[Sca-cooks] Regards Nutmeg History

[Daniel & Elizabeth Phelps]

This was posted to the list a while back.  Perhaps it will help answer the 
question?

Daniel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Johnna Holloway" <johnnae at mac.com>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 7:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] nutmeg poisoning


> There was a run on nutmeg in the late 16th and 17th centuries.
> The book to read is Nathaniel's Nutmeg: Or the True and Incredible 
> Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History.
>
> I reviewed it and I think the review is in the Florilegium.
> I know it's been mentioned on the list before.
>
> Johnnae