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Essay About Nutmeg

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Food and Beverage Service 1
FBS510S
Assignment 1
NUTMEG

Gian Coetzee
Student number 215089944

Due date: 16 April 2015 Origin and Description
Nutmeg comes from the tree species Myristica fragrus that is indigenous to the Banda Islands in the Moluccas, which is also known as the Spice Islands. It is also cultivated on Penang Island in Malaysia, in the Caribbean – specifically in Grenada – and in the southern Indian state Kerala.

Nutmeg is most commonly known as a ground spice; but is also the seed of the tree. It is egg-shaped, 20-30 mm long and 15-18 mm wide. It has a red plastic-like covering called mace, which is also used as a separate spice. It is an evergreen tree. Trees can be harvested 7-9 years after planting and they reach full production after 20 years.
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Nutmeg was carried by Europeans as a display of wealth.
It has been reported that nutmeg has been used (for its intoxicating effect) by students, marijuana smokers, prisoners, alcoholics and sailors in documents of Richard Evans Schulte and Albert Hofmann. Additionally it has been used as a medicine for infants in India. Also, it was an ingredient in Dutch ciders and wines, and sprinkled over drinks in the Caribbean. The pod of the nutmeg seed was and is also used to make jam and crystallised candy.
Folklore
Nutmeg is one of the spices traditionally used in Jewish rituals concerning the farewell to the feminine aspect of God on Saturdays. Whole nutmegs have also been used as Jovian good luck charms; especially when it has purple thread wrapped around it.
According to the Creole folklore during the 19th century sprinkling nutmeg into the left shoe of a woman acts as an aphrodisiac and can make her fall in love with the man

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