11-18-2013, 12:14 PM
eustacetilley wrote:
. . . Every spice has its time, and its place.
My aversion to cinnamon is due to its ubiquity; it's as if a conspiracy was formed a while back that concluded that this particular recipe needs some spice, and let's just use cinnamon. Everybody else uses cinnamon. And cinnamon is cheap.
I agree with the "Every spice" admonition. Many years ago some friends and I had dinner in a hotel (Holiday Inn?) restaurant in Durham, NC. I had spaghetti with red marinara sauce, and was appalled to discover that they had put cinnamon in it. Cinnamon does not belong in spaghetti sauce.
Speaking of apples, my favorite use of them (besides tart apple pie) is my mother's Dutch Apple Cake, which my wife still bakes for my birthday. I might be induced to post that recipe later.
/Mr Lynn