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"t jones" > wrote:

> Have a small jar of broken cinnamon sticks. Don't like to put these usually
> quite small bits in a curry as they need fishing out at the end.
>
> Is there any way to reduce them to a powder?

Yes, a good mortar and pestle. The good news is that you do not need much
when it is freshly powdered. Put in the mortar a flake of cinnamon bark
about half the size of your small finger nail. Start pounding gently
with the pestle and continue until it breaks apart into fibers. Then
start grinding and it will go into a powder. Notice how powerful it
is for the small amount you started with.

Mortar and pestle sets vary in their efficiency.
The white ceramic ones are good. Wood and marble
ones are not nearly as good. You need a smooth
surface to make a fine powder.

> Can they be softened? I know
> a really strong grinder or pestle might do it, but I don't possess these
> items. Grateful for any suggestions.

Gotta have the mortar and pestle.

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Michael Press