just the other day for a fancy baked rice pudding I planned to make. Not sure how the nutmeg compared with ground stuff but I need a new recipe for rice pudding - the top burnt and the underneath was just NOT right at all. My mother's comment was something like "I told you you shoulda stuck with the canned kind". So much for real food!

the nutmegs weren't expensive and they came with a mini grater which saved me buying one (though it's only as thick as aluminium foil!).

glad you enjoyed the vanilla though. It's also nice to turn people on to 'proper' foods instead of the junk we often make do with.

Kerri.