Well, the cumin would be good for an oatmeal taco.

Yech! Yep, even a nightlight near the spices would help.

I laughed out loud at this. I am sorry, I do not usually laugh at other people's misfortunes.

My daughter accidentally put Emeril's Essence on her oatmeal once. After a bite or two she decided she liked it and ate the whole bowlful.

I love cumin but probably not on oatmeal. I once lovely dusted a Bakewell tart with cornflour instead of confectioners sugar. Like your blog by the way

Once put salt in my coffee instead of sugar...decided it tasted pretty good after all. Drank it, too!

Love the stories, keep 'em coming!

Ouch. It could have been worst, though. Think of powdered garlic for example. Or dill.

My daughter accidentally put Emeril's Essence on her oatmeal once. After a bite or two she decided she liked it and ate the whole bowlful.

BAM!

I know someone who accidentally used ground cloves instead of chili pepper when she made chili....we still laugh about it years later.

That reminds me of that time I put cinnamon instead of cumin in my huevos rancheros, except the end result in my case was more favorable than yours ever could have hoped to be.

Maybe if we put the cloves between the cinnamon and cumin containers...

Oh, you take me back so many years to the morning when my mother put paprika on our "cinnamon" toast. I think those little mix-ups are so much more memorable when one is victimized by them as a child, since under those circumstances, the whole thing is a total surprise and makes no sense at all. I, too, once put salt in my tea, which was ALMOST as memorable as the paprika, since I loaded up the cup in the middle of the night on an international flight. I drank it out of sheer mortification (and in hopes that somebody would then give me another cup so that I could try again).

I did exactly the same thing when I was young. I remember it distinctly.

Back in my days as a summer camp counselor, we had a few birthdays to deal with. One birthday perk was that the birthday kids didn't have to wait their turns, instead they (and their cabins) got to go first, no matter how old they were.

One boy, probably about 11, not only went first, but crammed half a piece of cake in his mouth before even leaving the serving table. An "in your face" gesture. Followed by a look of horror on his face. Yes, the cook had accidentally replaced nearly all of the sugar in the cake with salt. The icing was ok, but the cake was inedible.

The replacement cake the next day was much better, although the birthday boy was much more careful to taste just a nibble at first.

See FW you are not alone!

And it seems to me that "mistakes" like this lead to new creations/recipes... however, I do not think this one is going to be too popular.

I am jealous that you like oatmeal, I have been trying to get myself to like oatmeal for YEARS now with zero luck... to me it's, well, gross. Though it IS supposed to be good for you.

And I thought I put cumin in everything....