Trying to make my own cinnamon toothpicks, this was a craze when I was in high school. I cant remeber the best way to keep the flavor in the toothpick, do you just have to soak for several days?. I seem to remember some people baking them? Also, when I soak in my wifes muffin pan the picks don’t absorb much flavor vs. soaking in a glass container. Also which is a better soaking method, laying pick flat or standing pick upright? Thanks to anyone who has a good way of making home-made cinnamon toothpicks.-J
Here’s one source: The Great American Spice Company
The flavour comes from compounds (eg cinnamaldehyde) soluble in in organic solvents. So you could extract these using ethanol (or a high proof spirit like vodka), reduce it by evaporation, soak your toothpicks and dry them out.
Do I have to mention to keep the ethanol away from flame.
Just buy some cinnamon oil and soak them over night. That works well.
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- Why don’t you go the “tomacco” route, and try grafting a branch from a white birch onto a cinnamon plant?
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- Why don’t you go the “tomacco” route, and try grafting a branch from a white birch onto a cinnamon plant?
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- And by the by, we note that the third entry in Google for “toothpicks wood” is a link to a Straight Dope page:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=toothpicks+wood&btnG=Google+Search
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