Simply Organic Ground Nutmeg, Certified Organic | 0.53 oz

Simply Organic Ground Nutmeg, Certified Organic | 0.53 oz | Myristica fragrans Houtt.
- NUTMEG - Nutmeg is the dried seed of the fruit of an evergreen. Warm and sweet, nutmeg adds depth to desserts and savory dishes alike. Sweet and highly aromatic, nutmeg is especially good in combination with other sweet spices like cinnamon, cloves and allspice.
- ADAPTABLE INGREDIENT - Ground nutmeg is useful for various purposes, especially baking. You can also sprinkle it into your smoothies. Add it to cooked greens, Greek dishes, cream sauces and sweet potatoes - the list goes on.
- ORGANIC FROM INDIA - Sourcing matters. Our organic nutmeg is sustainably sourced from eastern Indian farmer co-ops, ensuring nutmeg with a high oil content that yields real, potent flavor. Good for your table. Good for the farmers. Good for the earth.
- PURE AND POTENT FLAVOR - Simply Organic believes in pure and potent flavor grown at the source. Our rigorous standards mean that we know precisely what you’re getting, and from where. All of our products are grown and processed without the use of toxic pesticides, irradiation, or GMOs.
- ABOUT US - Simply Organic is a 100% certified organic line of spices, seasoning mixes, and baking flavors. Our pure, potent spices, seasonings and extracts bring real bite to everything you make, eat and share. Our goal, through our Simply Organic Giving Fund, is to help the millions of food insecure by not only providing funds and support to make organic food more accessible, but also in developing the next generation of leaders in sustainable and socially just organic agriculture.
Nutmeg is the dried seed of the fruit of an evergreen. Warm and sweet, nutmeg adds depth to desserts and savory dishes alike. Sprinkle it on your eggnog, but try it on your potatoes, too! Botanical name: Myristica fragrans Houtt. , Myristica fragransMace and nutmeg both come from the fruit of Myristica fragrans, an aromatic evergreen that grows to 66 feet, with dark green leaves, aromatic flowers, and large, brownish/yellow fruit. The female trees produce the fleshy fruit that splits in half once mature. The bright red, lacy covering (the aril) is harvested as mace, while the seeds are used for nutmeg. Nutmegs can be harvested when the trees are 7 to 9 years old, and the tree reaches full harvest maturity after about 20 years. While M. fragrans is generally the preferred spice, two other species of nutmeg are grown--and sometimes used as adulterants. They are M. argentea or Papuan nutmeg, which is grown in New Guinea, and M. malabarica or Bombay nutmeg, which is grown in India. Imagine the streets spiced with nutmegs and other aromatics. In 1191, that's just what happened when the streets of Rome were prepared for the coronation of Henry VI. Nutmeg was prized in Elizabethan times for its reputed ability to fight the plague. In fact, legend has it that in England a few nutmegs could once be sold at a price that would render a person financially secure for life! This value was well understood by the Portuguese, who controlled the nutmeg/mace trade for one hundred years, until the Dutch took it over-- for the next 200 years--in the early 17th century. In 1735 the Dutch East India Company burnt tons of surplus nutmeg to maintain a high price. The term "wooden nutmeg" means a fraud, and "nutmegger" is the word for a con-artist. One explanation for the term is that dishonest Connecticut traders would supposedly whittle "nutmeg" out of wood. (Others say that the nutmeg sold was authentic and that people just didn't understand that it needed to be grated.) In either case, C
Country USA
Brand Simply Organic
Manufacturer Frontier Co-op
Binding Grocery
ItemPartNumber 50081
Model 50081
Size 0.53 Ounce (Pack of 1)
UnitCount 1
UPCs 089836500816
EANs 0089836500816
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Simply Organic
Manufacturer	Frontier Co-op
Binding	Grocery
ItemPartNumber	50081
Model	50081
Size	0.53 Ounce (Pack of 1)
UnitCount	1
UPCs	089836500816
EANs	0089836500816
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Simply Organic Ground Nutmeg, Certified Organic | 0.53 oz | Myristica fragrans Houtt.