nutmeg
Nutmeg is grated or ground for flavor. This topic is part of Spices within Food & Drink. This page currently draws on 7 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
nutmeg trivia questions
Nutmeg is used mainly as what?
Answer: Spice
Bonus fact: Nutmeg is grated or ground for flavor.
Nutmeg comes from the seed of which tree?
Answer: Myristica fragrans
Bonus fact: The same fruit also produces mace.
What spice is made from the red aril surrounding the nutmeg seed?
Answer: Mace
Bonus fact: Mace and nutmeg come from the same fruit.
Grenada is often nicknamed the Spice Isle because of production of what spice?
Answer: Nutmeg
Bonus fact: Nutmeg and mace have long been important Grenadian exports.
Which Indonesian island group was once called the Spice Islands?
Answer: Maluku Islands
Bonus fact: Nutmeg and cloves made the Maluku Islands globally important.
Which Indonesian region was famous as the Spice Islands?
Answer: Maluku Islands
Bonus fact: Cloves and nutmeg made the Maluku Islands strategically important.
Allspice is named because its flavor was thought to resemble cinnamon, cloves, and what other spice?
Answer: Nutmeg
Bonus fact: English tasters thought it combined several familiar spice flavors.