Can you imagine the holidays without nutmeg ? Not me! I love it in my eggnog, late and my super creamy Alfredo sauce, and I have it in my spice cabinet year round.
Here are 7 Cool Facts About Nutmeg:
1. In very large quantities nutmeg has a hallucinogenic effect. It is a highly aromatic spice with a woody bittersweet flavor and a rich warm aroma.
2. The nutmeg tree is native to the Banda Islands of Indonesia and it produces two different spices: Nutmeg and Mace.
3. Whole nutmeg keeps almost indefinitely stored in airtight containers, but ground nutmeg loses its flavor very quick.
4. Banda nutmeg and mace are superior to the West Indian ones.
5. Mace is much more costly than nutmeg because its yield is about ten times less that of nutmeg.
6. Nutmeg goes well with both sweet and savory dishes: desserts, fruit, spinach, cheese fillings, veal, pork, pumpkin, eggs, cabbage.
7. Always purchase whole nutmeg and grate it as needed.
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Lovely post! Thank you so much..I hadn’t known…great info! Thanks again, have a fun weekend.
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> a highly aromatic spice with a woody bittersweet flavor and a rich warm aroma
It always reminds me of Christmas. I think that’s what I like about it.
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I can’t imagine anyone using nutmeg from a jar after grating it fresh just once, can you? Too much is overpowering but a hint of nutmeg is definitely mouth pleasure for me!
Maureen recently posted..Egg on Toast – Simple and Delicious
Of course, if you smell ground nutmeg from a jar you will notice right away that it doesn’t even smell like real nutmeg.
Great info! Thank you!
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