't spray too close, but when they do, that's when you run, like in the cartoons.
@annboyd2976 I lived in the northwest quadrant of Illinois for many years and I would agree with you if it weren’t for the time our family went on a fishing trip to a state park in Southern Missouri. We were renting a cabin in a “neighborhood” of them that were loaded with skunks.When we returned from dinner one night, there was a family of six gathered on the small porch. We had to wait until they decided to leave. We also had to convince our youngest son that they weren’t like the ones in his favorite cartoons.He thought we were horrible and heartless that we wouldn’t let him get out and pet them. When he got older and smelled one from a distance as road kill, he thanked us. I don’t know which animal has the greatest number of road kill fatalities in Illinois between rabbits, raccoons, skunks and deer, but I’m sure the workers who have remove them do.🤢😷🤬🥵👎
I don't think Americans love the smell of cinnamon more. I just think Lawrence doesn't like it or likes it less. I mean who doesn't love the smell of cinnamon? Skunks are really adorable animals. Just don't get too close! But skunks are interesting. They are extremely curious. On several occasions, I've seen them peering in people's windows.
He is a steak and potatoes guy. That is what he likes. I liked listening to his experience. I also have a very sensitive nose, according to my friends! I am from Florida! I love cinnamon and other spices. In cooler months, when the temperature gets under 70 degrees and the mosquitos aren't as bad, it is time to do bonfires, S'mores, Lanterns and light the fireplace. (We also do the same in the summer, but without the the fireplace!) We swim, snorkel, dive and fish, in every body of water in Florida and take airboats out on the St. Johns River. From our house we watch rockets liftoff! The biggest firecracker you have ever seen, with the windows rattling! I love hearing about everyone's views on what they are seeing when they come to our United States of America. I learn much from you and how you view what you are seeing. Thank you for sharing! Blessings!
I grew up eating cinnamon toast for breakfast but what Lawrence seems to be talking about is aka "pumpkin spice" which does contain lots of cinnamon but is used to flavor pumpkin pie between Halloween and New Years and, these days, quite a few other things including coffee at Starbuck's. Also, there's cinnamon buns you might find any time of year (and "Cinnabon") which sells them in malls all over the country. Skunks kept as pets usually have had the anal glands that produce the smell removed.
I make a mix of cinnamon sticks or chips, cloves, allspice, and dried or fresh orange peels, and simmer it in water. It smells heavenly. The mix is also great in apple cider, or for making mulled wine.
12:53 a lot of times if someone has a pet skunk they will have the glands removed. Similar to de-clawing a cat minus the pain that comes with de-clawing.
Cinnamon buns have a good helping of cinnamon in them, and can be eaten year round, same with the cookie named snickerdoodle. And we have various cinnimon flavored candies. 11:46 Because of the scent 🤢 they're worse than raccoons.
I found your channel because you were reacting to another of Lawrence’s videos. I love hearing other people’s opinions of things that are common in the US. It’s always fun to see how people see “us”. Yes, skunks have an awful smell and they do raise their tails and will usually stump their feet giving you a chance to get away from them. Trust me, when I see a skunk, I go way out of my way to stay away. The biggest problem with the skunk smell is it’s so difficult to get rid of. Seriously! If your dog gets sprayed by a skunk, it’s bad. If your car hits a skunk on the road, you might well have to live with that smell for a very long time. It doesn’t go away quickly!!
I think learned this on the Mythbusters episode where the tested skunk remedies, but apparently a skunk actually reproduces the exact chemicals that a rotting body produces at the most disgusting point. That's both why we react so strongly to it, and why it works so well on predators.
Oh... no one's mentioned this yet, but they do actually run like Pepe Le Pew... the old Looney Tunes character. I avoided hitting one once, and watched as it ran across a road.
I love cinnamon, vanilla, and the scents of flowers, nature, pine, etc. Now I haven’t been to Europe since the 1980’s but the body odor in the Paris subway was horrific! Hopefully it’s not like that anymore! Oh skunks smell horrible; they’re the WORST but while they look cute, you don’t want to get near one!
Abercrombie & Fitch was in the mall not far from me and it used to make me gag just walking by. Go in? No way. When autumn comes, everyone starts selling cinnamon-coated pinecones and it’s a nice smell, but it’s sooooo overwhelming! And skunk is bad, but we have skunks around (so cute) and you can get used to it.
We used to live in an older house with a crawl space under it(very little space) & sometimes the skunks would crawl under & live there. Then if & when they sprayed we smelled like it for a very long time!
Starting around September in New England, when we are harvesting apples and pressing cider, making pumpkin pies for thanksgiving, etc.. cinnamon is everywhere! I love it during that time of year. It’s just tradition. I don’t think it’s that common in spring and summer. Also, we have several big candle companies who sell candles which smell like gingerbread cake, pumpkin pie, all very cinnamon-y
Cinnamon and similar spices are common during the winter holidays. The rest of the year it is not so much featured. However, those of us who like the spice may have it anytime, cinnamon toast, cinnamon cereal, cinnamon on hot cereal, cinnamon rolls, coffee cakes and cookies. We may not have it weekly but most of us have it several times a month in something to eat, drink, or just a scented candle burned....
Here in New Mexico Fall is green chile roasting time. Every grocery store and chile stand roasts chile for their customers and to us the smell is divine. Burning piñon pine in winter is another divine smell. Cinnamon, not so much, though we do use it in baked goods. Lots of skunks around my neighborhood and mating season is the worst for eau de skunk. Skunks are cute, docile little animals who eat bugs and don't bother anyone.
Skunk smell is truly unforgettable . It is one that you will never forget if you ever smell it. A Florida man here hope you get to come check out our beaches soon and smell that salty sea breeze on the white sands. Enjoy your vids.
Abercrombie & Fitch was originally a Sportsman's Outfitter. Set you up with a Hunting or Fishing Trip, or even a Safari. They would sell you all that you needed to go. Clothing, shoes & boots, guns & ammo, tents, you name it. A great, huge Store in New York City.
Yes, BBQ smell is amazing and it tastes even better. Yes, skunk stink is incredibly bad, but if you don't scare them they are cute and don't get into trash. Also they can be de-scented, but since they enjoy their owners when they are pets and would never spray where they live and eat de-scenting is not really necessary. I personally never shop at Abercrombie and Fitch, but their signature scent wafts all over anywhere near their store. While I was in the military I was in Europe several times and there are definitely many differences. Obrigada I enjoyed your comments.
We had a border collie who had several unfortunate run-ins with the neighborhood skunks. Dog shampoo dies not work on skunk spray! The only thing that helped was to soak his fur in tomato juice . It still took several tomato baths before he could come in the house without making everyone sick.
