Ua hauʻoli ke kanaka i ke kinamona no nā tausani makahiki, mai ka makahiki 2000 BC. Ua hoʻohana ko ʻAigupita ia mea i mea hoʻohui i ka embaling, a ua ʻōlelo pū ʻia ke kinamona ma ke Kauoha Kahiko. ʻO kekahi mau hōʻike e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana aia ka kinamona ma ka honua kahiko, a ua lawe ʻia i ʻEulopa, kahi i loaʻa ʻole ai ka kaulana, e nā mea kālepa Arab. Wahi a ka moʻolelo, ua puhi ka Emepera Roma ʻo Nero i kāna lako kinamona a pau ma ka hale hoʻolewa o kāna wahine ʻelua, ʻo Poppea Sabina, i mea e kala ai i kona komo ʻana i kona make.
Ua lawe ka poʻe ʻArabia i nā mea ʻala ma nā ala paʻakikī o ka ʻāina, ʻo ia ka mea i kūʻai nui ʻia a kaupalena ʻia ka lako. No laila, hiki i ka hiki ʻana o ke kinamona i loko o ka hale ke lilo i hōʻailona o ke kūlana ma ʻEulopa i ka Middle Ages. Ma hope o kekahi manawa, ua hoʻomaka nā papa waena o ke kaiāulu e hoʻoikaika i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea waiwai i loaʻa i ka stratum kiʻekiʻe. He meaʻai makemake nui ʻia ke kinamona no ka mea ua hoʻohana ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mālama ʻiʻo. ʻOiai ʻo kona ʻano nui, ʻo ke kumu o ke kinamona he mea huna nui ma waena o nā mea kālepa Arab a hiki i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia XNUMX. I mea e hoʻomau ai i kā lākou monopoly o ke kālepa kinamona a hōʻoiaʻiʻo i kāna kumukūʻai kūpono ʻole, ua ulana nā mea kālepa Arab i kā lākou mea kūʻai aku i nā moʻolelo kala e pili ana i kā lākou unuhi ʻana i nā mea ʻala nani. ʻO kekahi o kēia mau moʻolelo, ʻo ia ka moʻolelo o ka lawe ʻana o nā manu i nā lāʻau kinamona ma ko lākou nuku a hiki i nā pūnana e kū ana ma luna o nā mauna, kahi ala paʻakikī loa e hele ai. Wahi a kēia moʻolelo, waiho nā kānaka i nā ʻāpana o ka ʻahuʻula i mua o nā pūnana, i hoʻomaka ai nā manu e ʻohi. I ka huki ʻana o nā manu i nā ʻiʻo a pau i loko o ka pūnana, lilo ia i mea kaumaha a hāʻule i lalo i ka lepo. ʻO kēia ka mea hiki ke ʻohi i nā lāʻau o ka mea ʻala waiwai.
I ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻokō i ka makemake e ulu nei, ua hoʻomaka nā huakaʻi ʻEulopa e ʻimi i kahi pohihihi kahi e ulu ai ka mea ʻala. Ua kākau ʻo Christopher Columbus iā Queen Isabella e ʻōlelo ana ua loaʻa iā ia ka rhubarb a me ke kinamona ma ka New World. Eia naʻe, ʻike ʻia nā laʻana o ka mea kanu āna i hoʻouna ai he mea ʻala maikaʻi ʻole. Ua ʻimi hoʻi ʻo Gonzalo Pizarro, he hoʻokele Paniolo, i ke kinamona ma nā ʻāina a pau o ʻAmelika, e hele ana i ka Amazon me ka manaʻolana e loaʻa iā ia ka "pais de la canela," a i ʻole "ka ʻāina o ke kinamona."
Ma kahi o 1518, ua ʻike nā mea kālepa Pukiki i ke kinamona ma Ceylon (Sri Lanka i kēia manawa) a lanakila i ke aupuni mokupuni ʻo Kotto, hoʻokauwā i kona heluna kanaka a hoʻomalu i ke kālepa kinamona no hoʻokahi haneli. Ma hope o kēia manawa, hui pū ke Aupuni ʻo Ceylon Kandy me ka Dutch i ka makahiki 1638 e hoʻokahuli i ka poʻe Pukiki. Ma kahi o 150 mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hopu ʻia ʻo Ceylon e ka poʻe Pelekania ma hope o ko lākou lanakila ʻana i ke kaua ʻehā Anglo-Dutch War. I ka makahiki 1800, ʻaʻole i lilo ke kinamona i mea kūʻai makaʻu ʻole a loaʻa ʻole, ʻoiai ua hoʻomaka ʻia e mahi ʻia ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua, me nā "mea ʻono" e like me ke kokoleka, cassia. He ʻala like ka hope me ka kinamona, ʻo ia ke kumu i hoʻomaka ai e hoʻokūkū me ia no ka kaulana.
I kēia lā, ʻike nui mākou i ʻelua ʻano kinamona: a ulu nui ʻo Cassia ma Indonesia a ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka ʻala. ʻO kāna ʻano liʻiliʻi ka mea i kūʻai ʻia ma nā hale kūʻai nui no ka pīpī ʻana i nā meaʻai i kālua ʻia. ʻOi aku ka pipiʻi, ʻo Ceylon cinnamon (ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mau mea i ulu ʻia ma Sri Lanka) he ʻono ʻono a ʻono iki a kūpono hoʻi no ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā meaʻai i kālua ʻia a me nā mea inu wela (kofe, ti, kokoleka wela, etc.).
Hoʻohana nui ʻia ke kinamona i nā lāʻau lapaʻau kuʻuna e like me Ayurveda a me ka lāʻau lapaʻau Kina. Kōkua kona mau waiwai antimicrobial i ka hakakā ʻana. Hoʻohui pū ʻia me ka meli, hoʻopiha ia i ka ʻili me ka palupalu a me ka ʻulaʻula.
Mea ʻala makamae. Me ka maʻi maʻi, ua ʻōlelo ʻia he 12 tsp. ke kinamona i hui pū ʻia me ka yogurt maʻemaʻe.
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