My Sister’s Substitute
"It said a pinch."
"Sasha that is not a pinch of nutmeg," Irina said. "That is nutmeg that has been given free rein."
"I may have slightly—"
"How much nutmeg did you put in," Neo said.
A pause.
"The recipe said a pinch," Sasha said. "I put in what I thought was a pinch."
"Sasha."
"I have large hands," she said. "My pinch is proportional."
Irina pressed her lips together.
Neo looked at his plate.
And then simultaneously, without warning, with the specific unstoppable quality of laughter that had been waiting for the right moment and had decided this was it — they both started laughing.
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