Just a few comments from an American…. Love the show! There are many, many different BBQ sauces, depending on the region you are in. Originally from the south and migrated to other regions. I’m from the Virginia Blue Ridge and grew up eating BBQ a vinegar based sauce on pork. Virginia is different even from North Carolina (close by). My hubby is from Austin Texas and he grew up with beef with a smoky, rich, tomato based sauce. Each state and region in the south has its own special BBQ recipe. Skunks are pests if around your house. Besides the stink defense, they can get rabies like other wild creatures in the woods. Stay away from them. Heaven help you if you get sprayed by one. The smell is very difficult to get out. I think tomato based sauce gets a lot of it out, but throw away your clothes. Call animal control if they decide to stay at your house to have them relocated. I think they can have the glands removed but why. There are better pets, I think…
Starting in the fall of the year, you will start smelling cinnamon. I am an old lady and the smell of cinnamon means Christmas holidays - my most favorite time of the year! So many wonderful memories are brought to mind.
Cinnamon? Never heard of it. (As she eats a box of Hot Tamales). Actually, (grimace) there are 2 types of cinnamon. There is Ceylon (popular in Mexico), and Cassia (AKA Korintje) is what you usually think of as "cinnamon" like in buns and sweets.
I love cinnamon, and I'm a hot tamales fantastic. I only eat a few most days, but to make sure I don't run out, I buy the boxes 10 at a time at Dollar Tree.
We had a cat that got sprayed by a skunk once. We washed her w/ tomato juice a couple of times to get the stink out. Skunks eat larvae so you will know if your yard is infested w/ grubs b/c skunks will dig up your lawn to get to them.
Skunks do occasionally raid people's yards for food, eating kitchen garbage from spilled trash cans, or vegetable scraps and bugs from compost heaps. They usually aren't large enough to topple the cans themselves, but will eat the leftovers from ones tipped by raccoons, coyotes, or stray dogs. Skunks are omnivores, scrounging all sorts of edibles, and can be quite stubborn about standing their ground if they find a rich food source. Most of the concerns people have about skunks living in their neighborhood are about the risk of dogs getting themselves sprayed and bringing the reek home with them, as well as how skunks are (rarely) carriers of rabies.
Yeah, skunks are that bad. I was the manager of a manufacturing plant located in an old apple barn. The boss came in early and heard animals fighting under the floor. He stomped really hard and turned out it was skunks. By the time I came in the place reeked of skunk. The boss left and the rest of us opened all the windows and doors and started working. After a few hours I had a headache and felt nauseous. I asked the other employees how they felt, they all were nauseous and had headaches. I called the boss and told him we were all leaving for the day. Skunk spray is chemical warfare, and the skunk always wins ... except against cars. I think that is why they get hit so much, they are fearless little buggers, if you run into one in the woods they don't run, they stomp their feet at you and then turn their back and wave their tail and will spray you if you don't leave fast enough.
Skunks are more shy and less agressive than racoons so not much of a problem unless you have poultry. When they spray, it does not just smell bad, it stings the eyes. A dog or other preditor is both temporarily blinded and their sense of smell is overwhelmed to the point of being useless. The skunk can then toddle off. The dog then goes home and is kept ouside for a few days and washed repeatedly with whatever common wisdom says will take away the smell. Sometimes they get shaved down to the skin. Usually time is what gets rid of the smell. A smart dog only gets skunked once. BTW, skunk smell is so strong it spreads out and hangs in the air, that is why it will invade your car as you drive by at 70 mph. A guy from Switzerland who had been working at a summer camp in the woods thought the smell was pollution from a factory until we drove through it and I said "skunk" (as we do, though in my family it was said in a lighthearted way, no "ugh.") He was stunned and wanted to know how many skunks it took to make that smell. Just one, my frieind, just one.
When I was in elementary school, there was a skunk that would show up every day on the playground. when the principal noticed that we kids had basically adopted it as a school pet, he took it into a veterinarian and had it de-scented. The skunk lived a long happy life, loved by all the school children.
What a cool story! Nowadays, some "Karen" parent would freak out and force the school to get rid of it
Kudos for their principal! I wonder if he had to burn his clothing afterwards. I'm glad he was willing to care for it though.
@@krisfinley6706that’s be cruel considering it was descented by that point and wouldn’t have a self defense mechanism for other animals and humans in the wild
@@user-rb4cj7mb8f I didn't mean Karen would demand it immediately be chucked into some bushes, 😂 probably like an animal rescue/sanctuary
When I was 5, back in 1966, the folks down the street had a skunk under their house and had the exterminator come out and get rid of it. Well, it turned out that it was a female, and she had a litter of babies that were discovered the next day. So they were taken to the vet, were descented and we took the only female. We named her Chanel. She was a great pet. She ate dog food, caught mice and bugs in our unfinished basement and garage, and she used a litter box. When the Sears repairman came to fix our dryer, Mom forgot to tell him about the skunk in the basement. He took the stairs 3 at a time on his way out! We had her for about 3 years until we moved and had to stay with my grandmother for a few months before we found a house. We gave her to a local petting zoo. She was a big hit with the kids.
The southern US has some of the best outdoor smells ever, such as Honeysuckle in Spring, or Magnolias in the Summer. Just heavenly.
And the Holly bushes blooming!!
Lilac shrubs in April 😊
YES! Skunks do smell that bad. And you cannot wash it off!!!
Have to take a tomato sauce bath. The acidity breaks down the smell. Old school remedy.
A mixture of baking soda, peroxide, Dawn detergent and water will create a chemical reaction that neutralizes the odor. I can tell you this works from experience…a very horrible experience.
Yeah, I had to buy tomato juice when my sister's dog found a skunk. There was not enough in the world.
Yep - until you have experienced skunk smell, you can never truly know how powerful an odor can be! Tomato juice doesn't work. Hydrogen Peroxide does work. The mixture that @margaretbonanno654 described is correct. (I've had a lot of experience with skunks. Too much.) However, beware - hydrogen peroxide can turn your black lab into a badly done bleach blonde! 😆
My mother's dog got sprayed so bad by a skunk once that the poor thing couldn't stop vomiting for 3 days despite repeated tomato juice baths.. We had to take it in turns to try to comfort and care for her because none of us could tolerate the smell for long (even with coverings on our faces). The vet helped make sure we were able to keep her hydrated but was otherwise not much help. (this was back in the early 90s)
Yes Andre' skunks really do "do that thing with their tail" when they are going to spray you and YES they really do stink that bad! Their smell is extremely pungent and it is so thick you have a hard time breathing! There are a lot of skunks that get hit on the road at night by traveling cars and if you drive over the same area for up to hours later, your tires pick up the stench and brings it with you through the engine compartment! Lastly yes, they are problematic! If you have a doggie door they are known to come into your house at night to get food from your pets! Our county "exterminator" tells us each year to not put food out at night for your animals as that is a real attractant for them to come in.
