Don Bruder wrote:

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Then there's the always-interesting possibility, under zero tolerance
regulations, of getting yourself arrested for baking a traditional-style
pumpkin pie - If you use the usual spices, including nutmeg and allspice
(both from the same source, by the way, just different parts of the
plant) you're technically guilty of manufacturing at least four
specifically forbidden, and possibly as many as 8 "borderline"
methamphetamine variants in small quantities...

Wrong about that. Nutmeg and mace are different parts of the same fruit. Mace is
the lace-like "veins" that surround the nutmeg. Allspice is an entirely different
plant; it just has a very similar taste to nutmeg.

Ah, the fun days (what I can remember).

Joe