Nuts for Nutmeg

[kathy fitzpatrick]

Well,  while nutmeg tea does not sound that good, hot and cold drinks (with
or without alcohol) have a comfortable appeal so that I could only imagine
U$ either getting relaxation from his tea so he can think and produce better
or some kind of stimulation that gives him energy.  I simply can't imagine
him inhaling his nutmeg and hallucinating, though.  I know you weren't
suggesting it.  Many relaxants and stimulant used for centuries if not
thousands of years are found not to be "good" for you. Anyone over 40
probably remembers people who thought banana peels were a big deal (get a
life!).

It is interesting to speculate though and now I am really wondering what
nutmeg tea would taste like?

Kathy

>Howdy folks,
>
>Just decloaking here to jump in to an almost off-topic topic.
>
>Kathy, Daniel, Don, Mattias, et al...
>
>A decade or so ago it was the rage to brand any comic that mentioned drugs 
>in any fashion as a "drug" issue.  This seemed more like a ploy among 
>speculators as an excuse to charge more for that particular issue.  So when 
>someone told me that "A Spicy Tale" was a drug issue because $crooge was 
>addicted to nutmeg, I laughed it off as a joke and forgot about it.  Then I 
>started reading the discussion here.
>
>By odd coincidence, my wife and I are currently taking a class titled 
>"Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants."  Just this week the instructor 
>talked about nutmeg and described how it is used as a drug.  The was it was 
>used, however, is not by eating it; it is freshly ground and inhaled which
>produces a hallucinatory effect.  (I imagine you start to visualize 
>pink elephants sipping eggnog and eating pumpkin pie. <g>) 
>
>While $crooge wasn't inhaling the nutmeg, it could have a different effect 
>on a duck's metabolism than it does human's.  Perhaps a duck may become 
>addicted just by ingestion?
>
>Tryg
>
>
>Tryg Helseth  <trygve at maroon.tc.umn.edu>   Minneapolis, MN, USA
>          or  <tryg.helseth at tstation.com>
>
>"I wish they all could be Calisota Ducks!"  -the Beach Drakes
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