Our one cat came as a stray kitten so I was feeding outside, we live in rural Pennsylvania, a skunk was eating her food and she came bouncing out of the bushes like she wanted to play…I’m so glad the skunk didn’t spray her…it jumped back when the kitten came out…
@@janetbaker645 Our next door neighbor had a doggie door like we do when a skunk came into their back yard. Their dog went out the door to confront it and got promptly sprayed. He then ran back into the house, directly into their master bedroom where he jumped on their bed and started to roll around in their white comforter trying desperately to get the smell off of him. We see them all the time around March as that is mating season and we see mama's and babies all the time. The county trapper basically has told us to not bother calling him as this is just what they do and we have to learn to live with them. He did say they are notorious for actually entering houses with animals and they get into the food INSIDE. He told us to never, ever feed our pets at night, and especially never leave food anywhere, including indoors for them! LOL
The smell of skunk has never bothered me, my kids, 1 sister or alot of my neices & nephews...hmmm a genetic thing?
@@tzarinaruths.2610 You must have a very small olfactory! LOL
I had to always bring my cat's bowl in every evening because they would come at night to eat. Once caught them eating and my cats were setting as still as possible under the table . I have to admit the smell is horrible and when sprayed on something it will not wash off easily. It can take days for the stench to wear off. With that said they are kind of cute prancing around.
Texan here, good Bar-b-Q doesn't need sauce. You can add it if you like it, but go to a good place and it is totally unnecessary. It's all in the rub and the smoke. Also lamb with garlic, cinnamon, onion, tomatoes and black pepper makes a great stew any time of year. You can also add some chili peppers if you want it spicier.
I recoiled when he said smoked in sauce. Then I remembered he's from the North and likely more familiar with St. Louis Ribs covered in sauce. Either way, I agree smoking is done with a rub and sauce is only used when cooking over open flame/coals.
In Colorado, you are never quite certain if a skunk got hit on the road, or you passed a marijuana dispensary.
Washington too lol
Exactly!!!
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Funny, but in case anyone reading this doesn't know... Not all Marijuana has what is known as a skunky smell. Most doesn't. However, there is some that does have a sort of stink. It's not actually a skunk smell. I would liken it to when people like those stinky cheeses. It's a "good" stink. True skunk smell is never good.
@@pacmon5285 If you're happy when you smell it, it's likely Cannabis. If not, a skunk. Smells like burning electrical items to me...
Every Christmas season I look forward to the pine cones that are scented with Cinnamon. Love that smell!
Or they make those straw brooms that are soaked in cinnamon. I love those things. They're usually like 98 cents or something. Just get one and stop second guessing it.
Ummm, me too 😊
@@protorhinocerator142I use those in my restroom.
@@erolegario That's a great idea.
We love cinnamon here. It’s in home decor especially around the holidays. Also cinnamon drops work really as a pesticide.
i found ants wont cross cinnamon, and I use the drops as a cough suppressant.
@@christophersmith8316 I didn’t know about the cough suppressant. I have asthma and I definitely will try that. Thanks for the info
Cinnamon also cuts down smells like cat litter boxes. Its a great deodorant. One of the.best smells ever. I forget which country it is but 90% of cinnamon comes from there. They scrape the sticks and all that.
@@lorir5728 I have a cat so I will try in the diffuser. Thanks for idea
@@lorir5728 I have a cat so I will try in the diffuser. Thanks for idea
Lynx is actually EXACTLY the same product, produced by the same company. They just rebranded it for the UK.
My son used to wear Axe. Ugh! I started buying him better cologne. Couldn't take it.
The Abercrombie smell is cologne. I worked there in my early 20s. It gets sprayed throughout the store everyday….. at least when I worked there in the late 90s. lol.
Diane Von Furstenberg stores used to spray her perfume, Tatiana, in their shops.
And it's horrifyingly overpowering, and bad.
Britain invaded half the world for spices and decided they didn't like any of them.
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That's more the Dutch. The British invaded half the world just for trade in general, and more importantly: to increase tax revenue. France also invaded countries with an emphasis on food but they mostly just figured out what other ingredients they could put butter on. Last but not least, Portugal colonized countries for the sake of spices but unlike the others, they actually used the spices.
@@Toastmaster_5000it was a joke.
that's some funny shit
Brits drinking water --- uhmm spicy
In the South, a lot of old timers called skunks, "pole cats".
Yep. That's what my parents and grandparents called them.
I've lived in South Carolina for my whole 50 years. Didn't know that a pole cat & a skunk were the same until about 20 years ago
Good to know. Thanks.
Ah, I never actually knew what pole cats were!
We still call them that from time to time in Oklahoma
We have a Quaker Oats plant right downtown. We get to smell Cap’n Crunch. It ‘s particularly strong on Crunchberry days!
I live about three miles from a Purina plant and get to smell the dog food cooking when the wind is right.
I used to work near a General Mills plant and for us it was Cocoa Puffs.
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When I was a kid in the late 1960s we would smell the tobacco curing in barns at the cigarette factories in downtown Richmond, VA, near the railroad.
I used to live a town over from the McCormick spices plant in Maryland. At times I thought I smelled spaghetti sauce on the breeze -- oregano, I think.
Up close, skunk spray is akin to tear gas, or better yet, pepper spray. When they are babies they don't have their spray glands developed so you can have a vet remove them. They actually make wonderful pets, much like a ferret, and like a ferret, they never quite get rid of their smell unless you bathe them constantly.
5:35 Yep, Trader Joe's even sells a cinnamon-scented decorative witches broom you can buy for your house.
They have them at Kroger too!I can’t wait to get mine this year😊
I get one for my car every autumn
It’s the fall in the States! We are getting ready for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas!!!! Pumpkin, vanilla, cinnamon, pine and cranberries scent wafting around all winter. Besides he’s from U.K where they can’t even tolerate spices so that should say something.
Fall? It's mid July...
Found an accidental time traveler
I will never understand comments like this.
In Texas, BBQ and grillin' aren't the same thing. BBQ cooks it low-and-slow, and can infuse a smoky flavor to the meat. Sauce, IF you use it, goes on when you eat it.
Grilling cooks meat quickly, often putting the characteristic stripes on it. You might add sauce towards the end, and let it bake on, and get brown and delicious.
You are a lovely man and your enthusiasm is so great.
Skunks can actually make good pets if they are raised from infants, but you wouldn't want to take one out of the wild. Their scent glands need to be removed if you keep them captive though. Even after that there's a bit of a musky order but they do like to cuddle up and receive attention.
There are two basic food groups - Foods that you put cinnamon on and foods that you put salsa on,
now hear me out... Cinnamon Salsa
Tomato chutney.
Okay, picture this: Abercrombie & Fitch, a clothing store, was all the rage back in the mid-2000s. Think preteens and teenagers, and you'll get the picture. They had this strong, almost overwhelming cologne-like scent that was the signature of the brand. You were right in the thick of it, shopping there along with Hollister and American Eagle, which were similar stores. It was a fashion frenzy for young folks back then! Even if you don't know what those stores are, you get the idea!
