SC - 11th/12th North Western European Reciepes

[Maynard, Steven]

>Mary Morman wrote:
>>
>> you find whole nutmegs in the spice section of any grocery store.  I know
>> McCormick sells them.  Just check to see if you are getting whole or
>> ground.  the whole ones often come in the little narrow cans rather than
>> the glass jars - but you might find them both places.
>>
>> elaina
>
>I don't know if this is an issue or not, but I seem to recall the original
>postor -- the lady who asked for the conversion amount for one nutmeg's worth
>of ground stuff -- was writing from Fairbanks, Alaska. Now I've never been to
>Fairbanks, but I know a few people from there, and I've always got the
>impression that a lot of the products in the stores have undergone some very
>expensive shipping, and that it doesn't always pay the stores to stock too
>much in the way of variety. It may be that whole nutmeg is an item some
>grocery buyer/manager felt Fairbanks could dispense with.

You're right, it's Fairbanks, Alaska. And I have never seen whole nutmeg in
any of our handful of grocery stores (6 including Sams, down from 8 in the
last few months, not counting the one remaining oriental store). We're
lucky to get the fresh herbs and recent variety of fresh and dried
mushrooms that we do have up here. There are a lot of items that don't make
it up here, for just the reasons above, including coca-cola in glass
bottles anymore (my own personal annoyance).
>
>Somewhere around here my lady wife has a very sensitive jeweler's scale, and
>if I could find the thing I suppose I could weigh a nutmeg and work from
>there. Does anyone else have access to such a scale without having to risk the
>need for chiropractic treatments? And yes, it's true that commercial ground
>nutmeg has lost a fair amount of its aroma and flavor compared to the fresh
>stuff, but there are ways around that too if there simply is no whole
>stuff available.
>
>Adamantius
>--
Thanks for the thought, Adamantius, but as you can tell from my other post
- -- I did find whole nutmeg and am ready to go. Usually we're more prepared.
I've got a small order due tomorrow from Spice World in Seattle for things
like grains of paradise and long pepper, and we also order from Penzey's.
We just didn't notice the nutmeg ingredient in the second spice mixture
needed for our recipes until it was too late to order any. Hence the
original post.

Thanks again for everyone's   help.

Morgana

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