The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-01-10
THE QUEEN OF SPICES
CINNAMON, DELICIOUS AND sUGARY.
AROMATIC AND PUNGENT.

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Something Of Ifs Uses aud the Way
In which ~ - Produced.
Cinnamon Is In Itself unquestlonabiy
the most delicious of all spices being
gugary as well as aromatic and pun
gent Many thousands of pounds ar,
consumed annually u every civilized
country. and % is also highly appreci
n'od by even snmiciyillzed aud bar
larous nations where culinary art and
medicine have as yet made little prog
ross
lts uses in sweet cookery are lmu
muublr. There are very few fruits
which are NOT improved In preserves,
pickles and pastries by the addition Of
moro or less of this delicate bark. Il is
so ogsonilul navoring ln an spice cakes
aud 10 many varieties of pics and pud
dlngs. ~ chocolate confectionery.
candles cordials and liqueurs cinnamon
contributes nn incompatible flavor
It's mcdlcinal value Is well known
as an antispasmOdlc and carmlnatiye
end tonic Its use Is recommended MS
a preventive and remedy for cholera.
and In seasons when stomach troubles
prevail cinnamon drops are recon
mended as the most wholesome form
Of candy Tor children.
The discovery Of the valuable prop.
critics OF cinnamon antedates recorded
history, as n Is mentioned I'm the Bible.
M the book OF Exodus, as one Of the
ingredients OF the sacred oil with
which the priests were anolntcd So
highly was the sweet bark esteemed
by the nncients that even small piece
was considered a dt glft Tor king ~
Us always mentioned as nm especially
choice substance by Greek writers pre-
sious 90 the Christian cru. II Is said
that the Nrnb traders, who FIRST
brought II 10 Egypt and western Asia.
surrounded lts history aud production
with special tales OF mystery md
magic
The cinnamon tree Ig member uf |
She l1mcl family which iu the tropics F.
is represented by % hr-c number ut |
nrumuHr and medicinal ur., and .
shrubs
There urr several closely aided Du. 4
nnm0n trees. hut iba GuD hnrh rs pro
cuyri from species native to the is
Sand of Ccylon. distinguished by bota /
nists as C.ummonum zcrmu'cum I'M A
q state OF nature this grows 10 bc q
tree truM twenty 90 thty feet lu
height VIII rather large oval entire
marginal leaves und yclloWish flowers
succeeded by small brown Grupps ro
scmblng u,uus Zoo shape The pwyish
brown bars Is internally Of an orange
color which chmnces upon drying 10
the characteristic brown which Is the I
recognized unmc ot u particular shade
Almost every part OF the tree Yields ]
some choicv substance aud Is especial
~ rich Boo oh The roots Yield cumphor
und the leaves am oh resembling the
oll of cloves and often substituted for !
H. while from the fruit q substance
called cinnamon suet Is manufactured
which Is highly fragrant and from
which in former times candles Tor the
exclusive use u the King were made
in the latter part OF the eighteenth
century while England was for O time
10 lo Na nY rt lie spice Islands. Gin
inmon plants were among the choice
products that were imported Into var.
lus other tropical regions, including :
he West IudIes. where ln Cuba aud
several other islands n has become
considerable article Of commerce. Uu
Ter cultivation IL is NOT allowed tu I
row Into tree, as the Richest bark Z. !
AIKEN from shoots of from two tu fuu 1
ears growth. The young trc u.s.
therefore, cut nnd shoot, from thr root 7
ne encouraged 90 grow The muIuut, I
{ these are cut when about trn feet iu
cight and the bark is detached lu trn
q twelve lnch lengths After living u "
undlrs tOr few days the mr. is u
rrapcd hy hand both outside aud m. b
nul reduced 90 q thin shcrt These 81
Deets nrr then made up Into cOmps 'cI
e "QuIlls' by placing the narrower Al
nd shprlcr pieces inside aud rolling 4,
shill, forming hrmrods. which after ~
rihcr drying arc made into bundles u
elrhlng about eighty pounds nh
mpprd Coz shipping. Groctrs divide.
'sofi ami very neatly combine pur In,
'ns "i these quilts into small packets A,
Y "a" convenience of their customers \,
lhe OH vf cinnamon Is madc by B"
lndiug The coarser pieces of the hlrh al
~ soaking them for two or three 81
|s in sea water followed hy tue 90
",vss Vf dlstilllng Two oils one N,
a''er and the other lighter than wa. lby
= are she product. both possessing -,
ul'ar properties The collar ,ar.r, "
'm cherry rcd 10 pale yellow. the "n
''r bo'os prcfcrrcd by most pnr p'
'syrS Ian
he wort of d,stlmg IS light ard rol
az equal 60 the hyst Ccylontsc Is On,
NJ prnlucrd in Trinidad aud ,,rlou, IN.
et localltirs in Cuba ana other Wcst |
.A iNauds wa
n 'iAnauion commands sood pr.ce ''"
ts us,a ace coutuualB multlpl,. mo
There rs every lnducemeut Cor ,N. the
".nS Zoe arya ol its cultivation. h1tb
'be eastero and western h,m.
,fra ST. louis Republic