In watching Nigella's show last weekend, she used cinnamon sticks in two
separate dishes. One was the chicken mughlai and the other was a rice
pilaf.

In her chicken recipe she calls for breaking one piece in half.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci..._35405,00.html

In her pilaf recipe she calls for breaking one piece into 3 pieces.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci..._35407,00.html



http://tinyurl.com/3blpu4
"I will say though, that when Nigella broke up her cinnamon stick she did it
in smaller shards than I'm used to seeing. I usually just snap mine in half,
hers broke into more pieces than that. I wasn't so concerned about eating
around them, just that the pieces themselves looked sharp in case you did
mistakenly bite down on one."


This concerned me a little when she did this. I would only break it into 2
pieces outside the pot, and then put it in. Then I would probably take it
out after cooking. But who wants to bite down on shards in the chicken; but
the pilaf, at least one could see them.
Dee Dee

On 14 Sep, 12:57, "Dee Dee" > wrote:
> In watching Nigella's show last weekend, she used cinnamon sticks in two
> separate dishes. One was the chicken mughlai and the other was a rice
> pilaf.
>
> In her chicken recipe she calls for breaking one piece in half.http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci...OOD_9936_35405...
>
> In her pilaf recipe she calls for breaking one piece into 3 pieces.http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci...OOD_9936_35407...
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3blpu4
> "I will say though, that when Nigella broke up her cinnamon stick she did it
> in smaller shards than I'm used to seeing. I usually just snap mine in half,
> hers broke into more pieces than that. I wasn't so concerned about eating
> around them, just that the pieces themselves looked sharp in case you did
> mistakenly bite down on one."
>
> This concerned me a little when she did this. I would only break it into 2
> pieces outside the pot, and then put it in. Then I would probably take it
> out after cooking. But who wants to bite down on shards in the chicken; but
> the pilaf, at least one could see them.
> Dee Dee

Agreed.

Bronnie