Harvesting Cinnamon

[Figarosmom]

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[lark]

1. Yumm!!

I LOVE cinnamon!

[Figarosmom]

2. And its good for you..nt

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Me, Too!

I use it in savory dishes all the time.
In fact, today I made a shrimp alfredo and I added cinnamon to that.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Cool Short Video

Fun story about cinnamon.
Early in my career, I worked on a project trying to properly design a porous polymer that could be used to slowly release fragrances into a room or a dryer.
One of compounds we played with was cinnamaldehyde, which is the principal odor component in cinnamon.
I took a 2 ounce vial of it and kept it in my glove compartment. Every month or so, I'd put one drop on each front seat floor mat. Car smelled like cinnamon for a couple years!

[Figarosmom]

5. Was it produced?

I'd love my house to smell of cinnamon all the time instead of just when I'm baking.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Much Later

We never solved the issue of mass transfer, where the newer it was the more would be released. So, the odor would be too strong for the first week, then nice for a few, then barely detectable for a couple.
Glade released one in the 90s, where the heating element got gradually warmer over time so the release rare was more or less constant. I don't know if that's still on the market or not. That was at least 10 years after I worked on that project.
We were able to successfully do it with a dimethyl sulfate quaternary that would stick to the dryer drum and release fabric softener a little at a time. P&G sold Downy in that form, but it didn't catch on so they discontinued it.
Also, I later worked on synthesizing cinnamaldehyde using raw materials much cheaper than extraction from cinnamon bark. Very successful but I'm not sure if it was ever applied commercially.
Believe it or not, no matter how much one likes the fragrance of something, it gets very annoying when that's all one can smell for 4 or 5 weeks.

[Figarosmom]

7. Yeah i guess...nt