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Will the Real Cinnamon Please Stand Up?
Cinnamon oil is extracted from both the leaves and from the bark to be used in many products, recipies, and craft projects. Cinnamon sticks generally have the rough outer bark removed, although I do have a basket of decorative, aromatic, foot-long sticks...
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El Segundo
Hot Breakfast Pastries and Tubers with Rot - What Can Make Them Both Better?
Plus, it smells good! Read on . Alternatives would be a 10% solution of chlorine bleach (9 ounces water plus 1 ounce bleach) or a surface sterilant solution that contains quaternary amine compounds (I know, not something you are likely to have, but if...
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El Segundo
What Is Wild Cinnamon: Growing Information And Where To Find Wild Cinnamon
Despite its lack of significance as a spice, wild cinnamon bush has other prized qualities.Wild cinnamon plants are native to Florida and the tropical Americas and are found from Miami to Key West along the coast to Cape Sable, Florida.
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Willoughby
Seasoned Greetings! Traditional flavors can spice up your holidays this year.
Mace and Allspice are more difficult to grind yourself, but fresh Ginger is available in the produce section at almost any big grocery store and is no more diffcult to cook with than Garlic.little misty-eyed for the Christmas the way it used to be, add...
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El Segundo
Mulling Spices: Create Your Own Winter Traditions
White wine or mead are other traditional choices.The same spice mixture can be used in other ways, as well. Long intact strips may take longer. Lemon peel is also a nice addition, and gives a slightly more astringent flavor, which is wonderful when my...
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El Segundo
Spicing Up Your Houseplant Collection
Columbus actually stumbled across the Americas by accident, when they got in his way as he was seeking a new spice route to the East Indies! It wasn't until after Cortez invaded Mexico, however, that Europe "discovered" vanilla and chocolate.
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El Segundo
Cinnamon Tree Seeds
Trees should be kept in indirect light until they are 6 months old. The inner bark of the cinnamon tree is the source of the spice. It is dried and then ground or grated for use. The seed is reddish brown and resembles an almond.Cinnamon seed is harvested...
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Santa Monica
Benefits Of Cinnamon On Plants: Using Cinnamon For Pests, Cuttings, & Fungicide
Spray the stems and leave of affected plants, and mist the potting soil in plants that have a mushroom problem. Here are some of the most common uses of cinnamon in gardens:in your home or greenhouse, cinnamon is a good deterrent.
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Willoughby
Apple Cinnamon Dog Training Bits
Place the dough on a baking sheet that has been sprayed with a nonstick spray. Need help training your dog? Roll out to 1/4- to 1/2-inch thick. Ingredients 4 cups whole wheat flour 1/2 cup cornmeal 1 egg 2 T.
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Philadelphia
Warm your Winter Holidays with the Spicy Scent of Cinnamon
If your skin is sensitive, plastic or latex gloves will protect your hands from the oils in the cinnamon.Dust your work surface and your rolling pin with cinnamon. Whether you sprinkle it on oatmeal or Christmas cookies, or whether you enjoy its aroma...
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El Segundo
January is National Oatmeal Month
Zell, Wikimedia GNU Free documentation LicenseProcessed oats: photo by Bill Ebbesen, copyright free through Wikimedia Commons, all usesQuaker Oats advertisement: public domain, expired copyright, via Wikimedia CommonsDry oat heads 2: photo by Josef Stieranka,...
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El Segundo
The Herbs and Spices of Thanksgiving
Herbs such as sage, thyme, rosemary and marjoram can be used either fresh or dried in a recipe. As a medicine, thyme has a long history of use as a medicinal ingredient for treating chest and respiratory illnesses.
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El Segundo
Apple-solutely Applesauce
If you freeze some, in January you and the kids can transform it again into a simple applesauce cake or a dozen muffins. Simmer apple quarters until tender in about an inch of water.
