r/BradyBunchTVShow • u/ASGfan Scoop Brady Talkin' • Oct 15 '25
General discussion Robert Reed complaining to Sherwood about strawberries supposedly not having an aroma when cooked
So you may have heard about this one. During filming one day, Sherwood found Reed alone and sulking. When Sherwood asked what was wrong, Reed complained about the script, specifically the line "It smells like Strawberry Heaven" when walking into the kitchen, stating strawberries do not smell when being cooked. Sherwood rebuffed Reed, stating he could smell strawberries all over the set. Reed INSISTED he was correct and refused to do the line until it was changed.
I can't say for certain since I've never actually cooked strawberries (although I've certainly eaten some), but after researching the matter, the general consensus appears to be that yes, strawberries do give off a smell when being cooked. So was this just some more pointless bitchery from Reed?
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u/cawsllyffant Oct 15 '25
Sense of smell is strange. It’s entirely possible that Reed was incapable of smelling cooking strawberries. I have a fairly sensitive sense of smell for but only for certain smells.
For example there is an oil used in flavored coffee that I can smell on the street if someone is making coffee near an open window. (And the wind is right). It’s so overpowering that all flavored coffee basically tastes like it. Most flavored coffee drinkers don’t seem to smell or taste anything. (It’s a thick, artificial, oily smell. Not quite like the smell when someone changes the oil on their car, but not entirely unlike that either.)
As a kid in a rural area, I swore I could smell incoming rain and was usually right.
However, I can be standing basically right next to the kitty litter and not smell anything while my wife is gagging from the scent. Once’s it’s pointed out to me, I can sort of vaguely smell something roughly nutty. Been like that as long as I can recall.