In article >,
David Harmon > wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:23:07 -0400 in rec.food.cooking, "jmcquown"
> > wrote,
> >Lunch room monitors. How funny! (but not really). I remember the one time
> >I begged my mother to let me buy my lunch in elementary school, in Southern
> >California. It was Taco day. I was seven years old. She said, "You won't
> >like them." She was right. They had shredded raw iceburg lettuce (oh
> >gross!) and diced tomatoes.
>
> The tacos at my school cafeteria were so good that I asked the cook for
> the recipe! That was probably about fourth grade. The exact recipe
> isn't important; it turned out that the magic ingredient was cumin.
> My mother is from Arkansas and had never used cumin in anything before
> that.
>
>

Goodness! Cumin is, like, "the" signature spice in just about any
Mex-american recipes! To me, tacos or chili or encheladas etc. don't
taste right without it. A little goes a long way tho'. I'm not much of
a fan of cumin for anything else.
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