Abercrombie used those glade plug-in air fresheners and also sprayed it around the store.. awful
@@louisesmith4251Similarly with the cinnamon scent that Laurence was complaining about. There are mall food stores that purposefully pump out cinnamon scent to attract buyers, and there are movie theater concession counters that pump out artificial butter aroma to entice movie goers to buy popcorn. This scent-based marketing can be quite overwhelming and off putting to people with more sensitive noses or with aversions to particular scents.
These days you'd need to enter one intentionally. It's not like back in the day when you went to the mall and passed by an A&F. Nobody goes to the mall anymore.
That smell was their most popular cologne Fierce.
I was in a big store the other day and the teenage girl running the fragrance counter seemed to think it was a good idea to walk around the floor spraying some perfume in the air. Never going back to that store again. It's the new indoor smoking.
There are lots of skunks where I come from. They are actually quite cute and can make great pets. If you don't alarm them and they know you they will not spray around you. They get along with domestic house cats and love to eat the cat food. They will come into your home if you have a pet door so they can eat the food. They clear a lot of insects from the yard so they are helpful but if you ever encounter their spray at a close distance you will not be able to control your reaction.
Agreed. They're a great indicator of whether you have an insect issue around your property.
I walked up on what I thought was a cat at night. I said, "What are you doing here?" It didn't run off. I looked a little closer and noticed the white patch on it's head. I backed off as quick as I dared. Funny thing is that I never smelled it. I usually notice their smell at night a good distance away. This one had no odor, at least at that moment.
A skunks real superpower is thier ability to dig up and eat a yellow jacket nest. My heroes!!!
Cinnamon is used often in fall and winter for thanksgiving and Christmas recipes in particular. Cinnamon rolls are popular all year. Pumpkin spice is very popular all fall
With regards to skunks, the liquid they spray is almost impossible to get rid of. Typically you try bathing in tomato juice and then you have to wait a week or more for the smell to wear off.
I live in Chicago. There are tons and tons of bake shops and restaurants. That yes, there's a possibility you may smell Cinnamon. Like Cinnabon or Ann Sathers, Molly's Cupcakes, etc . And during the holiday season, for sure, which h I think is to be expected. Not everyone puts sauce on meat while cooking it on the grill. It's called seasoning, rubs, etc. They're not used to seasoning their food like we do.
I remember the first time I had a Cinnabon and it was the most amazing thing ever.
They make a Cinnabon flavored coffee and it's wonderful. Paired with hazelnut Coffee Mate and the flavor is practically unbeatable.
I used to work near Blommer's chocolate, that smelled great! Next job was near Belmont Sausage Co. They smoked meats on Fridays. Delicious! Now I work near a Nestle plant and a Dunkin' bakery. Love it!
@@marleneflanagan7137 You gotten thing for smells lol, makes the job more tolerable lol.
I thought Chicago only smelled like the smoke from bullets and blood.
Ok, I love your channel and positivity. Disinfectant: have you smelled Fabulosa? Leaves your home smelling wonderful after cleaning! You’re welcome. Abercrombie & Fitch: haven’t been there in years as my children are grown. Never noticed a smell and my nose is very perceptive. Cinnamon: like you we love the smell of cinnamon during the holidays. Pine cones are dipped in cinnamon oil to put near the fireplace, and many traditional holiday recipes have cinnamon. But the rest of the year you only smell it at donut shops where they make cinnamon rolls or Cinnabon, a chain store for said rolls. Skunks: I live in Texas and skunks are nocturnal animals. They are most active when the moon is close to full. It is a regular occurrence to pass a dead skunk and its terrible scent when driving on the extensive highway system. Now, my friend, trust me when I say you do not want to get skunked personally, nor hit one with your car, nor have them spray under your home. There is no bear spray that is more horrible than skunk scent. It will leave you nauseous, vomiting, and eyes running with tears if it happens. It doesn’t wear off for a minimum of a week, usually longer. Oh, I forgot. Don’t let your barking dog get skunked, because that scent does not wash off even after multiple shampoos. Been there, done that, wore that t-shirt. They also are one of the worst for carrying rabies, which is another whole ball of wax. People that keep them as pets have usually had scent sacs removed, if they still do that. Not sure if vets these days would. But my friend, if a skunk turns its backside to you, runnnnnn! 😂. Hope you and your family have the best day ever.
The spray from skunks will also temporarily blind any recipient. They stand on thier front legs doing a little hand stand and spray up over thier backs using thier tails to disperse the spray in the direction of the enemy. So they are the most dangerous when they are facing you. The smell can be detected for a VERY long distance 1.5 miles to up to 20 miles. The spray can travel up to 20 feet. So you dont have to get too close and still get directly tagged. They are very gentle creatures with a heck of a chemical weapons arsenal. They actually put the arse in arsenal😂
I have a core memory of skunk smell. I remember one night while i was still in the army. Me and a few buddies were heading out to go party. After getting gas, we were waiting to pull out onto the road when we saw a skunk run across the road and get hit by a car maybe 20 meters from us. The smell was so powerful and so instant, we all started choking as the driver peeled out to get away as soon as possible. I smell it all the time out in the country, but its never been so close and right as it sprayed. It was HORRIBLE!
We had a dog that got sprayed by a skumk. Despite all of our efforts to clean him up and get rid of the scent we failed. The faint smell of skunk when she got wet lingered for months. We eventually had to get rid of the sofa she laid on.
@@maureenshoevlin8968 i grew up out in the country, and my one dog samson always got out. He came back reaking of skunk a few times. He was a massive dog with long hair, so yeah... it stayed for a long time. I know what you mean. 🤮
Yup, that's a smell I won't soon forget. I don't know if skunks actually carry more of that awful scent in reserve than just one little spray's worth at any given time, but I would swear on a Bible that fresh skunk roadkill is ten times more potent.
@@maureenshoevlin8968if any of your dogs get tagged again rinse them with white vinegar. Be careful of thier private areas as well as ears and eyes as it can sting or burn in those areas. But it will get rid of the skunk scent. Although they will smell like a fresh salad for a bit.
@@holleymother9026 Thanks for the info. I REALLY hope it never happens again.
One time my house smelled like burning chemicals. Everyone was choking. We thought there was a fire somewhere unlocated within the house.
We called 911, and so did the neighbors. The firemen showed up, and at that point our noses were becoming numb to the smell, and we started thinking maybe skunk.
Firemen showed up, awful smell obvious to them, we suggested maybe it was a skunk. They said "No way, that's burning rubber or something similar." Firemen spent about 10 minutes searching our house and neighbor's, at which point it had faded a bit and they too admitted it was probably a skunk.
We think one sprayed under the porch. It was like a chemical weapon, which I suppose it literally is.
Skunk spray close up is just incredibly powerful--and ghastly.
We rarely do BBQ.. it takes too long.. But we do "cookouts"! Hamburgers, steakes, chicken, hot dogs for kids, brats, baked beans, potato salad, egg salad, pasta salad, watermelon.
