Chickendoodle Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 How laborious is it to make cinnamon sticks! Watched the new Kate Humble programme on the Spice Trail last night. If I ever thought about it I would have assumed that cinnamon sticks just grew like that and that they were a sort of root. The plant is actually like a small tree, the stem is harvested ( about 4 foot long and like a thin tree trunk), the outer bark is carefully and thoroughly s"Ooops, word censored!"ed off, then the inner softer layer is peeled off with a knife and then compressed in tight layers inside a bark tube, rolled every day until it eventually becomes a cinnamon stick. The farmers in Sri Lanka seem to be paid a pittance for it as ususal - I think the programme said that the sticks we buy in the supermarket are 2000% more than the farmers are paid! Amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 It was fascinating,wasn't it? I do wish we had Smellovision,as I bet all those places smelt wonderful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Amazing! I watched parts of it last night - the bit about black pepper. I hadn't a clue it grew as a vine! Or that it was harvested by being trodden under bare feet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I also saw that programme and was fascinated! I'd never considered that peppercorns were on a vine, but (thanks to a crisps advert) had seen them growing before. I always assumed that cinnamon, which I thought was the outer bark, curled naturally on drying. I thought the people filmed were fantastic, and the countryside just beautiful! Also, did anyone notice the pickled pepper being cooked!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrensWorld Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I thought the people filmed were fantastic, and the countryside just beautiful! Also, did anyone notice the pickled pepper being cooked!!! Peter Piper told me... . I'll get my coat...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 . I'll get my coat...... Made me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 But did you know cinnamon is a natural fat burner...helpful to have some daily when dieting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 But did you know cinnamon is a natural fat burner...helpful to have some daily when dieting. If you saw me,you would know how ironic that is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Ah that's good to know when I have my eggy bread with lots of cinnamon. Er, I only have that as a treat. But a nice treat is to have warm apple juice with cinnamon in it - lovely winter warmer. And I think that I'd best buy some apple juice - I can have that instead of tea. Shhhhhlurp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
