[Sca-cooks] Mace and Must Substitute

[Chris Stanifer]

--- "Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius" <adamantius.magister at verizon.net> wrote:

> Also sprach lilinah at earthlink.net:
> >This is whole, as in unground. The only other mace i find is 
> >powdered. It does not look like curls of brown paper. Rather, the 
> >mace is entire, complete, cut only enough to get it off the nutmeg. 
> >Capiche?
> 
> See the illustration at 
> http://www.cookeryonline.com/Spice/pages/Nutmeg%20Mace_jpg.htm  .
> 
> It doesn't show the mace actually wrapped around the nutmeg, but you 
> can get the idea. It appears to be naturally in strips, although 
> connected.
> 
> Adamantius
> -- 


The whole mace I have (purchased at All India Sweets and Spices) looks like pale brown webbing. 
Long, thin fibers attached to more solid end pieces.  Kind of like a sweet-scented squid or
octopus :)

William de Grandfort

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Through teeth of sharks, the Autumn barks.....and Winter squarely bites me.


		
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