[Sca-cooks] nutmeg poisoning

[Johnna Holloway]

The outer coat of the nutmeg is mace.

3.2  Poisonous parts of the plant
Seeds (nutmegs) and to a lesser extent the aril
             (mace).

http://www.inchem.org/documents/pims/plant/pim355.htm

Johnnae

Arianwen ferch Arthur wrote:
> could/would the effects of the nutmeg poisoning be from the hallucinogenic effects of the outer coating?    (of course if the outer coating has chemicals that can cause hallucinations why should the inner part be totally free from them?
> (so how did we learn to eat rhubarb?)