Festive Foods
Nutmeg
Twice Spice:
Nutmeg comes from the central seed kernel - whilst Mace comes
from the dried aril around the seed.
Old Spice:
Nutmeg reached Europe around the 1100s; Chaucer mentions it in
his Canterbury Tales.
Island Spice:
Nutmeg is native to the island of Moluccas in Indonesia. Grenada, Sri
Lanka and Indonesia are now the world's main producers of this spice.
See also:
 Christmas
plants
Christmas
trees
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