On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:45:21 -0500, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>
>"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
>

a few grains of morphine for the cook. in case of burns.

your pal,
blake