SC - transporting ingredients

barwench barwench at oldenfeld.org
Mon May 1 14:30:59 PDT 2000


>===== Original Message From sca-cooks at ansteorra.org =====
>In a message dated 4/30/00 5:33:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>piglet006 at globalfreeway.com.au writes:
>
>
>Just as a bit of trivia, you CAN get high on the smell of nutmeg (though it
>seems like such a waste of a terrific spice).  Actually, we had to fire one
>of our cooks because he was snorting the stuff.  I don't know what the
>chemical is, but believe it is a mild hallucinogenic.
>
>Balthazar of Blackmoor
>
>Words are Trains for moving past what really has no Name.

My mother's nanny (an old black woman in the South) used to wear an whole 
nutmeg on a string around her neck.  If she wasn't feeling well she would 
nibble a bit of it.  My favorite spice for this purpose is candied ginger.  
After a while you don't care what's going on.

Mairi Ceilidh

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