On 22/05/2011 2:35 PM, George Shirley wrote:

> 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.


One evening when we had only been married for about a year or so we had
invited my parents for dinner. My wife wanted to try a corn souffle
recipe that she had seen in Gourmet. Knowing that my parents did not
like spicy food she decided not to use the teaspoon of curry powder.
Instead she added either 2 or 3 tsps cayenne. Wow! That had a nip to it.