Talk:Potted shrimps

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Copyvio

I have made a heavy deletion from this article of copyvio from here. Wayback machine confirms original posted 2006-06-22; WP entry 2007-07-30. --Old Moonraker 10:37, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mace & Nutmeg

The article says potted shrimps are flavoured with mace and occasionally nutmeg. What is the difference between mace and nutmeg? 77.219.231.180 (talk) 16:05, 2 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Good question, and one that a lot of cookbooks don't really go into. The whole fruit of the nutmeg tree is a bit like a peach. Nutmeg is the "stone" (pit) part. Mace is a layer between the stone and the of the soft, squishy part. Most recipes call only for mace, some only nutmeg and some for both. Nutmeg has a stronger flavour, so I suppose whether or not to use it is a matter of taste. If we could find a definitive ref explaining this (and I have looked) we could put it in. --Old Moonraker (talk) 06:48, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]