• Where does cinnamon come from ? What , you think it grows on tree diagram ? tight enough - it in reality issue forth from the interior barque of a cinnamon tree ! These rolls of bark ( " quills " ) are sell as cinnamon bark sticks ( for cyder and mulled wine making , among other treats ) . Ground bark results in the Cinnamomum zeylanicum most of us use as a spicery for recipe or , for case , as part of my daily bowl of cereal grass .
• Both cinnamon and its strong - and - less - delicate - in - flavor first cousin cassia are part of the laurel family . Another coition , camphor , is so strong its considerably known use to us is as mothballs .
• Cassia is a less expensive kind of Formosan Ceylon cinnamon - and the cinnamonmost ordinarily foundin the the United States .
• Cinnamon is no recent discovery - the Chinese may have been the first to habituate it , with the Egyptians not far behind ( around 1450 B.C. ) , while Greeks and Romans burn the spice as incense in their temples . " The use of cinnamon reached its height in the ancient humans with the Romanic importation along with many other items they coveted from Asia and northern Africa . Cinnamon and other spices were used to flavor wine-colored , make essence and ointment and even inembalming . "
• Besides aromatherapy , cinnamon ’s medical welfare are wide tout . It can be used to treat anything from toothache and bad breathing place to lowering cholesterol and treating diabetes . It also contains strong antioxidant .
• But hold off , there ’s more ! Cinnamon fossil oil killing germs , cinnamon - ground packagingprevents moldin bread and other parched goods , and can evenfight offE. colibacteria . It even now and then come out as " miracle images " ( cough ) on pledge …
• Cinnamon does have its limitations - it isimpossibleto swallow a teaspoonful of it . patently Derek Jetertakes advantageof this slight known fact quite often . ( Do not try this at habitation ! … or anywhere else ! )
• Every food seems to have its own solemnisation somewhere , and cinnamon is no exception . On October 4 , " kanelbullens dag " ( Cinnamon roll day ) is celebrated in Sweden .
• If you ’re looking for a kicking to your food that appreciate a dash of cinnamon , considersubstituting Red Hots .
• I love cinnamon ! What are your favorite Cinnamomum zeylanicum - season things , Flossers ? I did n’t know that most U.S. cinnamon is actually cassia … I ’m starting to marvel if I ’ve ever had actual Ceylon cinnamon tree !
‘ Dietribes ’ appears every other Wednesday . Food photos taken byJohanna Beyenbach . You might call up that name from our Charles William Post about hercolorful diet .