It depends on where you live. Here in the south we BBQ all the time. I tend to load my smoker every weekend. It keeps me from heating up the house . It was 106 degrees today. Ain’t nobody trying to cook in no kitchen
Both are wonderful. Legit BBQ is better. But everyone's always glad to go to a cookout.
This is one of those language differences by country. Outside the US people tend to use "barbeque" for any type of grilling outside regardless of whether you prepped the meat ahead of time with barbecue or not. Just having burgers or hot dogs gets called "a barbeque" in the UK and Australia.
Most of the time I smell skunk it's because it got hit on the road. When they get killed on the road, they let all that scent out into the air and it hangs around for a day or two and up to 100 yards away or more. When you get that smell in your car, you wait until you are well past the skunk then open the windows to wash it away. No mistaking that smell.
unlike the Brits, Americans like foods with scents and flavor. Cinnamon is not only a flavor enhancer, it's a mood enhancer. It smells like joy.
In Northern California we have a lot of skunks. Just don't approach them and they will go away. It's not a big deal. One interesting note about skunks. They cannot or do not climb.
The first time I visited the Grand Canyon, the smell of the pine trees was heavenly! A different smell from our Texas pines. ❤
Cinnamon is used in a lot of apple desserts, pie, cinnamon rolls, pumpkin pie, n we also put it on coffees with creamer n whipped cream
We had a pet skunk and they are adorably sweet and gentle little animals.
Skunks will eat garbage, but they don't have the powerful claws like raccoons, so they don't do much damage.
It isn't that Axe is a teen fragrance, it is that they use so much of it, adults tend to avoid it now.
Ugh.... Now I just remembered the one time of Axe battle in the boy's locker room. Axe ended up being banned after that time.
At one time, every single middle school in the US, smelled of Axe, BO, and boiled hot dogs.
I gag at the mere whiff of Axe. My brother used it as a teen & it was awful. Now he has a teen son who does not know restraint. I can't embarrass my nephew for the stench as he's been 'groomed' that way lol. Instead I leave the room.
Yes, skunks really smell that bad. My car smelled for a week from having the windows open during the time a skunk got killed on the road by another driver. I was parked in a shopping center. All that smell got inside my car and was there for days...not to mention, the surrounding area smelled to high heavens from that one skunk. Trust me, that is one smell you can live without.
Skunks are night animals and feed on grubs. They do live in suburbia, but many people are unaware of them. That is until their dog chases one and gets sprayed in the face. You HAVE to bath your dog with something immediate,y because if you bring it into the house, the house will smell of skunk for days. Even after you bathe your dog, it will carry some of the scent for several days.
Mostly you smell skunks while driving. These are animals that have been killed by cars, and as the body decomposes, the smell os horiffic. If it is near your house, you will (or get someone else to) bury it as soon as possible. Then your shovel will smell for quite a while.
Ohhh! I'm sorry you all are missing out on bbq sauce!
Also, we will absolutely wreck our cars trying to avoid skunks lol! You can beat out a dent, but skunk NEVER comes out! If your dog gets sprayed, he will smell of it every time he gets wet for at least a year. Not kidding. Smart dogs only chase them once.
Not true if you wash pet with Dawn detergent, which breaks down the oil, and apple cider vinegar that also removes the oil and the stink.
Doesn't tomato juice take the stench away?
NOTHING takes the stink away completely. Not Dawn, not tomato juice.
The people who have skunks have the scent glands removed typically. And skunk spray can linger up to a week after they spray an area. In terms of unpleasantness, it is akin to burning rubber.
The smell can last way more than a week. Had a neighbor hit a skunk with his car and you could smell it when the car was around for like a month. One sprayed a pair of my best leather work boots. Left them outside for about a year. Thought the smell gone and put them on and me and my kids went to a small grocery store. As we waited at the checkout, the women in front of me started turning and looking around with their nose wrinkled and about that same time, I began smelling skunk. It still was on my boots, just not as strong.
@@putteslaintxtbks5166 😂🤣😂
or road tar
Skunks spray when they are frightened. You'll never forget once you smell a skunk.😅😅😅
Is skunk odor really that bad? Yes. Yes, it is. However, when traveling by car the instant anyone notices a skunk odor you're supposed to shout SKUNK! and everyone rolls up their windows for the next 5-10 minutes until you pass beyond the source of the odor. Also, the people who keep skunks as pets will very often (always?) have the scent glands removed by a veterinarian. The secretions from the scent glands would contaminate everything as it is very, very had to wash off (especially off of any hapless dog who gets too close to one in the wild.) Oddly, tomato juice is one of the few things that will wash away skunk odor. If I lived in the country on a ranch or a farm, and let my dogs roam my property, I'd keep a case of the big, family-sized, cans of tomato juice on hand, just in case.
CINNAMON, vanilla, nutmeg and cloves are Christmas smell to us.. also apple cidar and oranges can be.
Skunk's stench can be smelled over 5 kilometers away, depending on weather conditions. I've often been on rural roads where you catch the scent, and it's still going strong 2 miles (3.22 km) farther along in the journey.
Skunks are really cute, but their scent can carry for over a mile and last over a day! It’s quite pungent, and difficult to remove from textiles and dog fur!
Lawrence does live close to the city of Chicago and most American Cities have “smog” miasma that spreads outwards to the suburbs.
In most places the common smell would be fresh cut grass. Americans are obsessed with their lawns and a neighbor is always mowing.
Ambercrombie & Fitch, Hollister... they're young adult clothing outlets where they obnoxiously spray cologne EVERYWHERE. Typically at shopping malls. Seriously.. on clothes, everywhere. You can smell it from outside the stores. A bit cringe, honestly.
I mean the clothes are cringe because they’re teen brands that haven’t been in style since the 2000’s, but I actually like the smell🤷🏻♂️ And even if you don’t like it, it’s definitely an effective marketing tactic. Everyone whose ever walked around in a mall can distinctively recognize the smell of particular those stores.
Yes! And also in shopping malls will be small kiosk stores making and selling sweet yeast buns pastries with intense cinnamon smell and icing; the smell wafting through the mall is their sales and marketing strategy.
When I was little in the 90s, malls were still somewhat popular and I remember big department stores had people who'd stand around and try to spray you with perfume. I'm pretty sensitive to fragrances, and I swear they'd practically chase me. Of course that could have been my over dramatic little kid imagination.
I guess he would prefer living by or walking around a sewage plant than smelling delightful smells. Wonder how often he takes his garbage out or keeps it for weeks to smell his home up.......My preference would be Axe, cinnamon, etc.
@@cloudsnYES! Attractive young people were hired by the perfume/cologne manufacturers to spritz passersby with product and say the name. They would become quite aggressive. Now, with allergies, etc, there would be lawsuits.
