“It’s called ‘cinnamon’, Karen.”
Y’all are blind.
If they’re not side-by-side then it may be harder to tell, but the smell should clue you in. If in doubt, just give it a taste.
PSA: Cinnamon and nutmeg look identical, but cinnamon in your mashed potatoes tastes weirdly christmas-y. I tested it, sadly.
You seem to be implying that you put nutmeg in mashed potatoes as a matter of routine.
Nutmeg does interesting things to savoury foods. It’s subtle though. It’s often like a background singer making the other flavors better more than being a diva in its own right. I haven’t added nutmeg to potatoes yet, but now I think I might try it. I usually add some fresh ground nutmeg to my spinach and bacon quiche. Nutmeg would also be right at home in a sweet potato pie. So why not mashed potatoes?
I like to put a little bit of nutmeg in mushroom soup. It adds a little more dimension to the flavor.
Wait, isn’t it very common? I always thought of the nutmeg+potatoes as a very common combination
As most of the time, it depends on the country!
LOL no.
It is not.
I most certainly do!
https://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/creamy-mashed-potato-with-nutmeg/
One time I swapped the cayenne and chili pepper amounts in a recipe and it became inedible.
That’s just your butthole talking.
But but but
Cayenne is a chili pepper, isn’t it?
Chili powder* (vs cayenne powder)
I don’t really understand, isn’t cayenne powder a subtype of chili powder? (cayenne being a chili pepper)’
I’m not a native English speaker, so I’m very much taking this as a learning opportunity ^^
Chili Powder is any type of chili peppers ground to a powder and it’s spicy but not overwhelmingly so
Cayenne Powder is made specifically from Cayenne Peppers (which IS part of the chili family) which is generally MUCH spicier. Like 10x as spicy
Thanks for the info!
on the other hand, apple pie with cinnamon AND cayenne sounds tasty …
My wife has done this. Grabbed a bottle of Penzy’s Northwood Seasoning instead of the cinnamon. That apple pie was… not so good.
My dad went for cumin instead of cinnamon for his apple crumble. Then he finished his whole bowl telling us it’s fine. Everyone obviously left theirs.
We’ve never let him live it down.
Well, that seasoning is somewhat special. However, a spoon of cumin at least doesn’t make you cry.
Spicy sweets is my favourite food genre that isn’t taken seriously enough. Try it.
Cajun Apple Pie
Cajun style
My grandmother (who really was a good cook) once accidentally put salt in a dessert she made instead of sugar. I can’t remember what the dessert was, she made lots of them, but I remember biting into it.
My GF in college made me a coffee and put in salt instead of sugar. Three Spoons Full!!! I spit it across the room…
You wouldn’t think it was good, but Tibetans drink salty, buttery tea and it’s delicious.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter_tea
I only had it with yak butter once, but it didn’t make a huge difference to my Western taste buds.
I literally made this mistake 3 weeks ago. Worst oatmeal ever.
My wife has enough variety of spices that I have to read the labels every time I grab spices to add to anything
I sprinkled cayenne in my Chai once. Spicy Chai can be good. This one was not.
I swapped garlic instead of ginger in my chai by accident. Never thought I’d be mad at garlic.
Hah, I can absolutely see myself doing this if we didnt keep our “baking” spices and related ingredients in a different cupboard.
Accidentally grabbed the cayenne instead of paprika once for a recipe I was following. Ended up being an improvement, though have gone to mixing them each 50% since then for the best results.
I really like paprika, but it’s easy for other flavors to overpower it. A lot of recipes that call for it don’t really need it in my experience, because I can’t taste it at the end.
I didn’t notice the title at first and thought this was about shrinkflation. One is 69g and the other is 82g.