gwnn Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Cinnamon is some sort of bark of some tree, very finely ground. Does that mean that it burns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtfanclub Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 As a rule, if it smells good, it burns. :) Unless you think things which are acrid or salty smell good, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 As a rule, if it smells good, it burns. :) Unless you think things which are acrid or salty smell good, of course. the reverse of this is not necessarily the case, though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 As a finely divided powder (like you buy in the store) it might not burn per se but if suspended in the air it might explode! Dusty things can ignite easily. Kratag cigarettes have cloves in them and they burn well so why not cinnamon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 During the Martial law period in Poland in the 80's, my mother cooked very often rice with milk spiced it with cinnamon ( it was a very hard time, food was strongly rationed ). I hated that smell & taste as a child, I hate it till this day ;) Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianshark Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 Food burns. Uunless it's too wet to catch alight like an apple or something, but it's still flammable in theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dodgy Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 You'll get a better buzz from nutmeg ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfay Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 There's a dessert shop in my town that I very much enjoy called Dolce Vita. They make an excellent spanish coffee that's also fun to order because they flame the alcohol table-side and sprinkle cinnamon over the top, which ignites into sparks on the way into the goblet. I say it burns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benlessard Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 Not only it burn im pretty sure it can explose too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtfanclub Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 Not only it burn im pretty sure it can explose too. Guess that's another thing we can't bring onto planes. Wonder if they'll have spice-smelling dogs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 Not only it burn im pretty sure it can explose too. Guess that's another thing we can't bring onto planes. Wonder if they'll have spice-smelling dogs? i think a lot of substances that burn will explode if they are turned into an airborne powder. I think, for example, sawmill dust can be problematic like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benlessard Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 http://www.osh.dol.govt.nz/order/catalogue...texplosions.pdf page 27 for cinnamon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 Food burns. Uunless it's too wet to catch alight like an apple or something, but it's still flammable in theory. 'Food' is not a scientific definition to my knowledge, so I don't really see how you can say food automatically burns unless you are saying everything burns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtfanclub Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 'Food' is not a scientific definition to my knowledge, so I don't really see how you can say food automatically burns unless you are saying everything burns. Calories is scientific, though. It's the amount of heat that would be produced if you burned it. So anything with "calories" could in theory be burned, if you dried it out, roasted it to a sufficient temperature, etc. Lots of things with no "food calories" burn, because they're too complex for our stomach to digest. But if they have "food calories", then they're flammable. Lots of things don't burn. Water doesn't burn, ever. Helium doesn't burn. Burning adds oxygen to the molecule. Helium has no interest in oxygen, and water is fully-oxygenated hydrogen. There's nowhere for it to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossoneri Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 I should think it does. There are cinnamon trees in the park near my home.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Eating a teaspoon of cinnamon is really difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchiu Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 As a rule, if it smells good, it burns. :( Unless you think things which are acrid or salty smell good, of course. the reverse of this is not necessarily the case, though.... Weed, burns, smells good; tobacco, burns, smells good; non-dairy creamer, burns (explodes even), smells good. By the sort of induction used in clinical trials (p = 0.25 here!), the converse is clearly true, matmat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 It's been a long time since high school, but... isn't there a difference between "reverse" and "converse"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 It's been a long time since high school, but... isn't there a difference between "reverse" and "converse"? yeah there issometimes i forget words. :( hehei was raised bilingual -- often i feel like i'm illiterate in two languages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Weed, burns, smells good false Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycroft Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 I would say the same about tobacco (and not weed, strangely enough). But I'm allergic to tobacco (and perfumes, and nail polish, and...), and blinding headaches make very little smell good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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