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1 teaspoon ground cinnamon.

I don't know if I asked my mother.I just worked on it when I opened the restaurant, but there was a lot of trial and error—emphasis on error..

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If you ruined the rice, it was more than inconvenient; it was almost tragic.. Rice is a really emotional thing for so many people.Why do you think that is?.Certainly in my house growing up, it didn't matter how great the rest of the meal was.

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If you ruined the rice, it was a ruined meal.We're speaking of a household where there wasn't often ruined rice, but if it burned, we'd have to throw that away and start all over, and delay dinner for 30 minutes.

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It wasn't an acceptable thing to do.

I carry some of that.. Maybe if I make American food and the rice is terrible, I could cook a potato or some bread, but if you make gumbo, and your rice is ruined, well, what are you going to eat it with?: Are they biscuits or cookies?

Does scone rhyme with "gone" or "cone?"Chips and crisps or fries and chips?

But in the end, all of those delicious items are the same thing.A cookie by any other name would taste as sweet.