A Real Taste Treat...

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I dropped in today on a friend who had made some apple crisp earlier in the day. She offered me some, and then asked if it tasted funny or were her taste buds off. I took a spoonful and said that it tasted faintly of onions, but it just might be because of the pan she used (the broiler pan)... I continued to eat it, even though it started getting salty. I asked her if she had put any salt in it. She admitted to only a pinch. So I asked if she put any sugar in. She said, "A cup." "White or brown?" "Brown... unless... unless I used the onion soup mix..." She buys both at a bulk foods store, and recently another one of her friends helped her clean and re-organize her kitchen, and you wouldn't believe how much onion soup powder looks like brown sugar... She was laughing about it all day, especially as I kept eating the apple crisp while questioning her cooking method. So, have any of you made "interesting" substitutions?