"Tara" > wrote
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:27:58 -0500, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:
>
>>Maybe it's me. Perhaps sublty is lost on me. A pinch of
>>cayenne for a 9X13 pan of macaroni and cheese? Why
>>bother?
>
> One of my old cookbooks -- I think it is the original Fannie Farmer --
> is always calling for "a few grains" of cayenne. I just love that
> phrase.

That's funny, a few grains. Maybe cayenne was a whole lot
hotter back then ... or people were just afraid of it. I like my
mac n cheese to be a little spicy, but even if I only add a little,
it's probably almost a teaspoon. It's a lot of macaroni!

nancy