Skunks are adorable, but holy cow. I had a courting couple under my house once and that was SPECIAL
Here cinnamon scented things are everywhere its not just in dishes. During Fall and Winter cinnamon is even more popular...Candles, air freshener, cinnamon ice cream shakes and desserts usually paired with apples.
In the fall, the smell of "pumpkin spice" is everywhere. It's something that sort of started with Starbucks, and Pumpkin Spice lattes. But now has become pervasive throughout the whole holiday season. The thing with skunks is that yeah they really do spray from these special glands. The thing is is you get directly sprayed it can take weeks to get rid of the smell with continuous showers. They're actually kinda cute and will leave you alone, its more if they feel sttacked they spray. It's common for dogs to get sprayed.
7:05 In your country of Portugal, you won't find an exact equivalent to Auntie Anne's, but you can enjoy similar pretzel experiences at local bakeries and shops. One option is **"Pretzel Bakery"** in Braga, known for its international bakery treats, including pretzels. For broader shopping and gourmet experiences, Porto offers various unique spots like **The Feeting Room**, which focuses on Portuguese brands and includes a café with local treats.
Yeah, I put cinnamon on lots of things. I’ll sprinkle it on plain cookies to give it more flavor, in oatmeal of all kinds blueberry, banana, plain. I’ll put it in rice pudding(they actually have cinnamon rice pudding as well as plain that you can buy, I add extra cinnamon either way), I put it in hot chocolate, coffee, root beer floats, sprinkle it on my apple pie, put it in vanilla ice cream. I also put it in tea… not sweet tea because I feel like that would constitute a war crime, but I’m one of the few people in my area that actually drinks herbal/hot tea and a lot of them taste good with sugar and a dash of cinnamon, most people around here, I live in the South, only drink herbal teas if they’re sick, like having peppermint tea to clear sinuses and things like that.
Honestly here in America some of that skunk smell is probably weed especially if your in an urban area. Even in prohibited states like Texas you can smell it in downtown Austin. I dont know much about drug culture in england, but marijuana use seems to be pretty common. Its like almost everybody and they mama smoke.
also just to add to my theory that americans are less bothered by skunk smell is because good weed smells similar to that, but not in a putrid way. Its a good way to tell if its high quality made or just mexican brick weed.
To be fair, there's plenty of places in the US that don't smell too great. My cousin lived not very far from a pork processing facility, and, the stench of rendering hog fat is AWFUL!
Pulp wood plants are awful too! And chicken processing plants. 🤮
Paper plants, chicken farms (specially in the summer when they turn on the exhaust fans on to keep it cool)
I was in a town when the local beef packing plant burnt the blood. I've never smelled anything like it.
Rendering plants are responsible for speeding with NO tickets giving , I have been passed by cops who couldn't leave the smell at a high enough rate of speed !
I'm 64 years old and everywhere I ever went in the United States smelt wonderful and I traveled all 50 states😊
Skunks can make nuisances of themselves by burrowing under buildings or getting into trash cans, but they're neither as dexterous nor as determined to get into the trash cans as raccoons. People who keep skunks as pets have their scent glands removed; otherwise, it would be impossible to live with a skunk. Skunks typically give some warning signs, like hissing, stamping their feet, and lifting their tails, before they spray. The spotted skunk actually stands on its front legs and does a handstand, the better to aim with its rear end.
Yep. Cinnamon is used in a lot of baked goods, scented sprays, and fall and winter holiday related stuff here in the US.
I had a pet skunk many years ago. My mother talked the vet into removing her scent glands. They aren't the problem that raccoons are, but they do carry Rabies. I walked outside last night & smelled a skunk, so I retreated back to the house! To me, a faint skunk smell is like Marijuana.
skunk weed is the old term not used much these days.
@@TemT8 Yeah, I remember!
@@sherryjoiner396 *puff puff pass* :o)
I've got a family of skunks living in a burrow under my trailer right now, at least two of them. They stunk up the back yard pretty bad about an hour ago, when we had the windows open due to the heat. Not very fun when you have to choose between sweating or smelling them.
And we say marijuana smells like skunk. 🦨😝
I think fresh air in general has a location-specific scent. I've noted that even within my state that the local scent varies. I think the cool, fresh air of a spring day or the balmy breeze of summer is created by humidity, temperature, soil composition, vegetation, etc., so there's no single "American" scent. In a country as big as the US, the possibilities are endless.
But large swaths of Indiana smell like urine
The smell I associate with Christmas is fresh pine brought into the house from the woods and warming up to give off a pine odor, cloves from making gingerbread and Russian tea, mandarin oranges because when I was a kid, it was a rarity, and therefore part of our Christmas stocking and bay, the bay candle lit once a year when mother read the story of Christmas in the darkened living room before we went to bed. Thoughts of those smells really dredge up memories from nearly half a cenury ago. Oh my. I wonder if those fragrance memories will run across my mind on my deathbed?
My dad would cut a small cedar tree for Christmas. It is not easy to trim but it smells wonderful!
@@acustomer7216 Imagine so! And, if afterward it was used as organic fuel, even more so!
According to an employee of Abercrombie and Fitch, they spray their own brand of cologne on all the clothes in the store. That is why it smells so strongly. You can smell the store about 4 stores away in any direction. One of my favorite comfort foods is to put butter or coconut oil on a piece of toast and sprinkle a mixture of cinnamon and sugar all over it. I know I am not the only American to eat this, though everyone seems to have a different name for it. We do use cinnamon in LOTS of foods, apple sauce, french toast, breakfast cereals, breads, desserts, drinks, even some savory dishes use cinnamon. It doesn't stop there, but I figure you get the idea. I have only seen skunks in real life once in my nearly 40 years of life. I have lived in heavily desert areas too much amd skunks don't love the desert. My sister lived in a house that had a family of skunks living under it. No matter how hard they tried to catch and remove these creatures it never worked. Her whole house smelled of skunk all the time. This meant all her clothing, bedding and other porous items obsorbed the smell. To my undrstanding the liquid that skunks spray does not act like a liquid that can be washed off. It actually binds with the skin and hair and cannot be washed off even after multiple washings with soap and water. Basically it stays until the skin and hair sheds and is replaced with new over time. This process can take weeks. This also helps skunks identify preditors that have been previously sprayed and they can more easliy avoid them in the future.
Cinnamon-sugar toast is a very simple, cheap, and delicious treat. It was always a warm, toasted piece of wheat bread with butter melting on it. Once the melted butter is all over the toast, add sugar, tgen cinnamon. Delicious, but very rich.
My brother likes cinnamon applesauce, which also contains some added sugar. To him, it tastes like cinnamon apple pie without the pie crust!
Stores sell the cinnamon sugar premixed in the spice aisle. There's several brands, which shows how popular it is.
Inspired by that, I used to keep a shaker with a mix of cocoa powder and sugar to sprinkle over nut butter on toast.
Cinnamon is everywhere fall through Christmas in America. It's true. I love it though.
