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George Shirley[_2_] George Shirley[_2_] is offline
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Default Unintended substituion

On 5/22/2011 12:32 PM, Default User wrote:
> Often on Sunday I have a brunchish meal of oatmeal with a bit of
> cinnamon and nutmeg, with some brown sugar on top. So I made some
> today, with bonus sliced ripe banana. As I was eating it, I thought it
> tasted odd. Not cinnamon-y. And sort of hot.
>
> Yes, I had made oatmeal with a bit cayenne and nutmeg, with some brown
> sugar on tap. And bonus sliced ripe banana, of course.
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> Brian

Don't feel bad, my wife picked up the cayenne container, which sat
beside the cinnamon container at the time, put about a half-teaspoon of
cayenne on her oatmeal and quickly spat it out. I have since moved the
cayenne to the back of the shelf as we use it so seldom. It only takes
one try to figure out it's not cinnamon.