SC - Cassia bark vs Cinnamon

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/22/99 5:54:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, him at gte.net
writes:

<< Hi Lord Ras,
     That is good info.  But how can you tell before you buy it which kind it
is?
 
                                                                            Th
anks,
 
                                                                             H
elen
  >>

The rule of thumb is that all commersial cinnamon is in fact 'cassia'. So it
follows that if you buy it at the supermarket then it will most likely be
cassia. I have never bought true cinnamon at the grocers. 

With the sticks it is easy to tell which is which. simply apply the
description that I sent in the previous post. Thck and hard=cassia. paper thin
and very brittle=true cinnamon. Like many things once you have seen both
types, there is little chance you will mistake one for the other. There are
also a couple of different nice spice merchants on this list who would be more
than happy to provide you with whichever type you need. :-) I personally stock
up from the Pepperer's Guild at Pennsic. :-)

Ras
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