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Or John Water’s version of it, “Odorama”?

No?  Well, me neither I guess, but I remember hearing about Smell-O-Vision, which was, as Wikipedia puts it, “a system that released odors during the projection of a film so that the viewer could 'smell' what was happening in the movie.”

And it’s just a tragedy this never caught on, because I can’t even count how many times I’ve been watching a movie and thought to myself: If only I could CATCH A WHIFF of what that character is smelling, THEN I would really be able to understand the pathos of this scene.

Anyhoodle, so I had referenced over the holidays that I was awaiting the arrival of The! Most! Highly! Anticipated! package (containing a kitchen appliance that is NOT an ice cream maker) of the entire holiday season but then got all distracted by other activities to actually circle back and say what the mysterious kitchen appliance actually is. 

Fellow food-lover Kayko reminded me in the comments that I hadn’t actually closed the loop on that one.

Well, I’m not gonna just yet, because actually The! Most! Highly! Anticipated! package of the holiday season is a key element to The! Most! Highly! Not-Anticipated! Useless Self-Imposed Blog Project of the year and so I am going to have to save it until I roll that puppy out sometime later this month.

Nevertheless, in the spirit of smelling-to-see a la Smell-O-Vision, here is some...hearing-to-taste...um, shall we call it Audi-O-Flava.  Click on Craig Mack below to hear a little MP3 sonic clue about the appliance (it might be quiet and will need to be turned up).  This is the actual sound it is supposed to make. It’s not broken.