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Thread: Cinnamon?

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09-11-2007, 04:51 PM

xMenace

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Quote:

Originally Posted by wiseguy

Actually, cinnamomum cassia is the type of cinnamon commonly available in the U.S. and is what is found on your grocery store shelves.

From Wikipedia:
"Most of the spice sold as cinnamon in the United States and Canada (where true cinnamon is still generally unknown) is actually cassia."

I always get that wrong

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