In article et,
Sally Thompson writes:
| On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 23:04:14 +0000, Sacha wrote
| (in article ) :
|
| 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.

The amount needed for hallucinations is several nutmegs per adult.
When I was younger, I grated a whole one into cocoa largely by
accident, and had the most appalling stomach craps - a common
symptom of nutmeg poisoning. One nutmeg in a rice pudding eaten
by several people is unlikely to cause trouble.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.