Things to remember

When spice shopping, read the labels.

Including the French ones.

Which may save you, in future, from picking up ground cayenne pepper in a ridiculously expensive jar because the crushed cayenne peppers in the plastic sachet which you also bought are marked "crushed red pepper" and you missed the fact that this is also marked "piment de Cayenne broyé", which might perhaps be considered a *bit* of a tip-off.

I'll return the jar tomorrow. It's still sealed, so that should be okay.

(Personally, I think the editors of the recipe book need to be given a sharpish look. There may in fact be differences between crushed cayenne pepper and groud cayenne pepper, but who fails to specify what type of onion you should use?)

Also, do not forget the base personal deductible on income taxes when doing your taxes. I thought I was going to cry until I figured *that* one out.

What a night.