Janet Baraclough wrote:
> The message >
> from "Michael \"Dog3\"" > contains these words:
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>> "Dimitri" >
>> : in rec.food.cooking
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>
>>> If it had cinnamon they were probably Turks or Armenians.
>>>
>>> The orange tinge would come from the tomato paste in the meat mixture
>>> bleeding through
>>>
>>> It does not sound well made. Nutmeg yes cinnamon no.
>
>> Hmmm... Nutmeg is not a favorite spice of mine.
>
> I love it, grated fresh from the nut.
>
> I know when I've had
>> moussaka here I tasted what I thought to be cinnamon. Just a hint of it
>> though. I didn't know moussake had nutmeg in it.
>
> I've eaten it in Greece and Turkey , made with nutmeg, and that's how
> I do it at home. Never with cinnamon.
>
> Janet.

I don't like any such "sweet" spice in moussaka. That might be
because the one I had as a kid contained no such thing. (The
recipe came from Gourmet magazine and utilized leftover lamb.)

--
Jean B.