[Sca-cooks] Cassia vs. "True" Cinnamon (was Cinnamon question)

[Stefan li Rous]

Brekke mentioned:
> in re your locally available cinnamon sticks, if they're very thin and 
> flaky, they're probably true cinnamon.  If they're fairly thick, 
> they're probably Cassia.  True cinnamon has a milder, less hot flavor 
> than cassia, with a little more clove note.  Cassia is harsher and 
> hotter.

I've skipped some digests which came in while I was off at Gulf Wars, 
so I missed what the initial questions were here. However, perhaps 
these two files in the Florilegium might be of interest here:
cinnamon-msg      (27K)  9/14/04    Period cinnamon. Types of cinnamon.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/PLANTS/cinnamon-msg.html
Cinnamon-Vari-art  (9K) 12/29/99    "Cinnamon Varieties" by Francesco 
Sirene.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/PLANTS/Cinnamon-Vari-art.html

Stefan
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