The Mysterious History of Cinnamon

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  • Опубликовано: 30 сен 2021
  • In this video, we look at the mysterious historical origins of one of the world's favorite spices: Cinnamon.
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    [1] Suriyagoda, Lalith et al. (2021). “Ceylon cinnamon”: Much more than just a spice. Plants, People, Planet. 3. 10.1002/ppp3.10192.
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Комментарии • 1,4 тыс.

  • @Fireoflearning
    @Fireoflearning  2 года назад +343

    Just want to reiterate I meant to say "cinnamologus", not "cinnamogolus'.

  • @Will-sh8kl
    @Will-sh8kl 2 года назад +174

    I knew a guy who told me that he heard cinnamon reduces blood sugar, so he was eating cinnamon doughnuts to reduce his blood sugar. No joke.

  • @danielovercash1093
    @danielovercash1093 2 года назад +1

    I would absolutely love to see an ancient man's face at the amount of cinnamon I put in a cup of hot chocolate...

  • @willparker9874
    @willparker9874 2 года назад +921

    Mummy have cinnamon in them? I guess that makes them a cinnamon roll

  • @armandopina8529
    @armandopina8529 2 года назад +132

    Ceylon Cinnamon Is grown in Mexico but not allowed to be sold in the US as"cinnamon" Mexican Ceylon cinnamon has to be sold as Mexican Canela.

  • @ashanmendis8091
    @ashanmendis8091 2 года назад +2

    True Cinnamon came from Sri Lanka

  • @LouisHansell
    @LouisHansell 2 года назад +53

    Sri Lanka was called Ceylon, and before that, Serendip. European traders considered the sight of the island as an unexpected and fortunate thing, hence our word 'serendipity.

  • @cookieheka5431
    @cookieheka5431 2 года назад +2

    The Spanish didn't discover Turtle Island. There were millions of people living here for tens of thousands of years.

  • @meucantogames6952
    @meucantogames6952 2 года назад +723

    I lived in this big house with a small Cinnamon tree in front of it. The smell is very strong and can spread throughout the entire street. In fact, not only the trunk but the leaves and berries smell strong too

  • @user-uk1qo3ub4l

    REAL CINNAMON COMES FROM SRI LANKA!

  • @dilshansooriyaarachchi804
    @dilshansooriyaarachchi804 Год назад +2

    Cinnamon is just not a spice. It proves how old is the civilization and trade in srilanka . Even 5000 years old Egyptian mummies used it.

  • @Pandaemoni
    @Pandaemoni 2 года назад +1

    He who controls the spice, controls the universe.

  • @sansivian
    @sansivian 2 года назад +240

    How the first person came to harvest and consume cinnamon would probably be the story of a lunatic. It’s fascinating how so many ancient things we take for granted have such a crazy history. Great video, very interesting.

  • @sinjinrancourt3585
    @sinjinrancourt3585 2 года назад +92

    What I'm hearing here is ground cinnamon is really just sawdust. Pleasant tasting sawdust. I love it. I enjoyed the video and am excited to watch more!

  • @MrAnperm
    @MrAnperm 2 года назад +47

    When I visited Sri Lanka I toured what they called a medicinal garden. In it they had lots of spice plants. It was the first I had even thought about where certain spices came from.

  • @Pike737
    @Pike737 2 года назад +65

    In India, cardamom is the spice that is mostly used in sweets and associated with sweets/ sweet drinks like cardamom milk, lassi, chai etc.

  • @drinxs505
    @drinxs505 2 года назад +215

    Learning about the history of food makes you appreciate it more and it even tastes better when you think of all that hard work that went into it before consuming

  • @freedem41
    @freedem41 2 года назад +71

    I have the true cinnamon growing in my yard. Just as folk use the bay leaf in cooking the fresh or dried cinnamon leaves work very well also without cutting down the tree.

  • @skellorelli2515
    @skellorelli2515 2 года назад +541

    Is it just me, or does the Cinnamogalus sound like the coolest cereal mascot ever?

  • @Goldninja5
    @Goldninja5 2 года назад +636

    I only ingest cinnamon in its unparalleled form... toast crunch