notbob > wrote in
news:GJn5d.260359$mD.27931@attbi_s02:

> On 2004-09-25, Matthew Givens > wrote:
>> Okay, I have a recipe that calls for one whole mace, except none of
>> the stores around here have that in stock. I have GROUND mace, but
>> don't know if I can use that in place of a whole mace....
>
> There is no such thing as "one whole mace". See this:

If that's what the recipe said, I'm sure the author meant one whole
"blade" of mace. This designation is common in older recipes.

I have bought "blade mace" from Penzey's to use in preserving and
pickling. While it doesn't appear like "1 whole nutmeg", it does indeed
come in pieces that can be referred to as 1 "piece" or 1 blade, assuming
"whole".

http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penze...nzeysmace.html

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