Nutmeg was ground seeds of the nutmeg tree most often used as a spice[14] and often traveling across Toril as a valuable trade commodity.[10][5]
Availability[]
Nutmeg was distributed via Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue and sold for 3 silver coins per 4 ounces for wizardly use,[13] and 30 gold pieces per ounce when purchased for culinary use.[16]
The Harrowcoaster House train company of Harrowdale imported various good via the Dragon Reach and moved them into the Dalelands and Cormyr. These goods included such pricy spices as nutmeg and saffron.[5]
In Athkatla, Amn, the Waft in the city's Trades District had many stalls build that specialized in several exotic goods. One such stall sold nutmeg.[8]
Lord Huehm Gultossan of Ravens Bluff earned a fortune for the Gultoss family through the trade of nutmeg, along with other valuable spices.[9]
Nutmeg was one of many trade goods that crossed the Endless Wastes from east to west and vice-versa, carried by well guarded caravans.[10]
Usages[]
Food & Drink[]
In the city of Baldur's Gate, the visitors of Elfsong Tavern were offered simple open-faced sandwiches of malt bread and melted cheese, sprinkled with dill, nutmeg, and other spices dustings.[2]
In Waterdeep, ground nutmeg was used to bake sweet treats, popular among kids.[1]
In the Dalelands, the dish known as the High Dale Lamb called for a dash of nutmeg.[17]
The famous Blentra's Oysters and Wild Rice in Mushroom Soup from Marsember called for a pinch of nutmeg.[7]
Nutmeg was a common addition to warmed mulled ale at the Oldcoats Inn of Cormyr.[18] One of the mulled ale recipes from the hin brewers of the Moon Mountain Brewery consisted of a handful of sugar, nutmeg, cloves, blackroot, ground ginger, and slices of apples or lime.[3]
Waukeen's Rest inn in the Western Heartlands served creamy potato mash sprinkled with black pepper and nutmeg.[12]
Similarly mulled wine was conceited in Calimshan and Tethyr with such additions to the warm libation as raisins, cinnamon, fennel, anise, nutmeg, and cloves.[11]
Storm Silverhand, one of the Seven Sisters, liked a hearty morningfeast of fresh milk, dove eggs with sage, cheese, poured with a hearty nutmeg sauce with bacon slabs and fried mushrooms.[6]
Medicine[]
Nutmeg possessed minor medicinal properties, elevating nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.[19]
Calishite and Tethyrian mulled wine was often used as a remedy for nausea, cough, and sore throat.[11]
Poison[]
Even though nutmeg was mostly harmless, when it was consumed together with nauthus, an oily thickener often stirred into gravy and sauce, they formed a swiftly-acting extremely deadly poison.[18]
Potions[]
Nutmeg was used in the formulation of the hag-made potion Butterflies in the Stomach, which only managed to cause internal bleeding.[12]
History[]
In 1325 DR, Shamress Tarlunt of Silverbow Hold wrote a coded letter to her brother Teldam Tarlunt about a rich Tarluntian Darromar gnome family, listing nutmeg among the ingredients required for her chicken soup recipe.[4]
Circa 1480s DR the kitchens of the Skyreach Castle, the citadel of the Cult of the Dragon, were well-stocked with black pepper, cinnamon, and nutmeg.[20]
Appendix[]
See Also[]
Appearances[]
- Adventures
- Hoard of the Dragon Queen
- Novels
- Stormlight • Swords of Dragonfire
- Referenced only
- All Shadows Fled
- Video Games
- Baldur's Gate III
- Game Books
- Knight of the Living Dead
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Allen Varney (May 1989). Knight of the Living Dead. (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 978-0880385985.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ed Greenwood (1994). Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast. (TSR, Inc), p. 18. ISBN 1-5607-6940-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ed Greenwood (September 2002). “Elminster's Guide to the Realms: Moon Mountain Brewery”. In Jesse Decker ed. Dragon #299 (Paizo Publishing, LLC), p. 81.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 136. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Ed Greenwood (January 1996). Volo's Guide to the Dalelands. (TSR, Inc), p. 138. ISBN 0-7869-0406-2.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ed Greenwood (October 1996). Stormlight. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 2. ISBN 0-7869-0520-4.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ed Greenwood (July 1995). Volo's Guide to Cormyr. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 47. ISBN 0-7869-0151-9.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Graham Robert Scott (September 2001). “Thirds of Purloined Vellum”. In Chris Thomasson ed. Dungeon #88 (Wizards of the Coast) (88)., p. 51.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Ed Greenwood (October 1998). The City of Ravens Bluff. Edited by John D. Rateliff. (TSR, Inc.), p. 52. ISBN 0-7869-1195-6.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 David Cook (August 1990). The Horde. Edited by Steve Winter. (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 0-88038-868-4.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Anthony Herring, Jeff Grubb (1993). Player's Guide to the Forgotten Realms Campaign. (TSR, Inc.), p. 42. ISBN 1-56076-695-6.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Larian Studios (October 2020). Designed by Swen Vincke, et al. Baldur's Gate III. Larian Studios.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Jeff Grubb, Julia Martin, Steven E. Schend et al (1992). Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue. (TSR, Inc), p. 50. ISBN 0-5607-6327-2.
- ↑ David Howery (September 1988). “Treasures of the Wilds”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Dragon #137 (TSR, Inc.), p. 21.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (October 1995). All Shadows Fled (Paperback ed.). (TSR, Inc), chap. 3. ISBN 0-7869-0302-3.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb, Julia Martin, Steven E. Schend et al (1992). Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue. (TSR, Inc), p. 117. ISBN 0-5607-6327-2.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (January 1996). Volo's Guide to the Dalelands. (TSR, Inc), p. 169. ISBN 0-7869-0406-2.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Ed Greenwood (June 2007). Swords of Dragonfire. (Wizards of the Coast), p. ?. ISBN 0-7869-4022-0.
- ↑ Gary Gygax (1979). Dungeon Masters Guide 1st edition. (TSR, Inc.), p. 221. ISBN 0-9356-9602-4.
- ↑ Wolfgang Baur, Steve Winter (August 2014). Hoard of the Dragon Queen. Edited by Miranda Horner. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 81. ISBN 978-0786965649.