Cinnamon.

Cinnamon is good in Middle Eastern dishes but I like to use it in apple dishes. For breakfast I often have stewed apple with cinnamon in yoghurt. Like most spices it's for flavouring, not eating by itself. Having said that, when we were children, a penny would buy us a cinnamon stick to chew on the way to school.

Yum..cinnamon is a favourite of mine... with meats and sweets! see the other food thread..much use of cinnamon in middle eastern cooking!

I like cinnamon in apple pies, fruit cakes etc....but would not dream of tasting it neat! Like all spices it is something you add to enrich the flavour of something else. And yes, its good in ragus for lasagne etc.

The greeks use cinnamon a lot in savoury dishes. I like a little mixed into meat balls or a moussaka.

Greatnan vegetarian? I tell you, ogm there is no chance of that!

We took Langdales Cinnamon Essence every day last Winter and did not get one cold .

It had been going for about a 100 years and is a marvellous product , during WW11 they used to give it to the Armed Forces and policmen , on a daily basis .

We like the taste of it .

My best 'savoury' recipe is Kleftiko (sp) lamb. Rub cinnamon, lots of oregano and crushed bayleaves into a leg of lamb studded with garlic cloves. Double wrap in foil and roast on a rack over boiling water for 4/5 hours (long and slow). Too much for one, sorry Greatnan but could you adapt this.... hope you're not vegetarian