On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 23:04:14 +0000, Sacha wrote
(in article ) :

On 1/11/07 20:56, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:

snip

Few herbs or spices are good for you in excess, as the chemicals that
give the flavour are normally slightly toxic. But you generally have
to eat them in quantities that few people could stomach to have
problems. Nutmeg is a notorious exception.

One of my daughters loathes and detests nutmeg. What does she know that the
rest of us don't?

I was curious about that reference myself, since I had just grated a whole
nutmeg onto a rice pudding (as I normally do when I make one). I have looked
up the toxic effects, but presumably we didn't have enough to have the
hallucinationsg.. I have never (yet) noticed any ill effects.


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