does anyone know where you can buy one nutmeg?

[Alpo]

I was reading about nutmeg yesterday.

 

The article said that groundnut Meg loses --- groundnut Meg? Really? Damn otto --- ground nutmeg loses its potency after about 6 months. But the nut - actually a seed - never goes bad. It said that if you needed a bunch - like a quarter teaspoon for this recipe or a half teaspoon for that recipe, grating the nut is going to take you forever. So go ahead and buy the ground stuff.

 

But if all you want is to put a little sprinkle on your cocoa or something, get a nut.

 

So I thought I might give this a try. I have known OF nutmeg for decades, but I've never used it. I start doing some internet shopping. Hey, how about that. Amazon sells nutmegs. Anywhere from a container of four to a container of 20. Well since I have gone 70 years without using it I suspect I won't use a lot of it if I do start using it. I would not use four. I most certainly would not use 20.

 

So I started wondering if there was some place where I could get one (One is the loneliest number that you ever knew - get away from me three dog night, it ain't that cold yet).

[Texas Joker]

Buy a set and give them as gifts

[Cypress Sun]

 

A 1/4 teaspoon of fresh, ground nutmeg is a lot of nutmeg. Probably would overpower the recipe.

I've never seen unground nutmeg for sale.

[Subdeacon Joe]

Whole nutmeg is wonderful stuff.  If you have a good microplane it doesn't take long to grate half teaspoon or more.

 

Expand your horizons.  Nutmeg goes well with pork,  chicken,  potatoes,  green beans, among other things.

[Sedalia Dave]

My local grocery store carries both whole and ground nutmeg. The whole nutmeg is sold in little jars just like the ground.

 

BTW You cannot buy it from Wally world but you can buy from Amazon

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

26 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said:

 

BTW You cannot buy it from Wally world but you can buy from Amazon

I can.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

51 minutes ago, Alpo said:

I was reading about nutmeg yesterday.

 

The article said that groundnut Meg loses --- groundnut Meg? Really? Damn otto --- ground nutmeg loses its potency after about 6 months. But the nut - actually a seed - never goes bad. It said that if you needed a bunch - like a quarter teaspoon for this recipe or a half teaspoon for that recipe, grating the nut is going to take you forever. So go ahead and buy the ground stuff.

 

But if all you want is to put a little sprinkle on your cocoa or something, get a nut.

 

So I thought I might give this a try. I have known OF nutmeg for decades, but I've never used it. I start doing some internet shopping. Hey, how about that. Amazon sells nutmegs. Anywhere from a container of four to a container of 20. Well since I have gone 70 years without using it I suspect I won't use a lot of it if I do start using it. I would not use four. I most certainly would not use 20.

 

So I started wondering if there was some place where I could get one (One is the loneliest number that you ever knew - get away from me three dog night, it ain't that cold yet).

send me five bucks, i'll send you a nutmeg, do it now and I'll send you a second one for only $1 more.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

Ya ever use ground cinnamon, cloves. ginger, cardamom? Nutmeg or mace are great complements.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

Nutmeg is a component of pumpkin spice.

[Subdeacon Joe]

 

 

Once you start using it you will be surprised at how fast you use it. 

Edited November 27, 2025 by Subdeacon Joe

[Sedalia Dave]

1 hour ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

I can.

 

I went backed and looked at the online options and they do offer whole nuts . However they are only available to be shipped. Non actually carried in the store.

 

 

Edited November 27, 2025 by Sedalia Dave

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

It’s in my store, aisle A19

[Sheriff Dill]

Try a co-op in your area. 

[Subdeacon Joe]

Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit!  You can buy just one!

 

https://highplainsspicecompany.com/shop/nutmeg-whole/

 

 

But with shipping (this is to California,  I don't know your zipcode)

 

 

you might as well go to a store and buy a small bag or jar.

 

 

Edited November 27, 2025 by Subdeacon Joe

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

The nuts last forever. Break down and get a small bottle of ‘em from amazon.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

I think you know someone who would just give you one.

