I'm always working on my home storage. Ya know, with all that wheat and honey, we're gonna need some flavoring. Recently I was in the Mexican area of Detroit. There are some great eateries there and little markets. I always like going to little markets in out of the way places. Recently when Jerome and I were in Chicago we went to Devon street. Any Indian who has ever lived in or visited the US knows about Devon Street. We did some fun shopping while there, but this isn't about Devon Street. It's about cinnamon. Well, while in the shadow of the Ambassador Bridge, I bought 5 pounds of cinnamon. That's a LOT of cinnamon. I think I have enough for the entire community for a very long time. I like the sticks. Not the tough little ones that Durkee put in a little bottle and sell for $4.oo. The long thin, multi layered ones that usually are cut down into 4-6 inch sticks and sold in 4 oz packages. But I wanted them uncut. That's about 25 inches long. How do you say "I want the cinnamon, uncut.... about 5 lbs" in Spanish? Well, we got it figured out. I got a bundle and spent about $30.00 for a lifetime supply of cinnamon for ..... like I said, a LOT of people.
Then to process it. Not all of it, just some, but then to store the rest of it. Can't get wet or dusty. Vacuum sealed. Some ground.. by hand, (can you say Micro plane? A MUST HAVE. Robbi Schneider told me to get one, and I think of her every time I use mine.) and some by electric coffee grinder. Yes, this non-coffee drinker has a coffee grinder for.. grinding cinnamon!!!
Cinnamon anyone?
