WINTER FRAGRANCES…
#AbFav_DECEMBER
So welcome in December, the fragrance of orange, cinnamon and Star anise, then add some pine from the tree, maybe some candle-wax and all set? LOL
Star anise is a star-shaped, dark brown pod that contains a pea-size seed in each of its eight segments.
Native to China and Vietnam, star anise comes from a small evergreen tree.
Its flavour is slightly more bitter than that of regular anise seed.
Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several trees from the genus Cinnamomum that is used in both sweet and savoury foods.
Cinnamon has been known from remote antiquity.
It was imported to Egypt as early as 2000 BC.
Cinnamon was so highly prized among ancient nations that it was regarded as a gift fit for monarchs and even for a god: a fine inscription records the gift of cinnamon and cassia to the temple of Apollo at Miletus.
Though its source was kept mysterious in the Mediterranean world for centuries by the middlemen, who handled the spice trade, to protect their monopoly as suppliers, cinnamon is native to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Malabar Coast of India, and Burma.
The "sweet orange", which is the kind that are most often eaten today, grew first in Asia but now grows in many parts of the world.
Oranges are round orange-coloured fruit that grow on a tree which can reach 10 metres (33 ft) high.
Orange trees have dark green shiny leaves and small white flowers with five petals.
The flowers smell very sweet which attracts many bees.
An orange has a tough shiny orange skin.
Inside, the fruit is divided into "segments", which have thin tough skins that hold together many little sections with juice inside.
There are usually ten segments in an orange, but sometimes there are more.
The colour orange takes its name from the fruit.
The word "orange" is unusual because it is one of only a few English words that does not rhyme with anything.
Thanks for your time and comments, greatly appreciated, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
WINTER FRAGRANCES…
#AbFav_DECEMBER
So welcome in December, the fragrance of orange, cinnamon and Star anise, then add some pine from the tree, maybe some candle-wax and all set? LOL
Star anise is a star-shaped, dark brown pod that contains a pea-size seed in each of its eight segments.
Native to China and Vietnam, star anise comes from a small evergreen tree.
Its flavour is slightly more bitter than that of regular anise seed.
Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several trees from the genus Cinnamomum that is used in both sweet and savoury foods.
Cinnamon has been known from remote antiquity.
It was imported to Egypt as early as 2000 BC.
Cinnamon was so highly prized among ancient nations that it was regarded as a gift fit for monarchs and even for a god: a fine inscription records the gift of cinnamon and cassia to the temple of Apollo at Miletus.
Though its source was kept mysterious in the Mediterranean world for centuries by the middlemen, who handled the spice trade, to protect their monopoly as suppliers, cinnamon is native to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Malabar Coast of India, and Burma.
The "sweet orange", which is the kind that are most often eaten today, grew first in Asia but now grows in many parts of the world.
Oranges are round orange-coloured fruit that grow on a tree which can reach 10 metres (33 ft) high.
Orange trees have dark green shiny leaves and small white flowers with five petals.
The flowers smell very sweet which attracts many bees.
An orange has a tough shiny orange skin.
Inside, the fruit is divided into "segments", which have thin tough skins that hold together many little sections with juice inside.
There are usually ten segments in an orange, but sometimes there are more.
The colour orange takes its name from the fruit.
The word "orange" is unusual because it is one of only a few English words that does not rhyme with anything.
Thanks for your time and comments, greatly appreciated, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved