Sunday, November 18, 2012

Nutmeg


This hardened kernel, about the size of a large grape, is the dried seed of a tree. This is what I buy at the grocery store. After scraping it against the grater shown next to it, I have a pile of small bits that, collectively, I call nutmeg. The tree it comes from is called a nutmeg tree.

But can anyone tell me what to call this little guy? The nutmeg nut? The nut of meg?

1 comment:

Mark Alvarez said...

Your father and I are very big on The Nutmeg of Consolation.