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[–] nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works 123 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (25 children)

they used to put brick dust in chocolate bars, and sawdust in bread

edit: heck, they just caught someone recently intentionally putting lead in ~~applesauce~~ cinnamon that was used in applesauce, which has been used off and on as a sweetener since at least ancient rome, where a bunch of people went crazy and died from consuming a sweetener made by boiling grapes in lead pots

[–] thebustinator@lemm.ee 50 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I mean if you think about it, cinnamon is essentially sawdust right?

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not wrong...

[–] Nfamwap@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Very wrong. Cinnamon is king.

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I just mean because cinnamon (the spice) is the bark of the cinnamon tree, which when ground up is a form of sawdust. Delicious sawdust, but sawdust, nonetheless.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fun fact: Cinnamon (Cinnamomum) is the genus not the species. There are Ceylon trees and Cassia trees and a bunch of others but no specifically Cinnamon trees.

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

TIL. Fascinating!

[–] Nfamwap@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

Ha, I did not know that.

[–] Portosian@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just in case you weren't actually aware, that wasn't a statement about the quality of cinnamon as a spice. It's literally made frome ground up tree bark.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Spices lose their flavor over time. Yours are too old; throw them out and replace them.

Or at least start using a fuck-ton more than the recipe calls for until you use up the old stuff.

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You're missing the point. Copying what I wrote above:

I just mean because cinnamon (the spice) is the bark of the cinnamon tree, which when ground up is a form of sawdust. Delicious sawdust, but sawdust, nonetheless.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Oh shit, I got whooshed. 😳

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ackshually, sawdust isn't bark. It's wood.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wow, this is a very good point because as we all know it's impossible for a saw to cut bark.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So, then "sawdust" just becomes anything that a saw can cut?

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Anything that's part of a log. That includes bark, I imagine.

Edit: we still cool bro

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