On 20/03/2013 8:43 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 3/20/2013 12:43 AM, Goomba wrote:
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>> I can't imagine how interesting they'd taste with that whopping 1/4
>> teaspoon of ginger and allspice in there!?
>> I'd certainly double it at least.
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> That's one thing I've noticed in these old cookbooks. The people who
> submitted them for publication appeared to be terrified of seasonings!
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>

North American food was more bland back then. It was not until a couple
decades later that we started using spicier ingredients in foods.
Ginger seems to me to be one of those tastes that a lot of people do no
like. Ginger ale is a bit of an exception but it is not strongly ginger
flavoured. It sure doesn't have the bite that ginger beer does.