Also, yes skunks really smell that bad. If you get sprayed by a skunk, or more likely your dog, the smell can linger on them for up to a week unless bathed in special soaps or tomato juice.
Living close to a dairy can be smelly. Especially down wing from the manure hill.
Yes we love cinnamon and pine cone smells at Christmas time. A bar-b-que from a neighbor's backyard has been inspired more bar-b-ques around the neighborhood. Skunk smell is HORRID!. Dogs that get in a fight wth a skunk smell so bad. Evidently tomato juice helps neutralize the smell. Skunks can carry rabies.
tomato juice works pretty well to remove the smell, as I discovered with one of my terriers. Unfortunately it also turned her white fur a lovely shade of pink.
Pet skunks have their scent glands removed so they cant spray and cause a stink lol
Warning for others-they still smell, just no where near as bad. Like a ferret but much bigger.
It's true we do love cinnamon. And nutmeg! Both are good in savory dishes like chili as well
After we had lived in mexico about 3 years my grandmother came down to visit us. When she went to hug me i was overcome with the odor that came from her. Perfume, scented deodorant, the smell of laundry soap form her clothes, the smell if her hairspray, the smell of her cosmetics, jyst an overwhelming smell if artificial chemicals and perfumes were horrible. I tried not to get too close to her after that. She stank!
we used to call that "old lady smell"
Cinnamon is really popular in the US year round, but when the weather starts to cool it is everywhere. Foods, air fresheners, candles. Stores that carry Christmas decor usually have bags of pinecones that are infused with the scent. Sometimes it's overpowering.
Skunks are cute but they stink and can be a nuisance. They try to live under porches. We have a lot of them in my area. They come out around dusk and dig little holes in my yard looking for grubs to eat. They spray pets when startled as well. Nothing I've found smells like skunk. The scent can carry a half mile away and if there is no wind the stench will hang in the air forever.
The molecule in a skunk's spray is the same one that makes weed smell bad. Also, pet skunks have their scent gland removed so you don't have to worry.
thax 4 that info i thought they were the same...
The smell of skunk spray is so powerful, it's like a physical force. If for some reason you're talking to Americans and you happen to bring up this topic, most Americans will physically flinch/react to this question, that's how strong the negative memory of skunk stench stays with us.
The people that have skunks for pets usually have the glands that produce the stench removed.
Axe cologne became a joke in middle schools all over the the US due to its "look at your man, now back to me" commercials back in the early 2000's. It started off as teen boys would use it as a cringy attempt at attract the ladies, and devolved into boys wearing it ironically as a meme. Because of this, It is indeed seen as a cologne for teen boys rather than men.
I believe Northern Illinois is skunk capital of the world and where I used to live. They were everywhere and come spring you can always smell them from a mile away pretty much all the time. You get used to the smell, but as long as they don't spray too close, but when they do, that's when you run, like in the cartoons.
@annboyd2976 I lived in the northwest quadrant of Illinois for many years and I would agree with you if it weren’t for the time our family went on a fishing trip to a state park in Southern Missouri. We were renting a cabin in a “neighborhood” of them that were loaded with skunks.When we returned from dinner one night, there was a family of six gathered on the small porch. We had to wait until they decided to leave. We also had to convince our youngest son that they weren’t like the ones in his favorite cartoons.He thought we were horrible and heartless that we wouldn’t let him get out and pet them. When he got older and smelled one from a distance as road kill, he thanked us. I don’t know which animal has the greatest number of road kill fatalities in Illinois between rabbits, raccoons, skunks and deer, but I’m sure the workers who have remove them do.🤢😷🤬🥵👎
I don't think Americans love the smell of cinnamon more. I just think Lawrence doesn't like it or likes it less. I mean who doesn't love the smell of cinnamon?
Skunks are really adorable animals. Just don't get too close! But skunks are interesting. They are extremely curious. On several occasions, I've seen them peering in people's windows.
He is a steak and potatoes guy. That is what he likes. I liked listening to his experience.
I also have a very sensitive nose, according to my friends!
I am from Florida! I love cinnamon and other spices. In cooler months, when the temperature gets under 70 degrees and the mosquitos aren't as bad, it is time to do bonfires, S'mores, Lanterns and light the fireplace.
(We also do the same in the summer, but without the the fireplace!)
We swim, snorkel, dive and fish, in every body of water in Florida and take airboats out on the St. Johns River. From our house we watch rockets liftoff! The biggest firecracker you have ever seen, with the windows rattling!
I love hearing about everyone's views on what they are seeing when they come to our United States of America. I learn much from you and how you view what you are seeing. Thank you for sharing! Blessings!
🤣🤣🤣 my dog has been sprayed a couple times of times. Poor guy thought the skunk was a cat.
I grew up eating cinnamon toast for breakfast but what Lawrence seems to be talking about is aka "pumpkin spice" which does contain lots of cinnamon but is used to flavor pumpkin pie between Halloween and New Years and, these days, quite a few other things including coffee at Starbuck's. Also, there's cinnamon buns you might find any time of year (and "Cinnabon") which sells them in malls all over the country.
Skunks kept as pets usually have had the anal glands that produce the smell removed.
At holidays I used to put cinnamon sticks in a small pot with water to scent the house as folks arrived for holiday dinners and events.
I make a mix of cinnamon sticks or chips, cloves, allspice, and dried or fresh orange peels, and simmer it in water. It smells heavenly. The mix is also great in apple cider, or for making mulled wine.
12:53 a lot of times if someone has a pet skunk they will have the glands removed. Similar to de-clawing a cat minus the pain that comes with de-clawing.
You will mostly see a raccoon before you see a skunk but we do have both and there not really a problem
Cinnamon buns have a good helping of cinnamon in them, and can be eaten year round, same with the cookie named snickerdoodle.
And we have various cinnimon flavored candies.
11:46 Because of the scent 🤢 they're worse than raccoons.
I found your channel because you were reacting to another of Lawrence’s videos. I love hearing other people’s opinions of things that are common in the US. It’s always fun to see how people see “us”. Yes, skunks have an awful smell and they do raise their tails and will usually stump their feet giving you a chance to get away from them. Trust me, when I see a skunk, I go way out of my way to stay away. The biggest problem with the skunk smell is it’s so difficult to get rid of. Seriously! If your dog gets sprayed by a skunk, it’s bad. If your car hits a skunk on the road, you might well have to live with that smell for a very long time. It doesn’t go away quickly!!
I think learned this on the Mythbusters episode where the tested skunk remedies, but apparently a skunk actually reproduces the exact chemicals that a rotting body produces at the most disgusting point. That's both why we react so strongly to it, and why it works so well on predators.
Oh... no one's mentioned this yet, but they do actually run like Pepe Le Pew... the old Looney Tunes character. I avoided hitting one once, and watched as it ran across a road.
@@cblynn485 you’re right!
