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Newest Review: ... it is picked and when it is dried the colour changes to a lovely amber colour. Nutmeg contains essential oils and can be ... more

... pressed to extract oil of mace which can then be used as scent for soaps and other beauty products. However there is another side to the nutmeg, as it contains Myristicin which if eaten in large quantities can cause convulsions and hallucinations, it can also cause vomiting and flushing, but this is only if eaten in huge doses. Nutmeg is usually used for the flavouring of puddings, eggnog, sausages and other foods. It is also used as a herbal remedy and can be bought in capsule form at the health shop, a bottle of 30 caps...more

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Nutmeg: Clever nut (649 words)
by - written on 17/12/05 (Very useful, 219 readings)
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Nutmeg and mace When I was little my grandmother used to make home made rice pudding and when it came out of the oven piping hot, there was always a lovely smell of a rich nutty scent coming from the steaming pot she would pull out of the oven, I used to love the skin off the top of the pudding as to me this tasted the best and as I got older I found out that the skin of the rice pudding contained grated nutmeg, which my grandmother used to flavour the pudding and now I use it myself on my own rice puddings. Nutmeg is a kernel from an evergreen tree which grows in the regions of Indonesia, these are then exported to Europe and other parts of the ... Read the complete review

Flatulence?? (408 words)
by - written on 01/01/02 (Very useful, 401 readings)
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Nutmeg essential oil is distilled by steam using very specific plant material from the tree: (Mace is the bright orange husk which surrounds the nutmeg shell and seed.) 1. Dried worm-eaten nutmeg seeds. The worms eat away all the starch and fat contentfrom the seed. 2. The dried orange coloured husk (or mace). 3. (By solvent extraction) from the mace part of the nut. The main world producer of nutmeg is Sri Lanka. The oil is distilled in Europe an in USA from the imported nutmegs. WHAT CAN IT BE USED FOR? _________________________ In the bath: About 6 drops diluted in milk of a ... Read the complete review