I often take a small tub of bombay mix to work as a mid-morning snack and am currently working through a bag of a spicy balti mix. However today’s tub is one that, until recently, had been used to store mixed spice. I thought I had washed it out but obviously hadn’t done a good enough job to remove the scent that had permeated into the plastic as what I actually go to eat could perhaps be better described as “mixed spicy bombay mix”!

On balance though, it is not a bad combination, adding an extra exotic dimension to the snack. I think I might experiment with the idea again in future.