I love cinnamon, vanilla, and the scents of flowers, nature, pine, etc. Now I haven’t been to Europe since the 1980’s but the body odor in the Paris subway was horrific! Hopefully it’s not like that anymore! Oh skunks smell horrible; they’re the WORST but while they look cute, you don’t want to get near one!
Skunks are real. Imagine a bunch of people smoking bad weed and burning popcorn... But without the smell of smoke
Abercrombie & Fitch was in the mall not far from me and it used to make me gag just walking by. Go in? No way. When autumn comes, everyone starts selling cinnamon-coated pinecones and it’s a nice smell, but it’s sooooo overwhelming! And skunk is bad, but we have skunks around (so cute) and you can get used to it.
We used to live in an older house with a crawl space under it(very little space) & sometimes the skunks would crawl under & live there. Then if & when they sprayed we smelled like it for a very long time!
I knew someone who had the scent glands removed on a skunk n it was his pet… it was awesome!
Starting around September in New England, when we are harvesting apples and pressing cider, making pumpkin pies for thanksgiving, etc.. cinnamon is everywhere! I love it during that time of year. It’s just tradition. I don’t think it’s that common in spring and summer. Also, we have several big candle companies who sell candles which smell like gingerbread cake, pumpkin pie, all very cinnamon-y
Cinnamon and similar spices are common during the winter holidays. The rest of the year it is not so much featured. However, those of us who like the spice may have it anytime, cinnamon toast, cinnamon cereal, cinnamon on hot cereal, cinnamon rolls, coffee cakes and cookies. We may not have it weekly but most of us have it several times a month in something to eat, drink, or just a scented candle burned....
Here in New Mexico Fall is green chile roasting time. Every grocery store and chile stand roasts chile for their customers and to us the smell is divine. Burning piñon pine in winter is another divine smell. Cinnamon, not so much, though we do use it in baked goods. Lots of skunks around my neighborhood and mating season is the worst for eau de skunk. Skunks are cute, docile little animals who eat bugs and don't bother anyone.
Skunk smell is truly unforgettable . It is one that you will never forget if you ever smell it. A Florida man here hope you get to come check out our beaches soon and smell that salty sea breeze on the white sands. Enjoy your vids.
Abercrombie & Fitch was originally a Sportsman's Outfitter. Set you up with a Hunting or Fishing Trip, or even a Safari. They would sell you all that you needed to go. Clothing, shoes & boots, guns & ammo, tents, you name it. A great, huge Store in New York City.
Yes, BBQ smell is amazing and it tastes even better. Yes, skunk stink is incredibly bad, but if you don't scare them they are cute and don't get into trash. Also they can be de-scented, but since they enjoy their owners when they are pets and would never spray where they live and eat de-scenting is not really necessary. I personally never shop at Abercrombie and Fitch, but their signature scent wafts all over anywhere near their store. While I was in the military I was in Europe several times and there are definitely many differences. Obrigada I enjoyed your comments.
We had a border collie who had several unfortunate run-ins with the neighborhood skunks. Dog shampoo dies not work on skunk spray! The only thing that helped was to soak his fur in tomato juice . It still took several tomato baths before he could come in the house without making everyone sick.
Isopropyl alcohol is the main ingredient in amarica in hand sanitizer.
Just a few comments from an American….
Love the show!
There are many, many different BBQ sauces, depending on the region you are in. Originally from the south and migrated to other regions. I’m from the Virginia Blue Ridge and grew up eating BBQ a vinegar based sauce on pork. Virginia is different even from North Carolina (close by). My hubby is from Austin Texas and he grew up with beef with a smoky, rich, tomato based sauce. Each state and region in the south has its own special BBQ recipe.
Skunks are pests if around your house. Besides the stink defense, they can get rabies like other wild creatures in the woods. Stay away from them. Heaven help you if you get sprayed by one. The smell is very difficult to get out. I think tomato based sauce gets a lot of it out, but throw away your clothes. Call animal control if they decide to stay at your house to have them relocated. I think they can have the glands removed but why. There are better pets, I think…
Starting in the fall of the year, you will start smelling cinnamon. I am an old lady and the smell of cinnamon means Christmas holidays - my most favorite time of the year! So many wonderful memories are brought to mind.
Cinnamon? Never heard of it. (As she eats a box of Hot Tamales). Actually, (grimace) there are 2 types of cinnamon. There is Ceylon (popular in Mexico), and Cassia (AKA Korintje) is what you usually think of as "cinnamon" like in buns and sweets.
I love cinnamon, and I'm a hot tamales fantastic. I only eat a few most days, but to make sure I don't run out, I buy the boxes 10 at a time at Dollar Tree.
We had a cat that got sprayed by a skunk once. We washed her w/ tomato juice a couple of times to get the stink out. Skunks eat larvae so you will know if your yard is infested w/ grubs b/c skunks will dig up your lawn to get to them.
Skunks do occasionally raid people's yards for food, eating kitchen garbage from spilled trash cans, or vegetable scraps and bugs from compost heaps. They usually aren't large enough to topple the cans themselves, but will eat the leftovers from ones tipped by raccoons, coyotes, or stray dogs. Skunks are omnivores, scrounging all sorts of edibles, and can be quite stubborn about standing their ground if they find a rich food source.
Most of the concerns people have about skunks living in their neighborhood are about the risk of dogs getting themselves sprayed and bringing the reek home with them, as well as how skunks are (rarely) carriers of rabies.
Yeah, skunks are that bad. I was the manager of a manufacturing plant located in an old apple barn. The boss came in early and heard animals fighting under the floor. He stomped really hard and turned out it was skunks. By the time I came in the place reeked of skunk. The boss left and the rest of us opened all the windows and doors and started working. After a few hours I had a headache and felt nauseous. I asked the other employees how they felt, they all were nauseous and had headaches. I called the boss and told him we were all leaving for the day. Skunk spray is chemical warfare, and the skunk always wins ... except against cars. I think that is why they get hit so much, they are fearless little buggers, if you run into one in the woods they don't run, they stomp their feet at you and then turn their back and wave their tail and will spray you if you don't leave fast enough.
Skunks are more shy and less agressive than racoons so not much of a problem unless you have poultry. When they spray, it does not just smell bad, it stings the eyes. A dog or other preditor is both temporarily blinded and their sense of smell is overwhelmed to the point of being useless. The skunk can then toddle off. The dog then goes home and is kept ouside for a few days and washed repeatedly with whatever common wisdom says will take away the smell. Sometimes they get shaved down to the skin. Usually time is what gets rid of the smell. A smart dog only gets skunked once. BTW, skunk smell is so strong it spreads out and hangs in the air, that is why it will invade your car as you drive by at 70 mph. A guy from Switzerland who had been working at a summer camp in the woods thought the smell was pollution from a factory until we drove through it and I said "skunk" (as we do, though in my family it was said in a lighthearted way, no "ugh.") He was stunned and wanted to know how many skunks it took to make that smell. Just one, my frieind, just one.