The mature bird has the head, neck, flanks, and rump blue grey, and the wings cinnamon, mottled with black.

The neck and head are cinnamon colored in the summer and gray in the winter.

The neck and underparts are a light cinnamon, while the crown is streaked with brown.

Possessing a short neck and longish bill, the male is uniformly cinnamon above and buff below.

It has a black crown, nape and eye stripe, with a cinnamon head and neck.

After frying, ring doughnuts are often topped with a glaze ( icing ) or a powder such as cinnamon or sugar.

It is then sprinkled with almonds, cinnamon and sugar.

It is prepared with butter, sugar, cinnamon, raisins, nuts and topped with cream.

The most common is bajiao ( star anise ), cloves, cinnamon, huajiao ( Sichuan pepper ) and ground fennel seeds.

Instead of true cinnamon, " Chinese cinnamon " ( also known as rougui, the ground bark of the cassia tree, a close relative of true cinnamon which is often sold as cinnamon ), may be used.

Another variant is tunghing or " Chinese cinnamon " ( powdered cassia buds ), powdered star anise and anise seed, ginger root, and ground cloves.

Franzbrötchen, which originated in the area of Hamburg, is the small, sweet pastry roll baked with butter and cinnamon.

London Dry gin is usually distilled in the presence of accenting citrus elements, such as lemon and bitter orange peel, as well as a subtle combination of other spices, including any of anise, angelica root and seed, orris root, licorice root, cinnamon, almond, cubeb, savory, lime peel, grapefruit peel, dragon eye, saffron, baobab, frankincense, coriander, grains of paradise, nutmeg and cassia bark.

The country is famous for the production and export of tea, coffee, gemstones, coconuts, rubber and cinnamon, the last of which is native to the country.

A mead that also contains spices ( such as cloves, cinnamon or nutmeg ), or herbs ( such as meadowsweet, hops, or even lavender or chamomile ), is called a metheglin ().

In Germany and some other countries, tequila oro ( gold ) is often consumed with cinnamon on a slice of orange after, while tequila blanco ( white ) is consumed with salt and lime.

In either case, the cream is often flavored with vanilla or orange flower water and a small amount of cinnamon.

" The remaining three formulas are copied from an 1890 publication of the day: ( 1 ) Sydenham's Laudanum: " According to the Paris Codex this is prepared as follows: opium, 2 ounces ; saffron, 1 ounce ; bruised cinnamon and bruised cloves, each 1 drachm ; sherry wine, 1 pint.

In parts of Scotland ( where it is known as ( An ) Cairgean in Scottish Gaelic ) and Ireland, it is boiled in milk and strained, before sugar and other flavourings such as vanilla, cinnamon, brandy or whisky are added.

Similarly, in Trinidad and Tobago it is boiled with cinnamon and milk to make a thick drink that is believed to be an aphrodisiac.

The use of apricots, sugar, citrus, sweet melons, rice, saffron, raisins, nutmeg, clove, pepper, pine nuts, cinnamon ( along with fried preparations ) is a sign of Arab influences from the Arab domination of Sicily in the 10th and 11th centuries.

There is no fixed recipe, but it is usually made using stale ( usually left-over ) bread, and some combination of ingredients like milk, egg, suet, sugar or syrup, dried fruit, and spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, mace or vanilla.

It is also eaten as a dessert, called ladob friyapen, where it is boiled in coconut milk, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and a pinch of salt.

** Rice pudding ( or porridge ), sweetened rice porridges usually made with milk and commonly flavored with butter and baking spices such as cinnamon.

It is combined with such herbs as notoginseng, safflower petals, Angelica sinensis, cinnamon, and Salvia miltiorrhiza, usually in alcohol, and used both internally and externally.

It is usually prepared from red wine, heated and spiced with cinnamon sticks, vanilla pods, cloves, star aniseed, citrus, and sugar.

* Portugal: rabanadas, fatias douradas or fatias de parida ( sliced bread coated in an egg wash, fried in oil and coated with sugar and cinnamon, usually eaten over Christmas holiday )

The chocolate prepared in this city is well-known within Mexico, as it is distinguished by being flavored with cinnamon, almonds and sugar and is usually prepared with hot water or milk.

The filling is usually jam, sugared and ground walnuts or poppy seeds, sugared cottage cheese, sugared cocoa or cinnamon powder, but – especially in hortobágyi palacsinta – meat and mushroom fillings are also used.

They are usually drizzled with honey and cinnamon, and sometimes topped with cheese, nuts, fruits or vegetables.

In Swedish, a crêpe is called pannkaka, and in Danish, pandekage (" pancake "); in Dutch it is a pannenkoek or Flensje, and in Afrikaans a pannekoek, which is usually served with cinnamon sugar.

It is usually made of ears of purple maize ( maíz morado ) which are boiled with pineapple rind, cinnamon, and clove.

It is usually served as a sweet, refreshing beverage with ground cinnamon and / or condensed milk toppings.

Cassia sticks can be distinguished from Ceylon cinnamon sticks in the following manner: cinnamon sticks have many thin layers and can easily be made into powder using a coffee or spice grinder, whereas cassia sticks are extremely hard and are usually made up of one thick layer.

The most famous of these is the Apfelstrudel ( apple strudel ), layers of thin pastry surrounding a filling of apple, usually with cinnamon and raisins.

Current advertisements for this cereal portray adults in some form unable to " see what makes them so popular ", the adult guesses something completely off the wall, and usually related to the adult's profession, whereby the kids correct them and loudly say " It's the cinnamon sugar swirls in every bite !".

As of 2010, the advertisements include usually 2 cinnamon toast crunch cereal pieces themselves and the result is always one eating the other.

Some of the more popular flavors include tamarind drink ( made with tamarind pods ), agua de Flor de Jamaica ( made with Hibiscus ), and agua de horchata ( usually made with rice and cinnamon ).

* Apple pie spice, usually cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice

Unlike gingerbread from other countries, the dough does not usually contain any fat, or indeed ginger, but instead nutmeg, cinnamon, ground cloves and allspice, which are added after the dough has been left up to 6 months to mature.

In Turkey, there are two main categories of dolma ; those filled with a meat mixture: minced meat (" kıyma "), onion, pinenut, rice, oil and some spices ; and those filled with a rice mixture ( without meat ): rice, olive oil, pinenuts, currants ( or dried figs / cherries ), herbs ( fresh parsley, dill and mint ) and spices ( usually allspice, cinnamon and black pepper ).

:* Lietiniai or Nalesnikai-large, usually square blintzes made from thin crepes filled with minced meat, cheese with cinnamon, or minced sauteed mushrooms.

* CinnabonStix – sticks of baked Danish pastry dough covered in cinnamon and sugar usually dipped in frosting.