[Sca-cooks] Nutmeg, Mace, and Other Parts of the Plant

[Johnna Holloway]

This was in the 1616  Koge Bog translation. I suspect that it might  
have been mace by that time.
The original is Danish so it may be a translation problem too.

I don't recall ever coming across nutmeg flowers and given that nutmeg  
was coming from Indonesia and Banda islands near there in that period,  
I can't see how they transported  or would have cared to bring flowers  
back.

http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Myri_fra.html says--

"Some Euro pean languages name mace flower of nutmeg (German Muskat  
blüte, Swedish muskot blomma, Czech muškátový květ or French fleur  
de muscade). Although this is botanically incorrect, the mace was  
supposed to be the flower of the nutmeg tree during the Middle Ages;  
even Marco Polo propagated this error in the 14.th century."

Johnnae


On Feb 7, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Sam Wallace wrote:

> In the thread about Bratwurst recipes, one of the recipes Johnnae gave
> included "half-crushed nutmeg flowers." I wonder was this a euphemism
> for mace or if it really was the (dried) flowers, partially crushed
> and then added to the mix. Likewise, I found a recipe which called for
> nutmeg leaves and am aware of the fruit being used in preserves, but
> have been able to get any of these. Does anyone have a good source of
> these nutmeg plant products?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Guillaume
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