[Alpo]

I think you're right, and the offer has been made and accepted.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

now you need a microplaner or something like it.

[Alpo]

Yeah I was just looking for that. I heard microplane so I did a search on "microplane" and dozens of them showed up. And they all said they were citrus zesters and cheese graters. None of them said anything about nutmeg.

 

So on a hunch I tried a search on "nutmeg grater". Again I got dozens of them. None of them look anything like the microplanes, but they all said they were for grating nutmeg.

[Alpo]

This is from a webcomic about a dozen years ago.

 

Jamie made this neat little dessert. Ellen liked it.

 

 

Jamie and Max went to the store and when they returned

 

 

Why Jamie called Poison control.

 

 

I did not know this about nutmeg, prior to reading this comic.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

48 minutes ago, Alpo said:

Yeah I was just looking for that. I heard microplane so I did a search on "microplane" and dozens of them showed up. And they all said they were citrus zesters and cheese graters. None of them said anything about nutmeg.

 

So on a hunch I tried a search on "nutmeg grater". Again I got dozens of them. None of them look anything like the microplanes, but they all said they were for grating nutmeg.

they dont have to say they do it in order to be used for it.

[Subdeacon Joe]

I tried one of the nutmeg graters. Microplane works much better. 

[Alpo]

Quite true, quite true. I have used things in ways that they were not designed for often through my life.

 

But if I'm looking for something, and I really don't know what it looks like so all I can go by is what I've heard it's called, it would really help if in the description they said it would work for what I wanted to use it for.

 

 

[Alpo]

So any of these things

 

 

 

 

Would work?

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

Yes

 

 But WAIT there’s more ))))

Edited November 28, 2025 by Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

A traditional nutmeg grater, top compartment holds a partially grated nutmeg.

 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

whilst on the subject lookup nutmeg, mace

[Alpo]

16 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

A traditional nutmeg grater, top compartment holds a partially grated nutmeg.

 

I had to read that a couple of times.

 

I thought it said that the top held partially grated nutmeg (not A partially grated nutmeg, just partially grated nutmeg - what a difference an article makes), and I was thinking - you grated more than you needed so the leftover gets set up there until you need some the next time?

 

So the second time I read that it clicked - that's where you put the nut so you can find it the next time.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

My Filipino helper saw my 16 oz bottle of nutmeg and asked what it was.  Turns out she is very familiar with the fruit since it comes from the South Pacific (Indonesia) and is used for jams and jellies.

[Subdeacon Joe]

46 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

A traditional nutmeg grater, top compartment holds a partially grated nutmeg.

 

 

That's the type I tried,  and what I used at reenactments. Those are the type that are almost worthless. What i call a "nail punch" type because it looks like you punched it with a nail. 

 

I have a box grater that has a side that's close to a microplane instead of the usual nail-punch.

 

 

 

[Cypress Sun]

12 hours ago, Alpo said:

This is from a webcomic about a dozen years ago.

 

Jamie made this neat little dessert. Ellen liked it.

 

 

Jamie and Max went to the store and when they returned

 

 

Why Jamie called Poison control.

 

 

I did not know this about nutmeg, prior to reading this comic.

 

Me neither, nutmeg kills housecats?

[Alpo]

Think of it like whiskey. You drink a shot of whiskey and you get a warm feeling spread all through your body.

 

You get a half gallon bottle of whiskey and you chuggalug it and you're going to die.

[Subdeacon Joe]

4 hours ago, Cypress Sun said:

 

Me neither, nutmeg kills housecats?

 

Lethal dose is about 1 tsp of ground nutmeg. I don't know of many receipts for cookies or cakes that call for more than 1 tsp of ground nutmeg.  So, one cookie from a batch that makes 3 dozen isn't likely to be an issue. 3 or 4 might be enough to give it an upset stomach or diarrhea. 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

6 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

 

That's the type I tried,  and what I used at reenactments. Those are the type that are almost worthless. What i call a "nail punch" type because it looks like you punched it with a nail. 

 

My late wife liked it so I use it when I only want a little nutmeg.