Nutmeg

Nutmeg was ground seeds of the nutmeg tree most often used as a spice and often traveling across Toril as a valuable trade good.

Availability
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.

Nutmeg was one of many trade goods that crossed the Endless Wastes from east to west and vice-versa, carried by well guarded caravans.

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.

In the Dalelands, the dish known as the High Dale Lamb called for a dash of nutmeg.

Medicine
Nutmeg possessed minor medicinal properties, elevating nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

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.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Hoard of the Dragon Queen
 * Novels
 * Stormlight
 * All Shadows Fled
 * Game Books
 * Knight of the Living Dead
 * Knight of the Living Dead