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Philadelphia
Fragrant Flowers: The How and Why
But have you ever wondered how and why flowers smell the way they do? University of Minnesota Extension, Yard & Garden Line News, Vol. Plants that have known fragrant qualities is the first step in filling your personal environment with lovely scents.
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El Segundo
New Year\'s Lamb Stew
If you're lucky (and your freezer wasn't emptied by Superstorm Sandy like mine was), you may have some frozen peppers from your garden or some onions in cold storage. This allows you to defat the lamb .
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Philadelphia
Recipe: Applesauce Tart
INGREDIENTS The Filling: 2 eggs 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup butter, melted 1 cup applesauce 2 tablespoons flour 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1 tablespoon lemon juice cinnamon, to taste PREPARATION Pre-heat the oven to 400 Fahrenheit.
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Philadelphia
Delightfully Spicy DIY Fire Starters
Taking an hour to gather and create these beautiful little cubes will pay you back in ease and delightful spicy aromas to make fire building much more enjoyable. Starting a fire in your fireplace or fire pit can be easy—and fragrant!—if you make your...
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Philadelphia
Keeping Ants Off Flowering Vines, Vegetables and Flowers
Take a cloth soaked with bleach or ammonia and lay the cloth over as much of that path as possible. Or just sprinkle some cinnamon around the base of the plant.Place ant killing food around the base of the plant– There are several recipes that can be...
Ohio
Willoughby
Herbs That Kill Bacteria
Medical studies have proven that ginger is best consumed raw or in capsule form, as heat deactivates its potency. The herb was originally used by the Cherokee Indians as a topical wash to remove germs; historically, it has been used to treat inflamed...
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Santa Monica
Essential Oil for Roly Poly Pests
Combine with essential oils for added effectiveness. Cinnamon oil is also primarily a repellent. Adding Diatomaceous Earth to pepper sauce or garlic spray enhances their effectiveness.
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Santa Monica
Recipe: Valentine\'s Day Brown-Sugar Hearts
Then, dab about 1/4 teaspoon of red jam onto the base cookie and top with the other. The roll-out dough is easy to work with and more robust (as well as a little healthier) than most sugar cookies because of the whole-wheat flour and spices in it.
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Philadelphia
Recipe: Herb biscuits
Sprinkle a little cinnamon on the dough before dividing it into triangles. To accompany a hearty soup, break open the savory herb biscuits and tuck in a chunk of cheese. Increase oil to 3 tablespoons.
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Philadelphia
Going to the beach to pick plums?... YES, Beach Plums!!
Cinnamon in large bowl to blend. Mix remaining 2 tbsp sugar and 1⁄4 tsp. Beach plums grow wild all over the Cape and local residents all have their own variations of sparkling clear red jams and jellies to sell in the fall at local farm stands or give...
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El Segundo
Recipe: Carrot-Radish Salad
Toss with the mint leaves. Photo by Judith Hausman This carrot-radish salad would be good in a hummus, falafel or turkey sandwich, too. Carrot-Radish Salad 1/4 cup olive oil 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice 2 garlic cloves or 1 garlic scape, finely chopped 1...
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Philadelphia
Herbal Remedies for Cold & Flu Symptoms: What\'s For Dinner?
Chicken Soup for a Cold. Roche laboratories. The fresher the herb, the darker and more brightly colored they are. It is good to relieve coughs, sore throats, clear chest congestion, and sinuses.
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El Segundo
Applesauce Cake
Add nuts and raisins. This cake makes good use of canned applesauce. Combine whole wheat flour, all purpose flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, clove, allspice and nutmeg. This time I opened the very last pint of local orchard applesauce we had...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
How to Troubleshoot Sage Leaves with Brown Spots
Sage plants are usually hardy plants that grow well with little care, however, they can deteriorate quickly when neglected. There are many varieties of sage, from ornamental sage called Salvia to the more traditional sage, the leaves of which are used...
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Santa Monica