Well, I certainly learned a lesson about knocking it up too many notches today.

I was making my new favorite dish (Italian Sausage and Pasta, if you're curious) and apparently it's been awhile since I made it, and I have no good mental idea of how many red pepper flakes constitute "enough". The recipe book says 1/4 teaspoon, for twice as much pasta as we usually make. Too bad I didn't look at that till after. I think I put at least a full teaspoon in tonight. So, yeah, about 8 times as much as the scaled-down recipe calls for. Oops.

So now I have a runny nose. My own damn fault really, but I think the recipe doesn't have enough fire in it with only an eighth of a teaspoon for two people. I knew I had to add a good bit, I just couldn't remember what exactly that looked like. Now that I know, I think a quarter teaspoon is a good amount for a mild sauce, and a half teaspoon for more fiery (as things must be in this household if Matt is to taste them). I know I definitely went overboard tonight as Matt didn't have seconds (he always has seconds). I had to put extra pecorino cheese on mine, and drink a glass of milk with dinner.

I thought it was pretty tasty though!